When rating one of the best international tourist destinations on the earth, it is healthier to take multiple indicator under consideration. A recently published UNWTO report ranked on two key tourism indicators; international tourist arrivals and international tourism receipts.
When defining international tourism receipts, the above numbers and rankings wouldn’t be the identical.
This is because international tourism receipts are defined (by the WTO) because the expenditure of incoming international visitors, including their payments to domestic carriers for international transport. They also include another payments or payments subsequently made for goods and services received within the destination country.
Based on the report, here is the rating of the best international tourism receipts within the Asia-Pacific region in 2016:
THAILAND: #1
USD 49,871 MILLION
CHINA: #2
USD 44,432 MILLION
HONG KONG: #3
USD 32,860 MILLION
JAPAN: #4
USD 30,678 MILLION
MACAU: #5
USD 29,881 MILLION
INDIA: #6
USD 22.427 MILLION
SINGAPORE: #7
USD 18,386 MILLION
MALAYSIA: #8
USD 18,074 MILLION
SOUTH KOREA: #9
USD 17,210 MILLION
INDONESIA: #10
USD 11,349 MILLION
Source: UNWTO
