El Salvador vs Honduras: International tourism, number of arrivals

El Salvador
707,000
in 2020
Honduras
669,000
in 2020
El Salvador rank
113th
Honduras rank
114th

International tourism, number of arrivals over time

  • El Salvador
  • Honduras
500.0k1.0M1.5M2.0M2.5M199620082020

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 707,000 against 669,000 in Honduras, a difference of 38,000.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Honduras's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 21 shared years of data; in 2000 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 113th and Honduras ranks 114th of 201 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 2 and Honduras in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Honduras Difference Ahead
2000s 1.23 million 1.08 million 149,300 El Salvador
2010s 2.01 million 2.08 million 62,900 Honduras
2020s 707,000 669,000 38,000 El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher international tourism, number of arrivals, El Salvador or Honduras?
El Salvador, at 707,000 against 669,000 in Honduras as of 2020.
What is the difference in international tourism, number of arrivals between El Salvador and Honduras?
38,000, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Honduras?
21 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2020.
How do El Salvador and Honduras rank globally for international tourism, number of arrivals?
El Salvador ranks 113th and Honduras ranks 114th of 201 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism, published as International tourism, number of arrivals. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
International tourism, number of arrivals
Source
Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
247 places, 5,775 data points, 1995–2020
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International inbound tourists (overnight visitors) are the number of tourists who travel to a country other than that in which they have their usual residence, but outside their usual environment, for a period not exceeding 12 months and whose main purpose in visiting is other than an activity remunerated from within the country visited. When data on number of tourists are not available, the number of visitors, which includes tourists, same-day visitors, cruise passengers, and crew members, is shown instead. Sources and collection methods for arrivals differ across countries. In some cases data are from border statistics (police, immigration, and the like) and supplemented by border surveys. In other cases data are from tourism accommodation establishments. For some countries number of arrivals is limited to arrivals by air and for others to arrivals staying in hotels. Some countries include arrivals of nationals residing abroad while others do not. Caution should thus be used in comparing arrivals across countries. The data on inbound tourists refer to the number of arrivals, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips to a country during a given period is counted each time as a new arrival.