These Are the Countries Where Tourists Spend the Most Money

A new survey reveals the cost of visiting some of the world’s top destinations. Globehunters used World Tourism Organization data to provide insight regarding how much money travelers spend in each country and where they can expect to spend the most.The results can help travelers budget properly for their next journeys, providing an idea of how much they will need when visiting specific destinations. Trending Now Below are the top 10 countries where tourists spend the most (per tourist):Australia-$4,734Luxembourg-$4,322Lebanon-$4,099New Zealand-$2,893USA-$2,739Qatar-$2,647Panama-$2,416Macau-$2,062Sweden-$2,060Maldives-$1,973While travelers may be spending the most money in countries such as Australia and Luxembourg, the countries that make the most money through tourism is quite different.USA-$210,747,000,000Spain-$67,964,000,000France-$60,681,000,000Thailand-$57,477,000,000UK-$51,211,000,000Italy-$44,233,000,000Australia-$41,732,000,000Germany-$39,823,000,000Macau-$35,575,000,000Japan - $34,054,000,000The fact that the U.S. makes more than $200 billion in tourism and is also one of the countries where travelers spend the most aligns with the U.S. Travel Association's desire for long-term reauthorization of the Brand USA destination marketing organization."Brand USA has kept the U.S. competitive in the global travel market and prevented the decline in our country's share of global travel from being worse," said David Huether, the U.S. Travel senior vice president of research, in a statement. "It is crucial that Congress works quickly to reauthorize Brand USA this year to ensure the future of the United States' travel promotion and planning." Let's block ads! (Why?)