World Tourism Rankings by Country: Top 5 Countries

3. French Republic

International Tourism Receipts: $63.8 billion

Just as French museum heists are a popular topic for movies, France as a whole is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. Its capital Paris is one of the hubs for global art, and the renowned Louvre museum houses art works that have played a crucial role in Europe’s cultural reawakening in the aftermath of the infamous Dark Ages. France is also a fiercely democratic country, and it is full of landmarks of former royalty that was thrown out of power by revolutionaries. Not to mention, its colonial past and role in the second world war nicely round off its tourism significance.