Who's visiting, who's not

With the world economy in a tailspin, it's no wonder that foreign tourism dropped by nearly 4 percent in London during 2008. The tally was released by the London tourism agency Visit London and it showed that a 24 percent drop in Japanese tourists and 18 percent fewer visitors came from the United States. But, 18 percent more Italians, and 5 percent more French visitors, came to London last year. Finally, stay-near-home British visitors made an impact too--nearly 12 percent more Brits visited their capital city in 2008 than in 2007.