International tourism, number of arrivals by country
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...
Countries reporting
201
Highest
117.11 million
France
Lowest
900
American Samoa
Median
938,000
Years covered
26
1995–2020
Data points
5,775
What the numbers show
International tourism, number of arrivals is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 117.11 million in France; the lowest is 900 in American Samoa.
The median across all reporting countries is 938,000, and the mean is 4.96 million.
Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 136 fell. The largest increase was in Iraq (up 602.4%), and the largest decrease in American Samoa (down 96.1%).
International tourism, number of arrivals: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 117.11 million | 2020 | down 38.3% | rising |
| 2 | Poland | 88.52 million | 2019 | up 64.4% | flat |
| 3 | Mexico | 51.13 million | 2020 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 4 | United States of America | 45.04 million | 2020 | down 72.2% | rising |
| 5 | Thailand | 39.92 million | 2019 | up 182.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Italy | 38.42 million | 2020 | down 47.5% | rising |
| 7 | Czechia | 37.20 million | 2019 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 8 | Spain | 36.41 million | 2020 | down 61.2% | rising |
| 9 | Canada | 32.43 million | 2019 | up 31.3% | falling |
| 10 | Hungary | 31.64 million | 2020 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 11 | China | 30.40 million | 2020 | down 77.3% | rising |
| 12 | Croatia | 21.61 million | 2020 | down 55.9% | rising |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 20.29 million | 2019 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 14 | India | 17.91 million | 2019 | up 246.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Türkiye | 15.97 million | 2020 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Denmark | 15.60 million | 2020 | down 41.7% | rising |
| 17 | Slovakia | 15.30 million | 2018 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 18 | Austria | 15.09 million | 2020 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 19 | Egypt | 13.03 million | 2019 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 20 | Germany | 12.45 million | 2020 | down 53.7% | rising |
| 21 | Switzerland | 11.82 million | 2019 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 11.10 million | 2020 | down 63.5% | rising |
| 23 | Ireland | 10.95 million | 2019 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 24 | United States Virgin Islands | 8.61 million | 2020 | up 240.3% | rising |
| 25 | Kyrgyzstan | 8.51 million | 2019 | up 247.1% | volatile |
| 26 | United Arab Emirates | 8.08 million | 2020 | down 58.1% | falling |
| 27 | Greece | 7.41 million | 2020 | down 63.2% | rising |
| 28 | Argentina | 7.40 million | 2019 | up 71.8% | rising |
| 29 | Netherlands | 7.26 million | 2020 | down 33.2% | rising |
| 30 | Uzbekistan | 6.75 million | 2019 | up 455.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Russian Federation | 6.36 million | 2020 | down 71.5% | rising |
| 32 | Brazil | 6.35 million | 2019 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 33 | Macau, China | 5.90 million | 2020 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Chile | 5.43 million | 2019 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 35 | Nigeria | 5.26 million | 2016 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Andorra | 5.21 million | 2020 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 37 | Romania | 5.02 million | 2020 | down 33.0% | rising |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 4.97 million | 2020 | down 40.6% | rising |
| 39 | Israel | 4.91 million | 2019 | up 79.0% | rising |
| 40 | Malaysia | 4.33 million | 2020 | down 82.4% | rising |
| 41 | Portugal | 4.21 million | 2020 | down 37.7% | rising |
| 42 | Cyprus | 4.12 million | 2019 | up 73.7% | rising |
| 43 | Japan | 4.12 million | 2020 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Indonesia | 4.05 million | 2020 | down 42.1% | rising |
| 45 | South Africa | 3.89 million | 2020 | down 65.6% | rising |
| 46 | Puerto Rico | 3.88 million | 2020 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 47 | Viet Nam | 3.84 million | 2020 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Belarus | 3.60 million | 2020 | down 36.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Hong Kong, China | 3.57 million | 2020 | down 90.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Uruguay | 3.48 million | 2019 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 51 | Ukraine | 3.38 million | 2020 | down 86.0% | rising |
| 52 | Latvia | 3.20 million | 2020 | down 36.5% | rising |
| 53 | Morocco | 2.80 million | 2020 | down 71.3% | rising |
| 54 | Dominican Republic | 2.75 million | 2020 | down 38.6% | rising |
| 55 | Singapore | 2.74 million | 2020 | down 76.4% | rising |
| 56 | Albania | 2.66 million | 2020 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Belgium | 2.58 million | 2020 | down 64.0% | rising |
| 58 | Republic of Korea | 2.52 million | 2020 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.42 million | 2019 | down 68.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Lithuania | 2.28 million | 2020 | down 43.9% | rising |
