The World Travel & Tourism Council has launched a new Power & Performance Report as part of World Tourism Day.

China, the USA and India take the top three spots in the new rankings which combines growth over the past seven years in tourism’s contribution to GDP, international visitor spend, domestic tourism spend and capital investment.

The top ten countries in the power ranking are China, USA, India, Mexico, United Kingdom, Spain, Turkey, Canada, Indonesia, Australia and United Arab Emirates.

WTTC chief executive Gloria Guevara commented: “World Tourism Day is the global celebration of a sector that contributes 10.4% of the world’s GDP and generates 313 million jobs.