World Report: February 13, 1998 Vol.3 No.17

Top 5 Countries Visited By Tourists

This month 90,000 tourists from overseas are expected in Nagano, Japan, for the Olympics. That's nothing compared with the millions who travel each year to Paris' Eiffel Tower or London's Big Ben. Here are the nations that welcomed the most international tourists in 1997.

1. FRANCE
    67 million tourists

2. UNITED STATES
    49 millions tourists

3. SPAIN
    43 million tourists

4. ITALY
    34 million tourists

5. Britain
    26 million tourists

Source: World Tourism Organization