The Paris region received 32.3 million visitors in 2013, putting the region just ahead of London as the world's top tourist destination region, measured by hotel occupancy. The largest numbers of foreign tourists to the Paris region came in order from the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, Italy and China.[205] As a destination for upscale European shopping, Paris was especially important.[206] In 2014, visitors to Paris spent $17 billion (€13.58 billion), the third-highest sum globally after London and New York.[207]