Travelers from Russia and China is the largest contributor amount of expenditure

A press release revealed by United Nation World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) on Monday, January 20, 2014 about the number of tourist spending in the world who travel abroad. The data presented show the interesting things about the behavior of travelers in the world in terms of tourist spending.

Later revealed that Chinese and Russian travelers become the most generous in spending during their trip.

The report reveals a great deal about the behavior of tourists in terms of tourist spending, while China's domestic market in 2012 became the most travelers who travel abroad with a total expenditure of 102 billion US dollars.

In addition to Russian tourists who showed a rapid increase by 26 percent through September of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012, the record of tourists from Indonesia also showed an increased number of interesting things with the Indonesian tourist expenditure reached 15 percent in 2013.

Here are some states that have increased in the cost of tourist expenditure in 2013:

* China - an increase of 28 percent
* Russia - 26 percent
* Turkey - 24 percent
* Qatar, Philippines - 18 percent
* Ukraine, Indonesia - 15 percent
* Brazil - 14 percent
* France - 6 percent
* United States, Britain, Canada, Australia - 3 percent

The UNWTO notes that France suffered a setback in 2012 over the previous year, but then the following year in 2013 increased by 6 percent.

It draws on countries such as Germany, Japan, and Italy are experiencing different things, a decline in the number of tourists who travel expenses abroad.

The trend in 2014 is certainly worth the wait given the growing number of new destinations traveled in various parts of the world, especially the growing market tourism.

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(Source UNWTO, travelKompas /Image W Sjahran)