France: World's Most-visited Country

France has been named as the world's most popular tourist destination, says survey.

The World Bank compiled data for nearly every country in the world, primarily counting a "tourist" as anyone traveling to a country other than the country of their primary residence and whose main purpose in visiting was not work-related.

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Given the lack of standardized counting methods at every country in the survey, there are slight discrepancies from country to country.

Outside of France, which took the number 1 spot with nearly 81.5 million visitors in 2011, the United States came in second with 62.7 million visitors, the Huffington Post reported.

In third, China, with approximately 57.6 million tourists.

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Top 10 most-visited countries in the world are:

1. France

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2. USA

3. China

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4. Spain

5. Italy

6. Turkey

7. UK

8. Germany

9. Russia

10. Malaysia

Source-ANI