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Sandra Newman
1-Oct-2006
The past two years have produced mixed results for Europe's leading tourist destinations, with rapid growth in arrivals to the UK, Germany and Spain and a more subdued performance in France and Italy. But tourism spending is rising in each country and low-cost flights are driving a boom in city tourism. Sandra Newman reports
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In 2005 the UK, Germany and Spain were the fastest growing of the top five European tourism markets, with arrivals to the UK up by 8%, arrivals to Germany enjoying........
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