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There are many countries that depend on tourism, but some depend more than others.
Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran was to attend the United Nations World Tourism Organisation meet in Chengdu between September 11-16.
India does not figure in the list of top 10 countries that saw the highest number of international tourists in 2010.
China is expected to become world's numero uno tourist destination by 2015 beating countries like France, US and Spain which are at present more preferred by foreign visitors, a senior UN official has said.
China will supercede the United States to become the world's top tourist destination before 2020, according to a United Nations World Tourism Organisation forecast.
India ranked 42nd in international tourists arrivals in 2006, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation. India recorded foreign tourist arrivals of 4.45 million. The top four countries of the world in terms of international tourist arrivals were France (79.1 million), Spain (58.5 million), USA (51.1 million) and China (49.6 million), she said. India was achieving a consistent high growth rate of 13.3%, 13.5% and 12.4% in 2005, 2006 and 2007 respectively.
International tourist arrivals jumped to a record 760 million last year, a 10 per cent increase over 2003 and the best growth rate in the past 20 years, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation .
India's share in world tourist inflows was only 0.64 per cent in 2012. It could only attract 6.97 million foreign tourists during 2013.
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