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Yesterday saw the publication of figures from Skyscanner that shows who (in the current economic climate) are the tourists that spend the most amount of money on holidays and related services...

TravelDailyNews report that "At number one, it’s the Germans who spend over $90 billion a year on their travels, a disproportionate amount compared to their population which numbers just over 80 million, less than a third of the next biggest spenders – the USA, who splash $79.7 billion a year on holidays. Known for tipping big in restaurant and bars, Americans certainly know how to spend...

In third place it’s the UK who splurge $68.5 billion to escape the UK on cheap flights each year. No doubt the lure of sun and sand plays a huge part in the mass exodus, with Spain by far our favourite holiday escape. This is also backed up by recent Skyscanner stats, with cheap flights to Malaga topping the most popular searched in January...

France, which is also the world’s most popular country in terms of tourist arrivals, empty their wallets of $42.1 per year, whilst the Chinese spend $36.2 billion annually on their travels...

China is part of a new force of international tourists. The country’s huge economic boom over the last decade has created a new middle class and with travel restrictions now a distant memory, more and more Chinese are taking advantage of their new found wealth and travelling the world - normally in tour groups...

Italy, Japan, Canada, Russia and the Netherlands made up the rest of the ten big spenders list..."

These figures are important for all tourism provides as they help with the planing of where to focus efforts in marketing and promotions within the industry...

The full figures are,

1. Germany - $91.0 billion (+2%)
2. USA - $79.7 billion (+4.4%)
3. UK - $68.5 billion (+4.4%)
4. France - $43.1 billion (+9.6%)
5. China - $36.2 billion (+21.4%)
6. Italy - $30.8 billion (+4.9%)
7. Japan - $27.9 billion (-7.9%)
8. Canada - $26.9 billion (+8.4%)
9. Russia - $24.9 billion (+11.8%)
10. Netherlands - $21.7 billion (+9.2%)

For this full report, please go to http://www.traveldailynews.com/pages/show_page/35691-Skyscanner-reveals-the-world%E2%80%99s-biggest-spenders:-tourists-who-splash-the-cash

Barticus.