European Union Compared by Economy > Tourism > International tourism, number of departures per 1000
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International tourism, number of departures. International outbound tourists are the number of departures that people make from their country of usual residence to any other country for any purpose other than a remunerated activity in the country visited. The data on outbound tourists refer to the number of departures, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips from a country during a given period is counted each time as a new departure. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
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Interesting observations about Economy > Tourism > International tourism, number of departures per 1000
- Hong Kong has had the highest tourism > international tourism, number of departures per 1000 since 2002.
- Portugal ranked first for tourism > international tourism, number of departures per 1000 amongst European Union in 2007.
- Hungary ranked first for tourism > international tourism, number of departures per 1000 amongst Emerging markets in 2011.
- United States ranked second last for tourism > international tourism, number of departures per 1000 amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2011.
- Sweden ranked second for tourism > international tourism, number of departures per 1000 amongst High income OECD countries in 2011.
- China ranked last for tourism > international tourism, number of departures per 1000 amongst Non-religious countries in 2011.
- All of the top 2 countries by tourism > international tourism, number of departures per 1000 are Hot countries.
- Antigua and Barbuda ranked first for tourism > international tourism, number of departures per 1000 amongst Christian countries in 2008.
- Uruguay ranked first for tourism > international tourism, number of departures per 1000 amongst Former Spanish colonies in 2011.
- France ranked third last for tourism > international tourism, number of departures per 1000 amongst NATO countries in 2011.