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Table 17.1 World tourism flows, 2007

Outbound expenditure Rank on
Rank Country Arrivals (millions) Receipts billion USD Rank on receipts billion USD expenditure
1 France 81.9 54.2 3 36.7 4

2 Spain 59.2 57.8 2 19.7 11
3 USA 56.0 96.7 1 76.2 2
4 China 54.7 41.9 5 29.8 5
5 Italy 43.7 42.7 4 27.3 6

6 UK 30.7 37.6 6 72.3 3
7 Germany 24.4 36.0 7 82.9 1
8 Ukraine 23.1 4.6 45 3.3 44
9 Turkey 22.2 18.5 10 3.3 45

10 Malaysia 22.1 14.0 14 5.6 30
28 Japan 8.3 9.3 26 26.5 7
Source: UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, 2008

Table 17.2 Evidence of the distribution of volcanic activity in France
Region Basic geology Relief Notes

Vosges-Ardennes Sedimentary granites Very rounded, Extends into Belgium
faintly undulating and Germany
Bassin Parisien Sedimentary Flat Extends into UK
Alpes-Jura Sedimentary granites (centre) Mountainous Extends into Switzerland
Metamorphic rocks and Italy
Plaine Saone-Rhone Sedimentary Flat

Maures-Esterel-Corse Metamorphic rocks Uneven, hilly
Ancient volcanics
Massif Central Metamorphic rocks Granites Rolling to steep in places, Recent volcanism overlays
Recent Volcanics dissected by rivers earlier metamorphic and
sedimentary rocks
Pyrenees-Languedoc Metamorphic rocks Very uneven, hilly Volcanic outliers in the
Granites (centre) Cap d’Agde area
Sedimentary (north & south)
Bassin Acquitaine Sedimentary Hilly

Massif Armoricain Metamorphic Rocks Granites Rounded hills
Sedimentary
Source: after Bril, 1998

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