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has ranked 141 countries in terms of price competitiveness, taking into account air taxes and airport charges, the price of hotel accommodation, fuel prices and the cost of living. Here are 10 places to avoid if you're travelling on a tight budget.

10. Austria

International arrivals (2013) - 24.8m
Average spending per tourist - $810

Picture: AP/FOTOLIA


9. Italy

International arrivals (2013) - 47.7m
Average spending per tourist - $920
Picture: AP/FOTOLIA


8. Sweden

International arrivals (2013) - 11.6m
Average spending per tourist - $987
Picture: AP/FOTOLIA


7. Denmark

International arrivals (2013) - 8.6m
Average spending per tourist - $811
Picture: AP/FOTOLIA


6. Israel

International arrivals (2013) - 3m
Average spending per tourist - $1,912
Picture: Rex Features



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5. Norway

International arrivals (2013) - 4.7m
Average spending per tourist - $1,199
Picture: AP


4. Australia

International arrivals (2013) - 6.4m
Average spending per tourist - $4,897
Picture: AP/FOTOLIA


3. France

International arrivals (2013) - 84.7m
Average spending per tourist - $669
Picture: AP/FOTOLIA


2. United Kingdom

International arrivals (2013) - 31.2m
Average spending per tourist - $1,316
Picture: AP/FOTOLIA


1. Switzerland

International arrivals (2013) - 9m
Average spending per tourist - $1,882
Picture: AP/FOTOLIA



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Incredible video of a very rare white Humpback Whale off the coast of Queensland in Australia, as seen on August 10, 2015.

Two endangered 10cm baby undulate rays which were born last month at the SEA LIFE London Aquarium as part of the attraction's breeding and tracking programme
Picture: Jonathan Brady/P



A Renault car in Caorle in Northern Italy has melted in the intense heat of the day according to eyewitnesses. John Westbrook was on holiday in the area when he came across the car which had a deformed and melted, trim, light assembly and bumper.
Picture: John Westbrook/SWNS.com



A dinghy overcrowded with Syrian refugees drifts in the Aegean sea between Turkey and Greece after its engine broke down off the Greek island of Kos
Picture: REUTERS/ Yannis Behrakis



Army disposal experts attending to an unexploded Second World War bomb which has been discovered at a building site in Bethnal Green, London. The find led to the evacuation of 150 people.
Picture: ArmyInLondon/MoD/PA



A boy attends the closing of the ten-day celebration of the Santo Domingo de Guzman festival in Managua
Picture: Inti Ocon/AFP/Getty Images


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Miragedriver said:

Two endangered 10cm baby undulate rays which were born last month at the SEA LIFE London Aquarium as part of the attraction's breeding and tracking programme
Picture: Jonathan Brady/P

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They have human-like faces. Cute lips!

A feisty dog bites off a bit more than he can chew while squaring off against a sea lion as they fight over a fish near Taltal, on the coast of Chile
Picture: ALBERTO GHIZZI PANIZZA/ CATERS NEWS



A 13-foot long tiger shark that was killed off the coast of eastern Australia. The photograph was apparently posted to Facebook by Geoff Brooks, a resident of Byron Bay in northern New South Wales, who said the shark was caught last weekend and the carcass was handed to the National Science Agency.
Picture: Geoff Brooks/Facebook



A child swims in floodwater at Kyaut Ye village near the Hinthada town in Burma's Irrawaddy region
Picture: Ye Aung Thu/AFP/Getty Images



People cool down in a river during a hot day in Minsk, Belarus as the temperature rose to 33 degrees Celsius (91.4 degrees Fahrenheit)
Picture: REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko



Lightning lights up the night's sky off the coast of Terracina, Italy
Picture: Corbis


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This kangaroo has a good old scratch at Sundown National Park in Queensland
Picture: MOLLY GILMOUR/ CATERS



