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International tourist arrivals grew by 4.6% in the first half of 2014, according to the latest United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) World Tourism Barometer released in Sep. 2014. “Destinations worldwide received some 517 million international tourists between January and June 2014, 22 million more than in the same period of 2013,” UN¬WTO said. IN 2013, the total export earnings gen¬erated by international tourism had reached US$ 1.4 trillion.