International tourism receipts grew to US$1.159 trillion (€873 billion) in 2011, corresponding to an increase in real terms of 5.3% from 2012. The World Tourism Organization reports the following countries as the top ten tourism earners for the year 2013, with the United States by far the top earner.
| Rank | Country | UNWTO Region |
International tourism receipts (2013) |
International tourism receipts (2012) |
Change (2012 to 2013) (%) |
Change (2011 to 2012) (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States |
North America | $139.6 billion | $126.2 billion |  10.6 |
9.2 |
| 2 |  Spain |
Europe | $60.4 billion | $56.3 billion | 7.4 |
 6.3 |
| 3 |  France |
Europe | $56.1 billion | $53.6 billion | 4.8 |
2.2 |
| 4 |  China |
Asia | $51.7 billion | $50.0 billion | 3.3 |
3.2 |
| — |  Macau, China |
Asia | $51.6 billion | $43.7 billion | 18.1 |
13.7 |
| 5 |  Italy |
Europe | $43.9 billion | $41.2 billion | 6.6 |
4.2 |
| 6 |  Thailand |
Asia | $42.1 billion | $33.8 billion | 24.4 |
24.4 |
| 7 |  Germany |
Europe | $41.2 billion | $38.1 billion | 8.1 |
1.9 |
| 8 |  United Kingdom |
Europe | $40.6 billion | $36.2 billion | 12.1 |
3.3 |
| — |  Hong Kong, China |
Asia | $38.9 billion | $33.1 billion | 17.7 |
16.2 |
| 9 |  Australia |
Oceania | $30.9 billion | $31.7 billion | 2.8 |
4.5 |
| 10 |  Turkey |
Europe | $27.9 billion | $25.3 billion | 6.8 |
2.4 |
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