Spending map of the world / Howmuch
Spending map of the world / Howmuch

Spain is much more than just tapas and flamenco. Its cuisine, climate and culture have made the country one of the world's top tourist destinations and the one in Europe where tourists spend the most money. Specifically, foreign visitors to Spain spent 68,000 million dollars (58,582 million euro) in 2017, according to a ranking drawn up by Howmuch.

As expected, the global leader is the United States, which in 2017 saw tourists visiting the country leave more than 211,000 million dollars (181,779 million euro) there. Elsewhere in the Americas, Mexico and Canada come a close second and third place, with 21,000 million dollars (18,091 million euro) and 20,000 million dollars (17,230 million euro), respectively.

In Europe, after Spain, which tops the list of countries where tourists spend the most money, are France, which took a total of 61,000 million dollars (52,552 million euro) from tourists in 2017, the United Kingdom, with 51,000 million dollars (43,937 million euro) and Italy, with 44,000 million dollars (37,906 million euro).

From the original English article: The world's top tourist destinations ranked by money spent (howmuch)