About how many international tourist arrivals were recorded worldwide in 2016?
Answerabout 1.235 billion
That travel generated roughly $1.22 trillion in destination spending that year.
Source: Wikipedia (2016) en.wikipedia.org
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In 2010, tourism represented about what share of the world's total trade in services?
Answerabout 30%
Tourism is also counted as an 'invisible export,' since visitors spend money in a country without a physical good crossing a border.
Source: Wikipedia (2010) en.wikipedia.org
Global tourism international receipts reached about how much money in 2005?
Answerabout $1.03 trillion
Tourism receipts have grown many times larger since then as international travel expanded.
Source: Wikipedia (2005) en.wikipedia.org
Between January and October 2020, about how much tourism revenue did the United States lose due to the pandemic?
Answerabout $147 billion
Spain, another major tourist destination, lost roughly $46.7 billion in the same period.
Source: Wikipedia (2020) en.wikipedia.org
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