the number of tourists and their spendings
Overall, there were big gaps in two mentioned categories. Tourists' expenditure in 5 countries increased after 1 year, which is no not the case in the number of tourists at the same time.
It can be easily witnessed that Italy had the lowest number of tourists in both 2 years, less than 50 million, nearly a half of France's one. The USA came second in this category with nearly 70 millions tourists. Spain and China shared the same figure, at 57 million travellers in 2012. During 2 examined years, only China's number was recorded to fall, contrast to 4 other countries, whose increases were less than 3 million.
Turning to tourists' spending, it was the USA that took the highest, at more than $100 million, nearly three times compared to Italy, whose number was around $40 million in 2 years. French and Spanish tourists' expenditures were quite similar, at around $55 million dollars. China came the least in this list, with $50 million dollars from tourists. All of these countries experienced a rise in traveller's spending, the highest of which is nearly $13 million from the USA.
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