When comparing global leisure and business travel spending in 2023, leisure tourism generated the highest expenditure across the leading travel and tourism markets worldwide. In the United States, the country with the highest total contribution of travel and tourism to GDP, leisure travel accounted for nearly ** percent of total tourism spending in 2023. In China, which ranked second on the list, leisure travel represented **** percent of the total travel and tourism expenditure that year.
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WTTC. (July 22, 2024). Distribution of leisure and business travel spending in leading travel markets worldwide in 2023 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 04, 2026, from /statistics/1194693/share-of-tourism-spending-in-leading-global-travel-markets/
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