Photo: The colour-coded map that shows the most popular countries in the world for holidays

This colourful map shows the most popular countries in the world for holidays, with France coming out on top while the UK lingers in seventh place.

With more than 81million visitors annually, France storms into first position, receiving nearly 20million more visitors than runner-up the USA, which is 15 times its size.

The colour coding shows that the top four most visited countries all receive more than 50million tourists a year. Behind the US, China comes in third place, while Spain follows up in fourth position.