Workers set up a dais at the US embassy during preparations for its inauguration. The former US Interests Section became an embassy on July 20, but no US flag flies over the building until US Secretary of State John Kerry visits Cuba on August 14 and formally inaugurates it.
Picture: AFP



Carlos Sanchez waits for a boat to take him home, on a flooded street in Lujan, Argentina. More than 11,000 people had been evacuated by Tuesday from parts of Argentina's largest province after heavy weekend rains caused rivers to rise precipitously, a top official said.
Picture: AP



An osprey having caught a fish from a pond in the Scottish Highlands. Ospreys nesting in the Scottish Highlands are feasting on huge numbers of rainbow trout in preparation for their migration to northern Africa, nearly 3,000 miles away.
Picture: Solent News



A long exposure image showing a meteor streaking across the night sky over the ruins of the early Byzantine Christian basilica 'Red Church', dating to the late 4th and 5th century near the town of Perushtitsa, Bulgaria
Picture: EPA



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Snow leopard mum Siri with her cub Barid in their enclosure at the Cologne Zoo in Germany. The cub was born on 8 May 2015 and it is the first time it has been allowed to roam in the enclosure.
Picture: EPA/FEDERICO GAMBARINI



This photo of a bolt of lightning hitting the ground in front of a rainbow was captured on camera by Greg McCown in Marana, Arizona. The avid storm chaser used a lightning trigger attached to his camera to bag the shot.
Picture: Greg McCown / Barcroft



The sun sets behind the cathedral in Magdeburg, Germany
Picture: EPA/LUKAS SCHULZE



Dancers from the St Petersburg Ballet perform Swan Lake at the London Coliseum
Picture: ALASTAIR MUIR



Syrian refugees sleep on train tracks near Idomeni station in northern Greece
Picture: AP


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A photographer has managed to capture what could possibly be the last thing a mouse sees before it becomes an owl's dinner. Amateur photographer Roy Rimmer from Wigan waited ten months for the picture opportunity. Roy acquired a licence to shoot owls in their nest and began taking pictures of a particular owl and her chicks last June. However, not satisfied with stationary owl snaps, Roy began his project to capture the bird mid-flight in November. Roy, 60, said: "I really like how the picture turned out - it's a prey's-eye-view from the perspective of a mouse."



Scott Kelly onboard the International Space Station tweeted this photograph of the Northern Lights
Picture: Scott Kelly



Australia's Mick Fanning competes in the 2015 Billabong Pro Tahiti World Surf league tour event along the Teaupoo coast, western Tahiti. Fanning made his first appearance in this competition since being attacked on July 19 by a shark in the Final of the J-Bay Open, off the coast of South Africa.
Picture: GREGORY BOISSY/AFP/Getty Images



Couples take part in the 'Love and Challenge Marathon' in Hanoi, Vietnam. This year, the winners of the marathon ran off with a honeymoon trip to Malaysia...for two.
Picture: EPA/LUONG THAI LINH



A rider from southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region chops a branch while riding at the Traditional Games of Ethnic Minorities in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China
Picture: Xinhua/REX Shutterstock


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A streak of lightning seems to hit a building during a powerful storm in Sofia, Bulgaria
Picture: EPA



A firefighter stands on a car attached to a crane as it is recovered from a flooded area in Goettingen, Germany
Picture: EPA



Raindrops on a spider's web in Cologne, Germany
Picture: EPA



A multi-coloured opal stone, named the Virgin Rainbow is to go on display at the South Australian Museum in Adelaide. The museum believes the 6 cm (2.4 inch) multi-coloured gem unearthed in the Outback is the best opal stone ever found. The stone is said to be valued at more than $730,000 (approx £469,000) and would go on public display for the first time in September to mark the centenary of opal mining in the country.
Picture: DENIS SMITH/AFP/Getty Images



Firefighters prepare to battle the Wolverine wildfire near Chelan, Washington
Picture: REUTERS


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