With more than 79.6 million
tourists a year (2015),
Italy is the second highest tourist earner, and second most visited country in the world, behind
France (83.7 million (2014)),
United States (74.8 million (2014)),
Spain (65 million (2014)) and
China (55.6 million (2014)). People mainly visit Italy for its rich
art,
cuisine,
history,
fashion and
culture, its beautiful coastline and beaches, its mountains, and priceless ancient monuments. Italy also contains more
World Heritage Sites than any other country in the world.