According to the World Tourism Organisation, there were about one billion international tourists in 2013 .
The U.S. visa system is the single biggest obstacle in attracting more international tourists.
And looking ahead, the industry also worries that new visa restrictions will discourage international tourists.
The falling euro is good news for international tourists visiting countries such as Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece and Ireland.
"International tourists, they spend more, they stay longer in our state, " he said.
U.S. travelers are the world's biggest spenders, accounting for some 13 percent of the trillion dollars international tourists spend every year.
Some 1.2 million international tourists visited Nicaragua in 2012 (about a quarter of them from North America), up 51% since 2008.
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But their expensive menus put off many Scandinavians, let alone international tourists.
Most international tourists buy duty free liquor, expensive burgers and some souvenirs for people that they forgot to buy for while on vacation.
According to recent data released by Visa, international tourists increased their spending in the U.S. by 18% in 2010 compared to the previous year.
Many South American countries have implemented or altered their fees and visa requirements over the last few years as the region has become increasingly popular with international tourists.
Located just south of the Danish border and stretching little more than 30km from north to south, quaint Sylt is under the radar for most international tourists.
Their counterparts in areas with fewer international tourists or which rely on local visitors are more likely to be free because they need those visitors to return.
Sepang Goldcoast was conceptualised as an integrated holiday destination catering to international tourists and travellers, modelled on famous beach havens such as the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia and Miami Beach in the United States.
International tourists normally boost the cultural industries.
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The goal, therefore, is to draw more international tourists to Italy, and attract them to parts of the country other than the "art cities, " especially Rome, Venice and Florence, which account for as many overnight stays as all of Italy's beach and mountain towns combined.
Art fairs and similar events aimed at bringing wealthy tourists and international recognition (and to toss blows in a new, intra-Arab competition for cultural superiority as countries stage ever-bigger and ever-splashier projects) mean that artists have begun to matter.
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South Africa-born Kieswetter made an instant impact at the top of the order when he was called up to England's one-day squad in Bangladesh in February, scoring a maiden hundred in the third international in Chittagong as the tourists wrapped up a 3-0 series win.
Despite the ongoing investigation into alleged spot-fixing that has blighted Pakistan's preparation for this one-day series, with players Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir all charged and provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council, the tourists produced a spirited display to come within 24 runs of their target.
We are not asking for a big international airport as the possibility of tourists queuing to come here is rather slim.
For once, American tourists have something in common with international currency traders: This summer, they are all wondering how the Greek financial crisis will impact the dollar.
Throngs of tourists visited during the World Cup soccer championship, and the international press coverage was fantastic.
Tourists have embraced San Francisco and its environs as a culinary destination, and international attention has arrived in other forms.
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