| 61 | Kuwait | 2.16 million | 2020 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Ecuador | 2.11 million | 2019 | up 117.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Kenya | 2.05 million | 2019 | up 37.5% | rising |
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 2.04 million | 2020 | down 50.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Mozambique | 2.03 million | 2019 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 66 | Tunisia | 2.01 million | 2020 | down 74.3% | rising |
| 67 | Sweden | 1.96 million | 2020 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Sint Maarten | 1.95 million | 2019 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 69 | Aruba | 1.95 million | 2019 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 70 | Lebanon | 1.94 million | 2019 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 71 | Bahrain | 1.91 million | 2020 | down 84.0% | rising |
| 72 | San Marino | 1.90 million | 2019 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 73 | Botswana | 1.83 million | 2018 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 74 | Australia | 1.83 million | 2020 | down 68.4% | rising |
| 75 | Bahamas | 1.79 million | 2020 | down 65.9% | rising |
| 76 | Estonia | 1.70 million | 2020 | down 61.2% | rising |
| 77 | Rwanda | 1.63 million | 2019 | up 146.1% | rising |
| 78 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.55 million | 2020 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.53 million | 2019 | up 113.9% | rising |
| 80 | Georgia | 1.51 million | 2020 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Philippines | 1.48 million | 2020 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Norway | 1.40 million | 2020 | down 70.7% | rising |
| 83 | Colombia | 1.40 million | 2020 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Senegal | 1.38 million | 2017 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 85 | Jamaica | 1.33 million | 2020 | down 53.0% | rising |
| 86 | Cambodia | 1.31 million | 2020 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Curaçao | 1.29 million | 2019 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 88 | Jordan | 1.24 million | 2020 | down 84.6% | rising |
| 89 | Slovenia | 1.22 million | 2020 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Costa Rica | 1.15 million | 2020 | down 54.0% | rising |
| 91 | Lesotho | 1.14 million | 2019 | up 232.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Peru | 1.12 million | 2020 | down 62.0% | rising |
| 93 | Cuba | 1.09 million | 2020 | down 57.1% | rising |
| 94 | Paraguay | 1.08 million | 2020 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Brunei Darussalam | 1.07 million | 2020 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Tajikistan | 1.03 million | 2018 | up 218.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Cameroon | 1.02 million | 2019 | up 105.0% | rising |
| 98 | New Zealand | 996,000 | 2020 | down 60.6% | rising |
| 99 | Barbados | 966,000 | 2019 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 99 | Pakistan | 966,000 | 2012 | up 94.0% | rising |
| 101 | Haiti | 938,000 | 2019 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 102 | Myanmar | 903,000 | 2020 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Ghana | 897,000 | 2015 | up 109.1% | rising |
| 104 | Finland | 896,000 | 2020 | down 75.6% | rising |
| 105 | Iraq | 892,000 | 2013 | up 602.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 886,400 | 2020 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Malawi | 871,000 | 2018 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 108 | Oman | 869,000 | 2020 | down 42.1% | rising |
| 109 | Sudan | 836,000 | 2018 | up 90.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Azerbaijan | 796,000 | 2020 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Libya | 760,000 | 2008 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 112 | Malta | 718,000 | 2020 | down 60.4% | rising |
| 113 | El Salvador | 707,000 | 2020 | down 56.0% | rising |
| 114 | Honduras | 669,000 | 2020 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Côte d'Ivoire | 668,000 | 2020 | up 165.1% | volatile |
| 116 | Cayman Islands | 660,000 | 2020 | down 65.0% | rising |
| 117 | Panama | 647,000 | 2020 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Zimbabwe | 639,000 | 2020 | down 71.5% | rising |
| 119 | Guatemala | 594,000 | 2020 | down 57.1% | rising |
| 120 | Algeria | 591,000 | 2020 | down 71.4% | rising |
| 121 | Qatar | 582,000 | 2020 | down 65.8% | falling |
| 122 | Maldives | 555,000 | 2020 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Sri Lanka | 540,000 | 2020 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Gabon | 526,000 | 2005 | up 159.1% | rising |
| 125 | Luxembourg | 525,000 | 2020 | down 34.8% | rising |
| 126 | Ethiopia | 518,000 | 2020 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Zambia | 502,000 | 2020 | down 38.4% | rising |
| 128 | Iceland | 488,000 | 2020 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Belize | 487,000 | 2020 | down 53.8% | rising |
| 129 | Northern Mariana Islands | 487,000 | 2019 | up 37.6% | falling |
| 131 | Togo | 482,000 | 2020 | up 138.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Nicaragua | 474,000 | 2020 | down 55.7% | rising |
| 133 | Uganda | 473,000 | 2020 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Serbia | 446,000 | 2020 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Saint Lucia | 432,500 | 2020 | down 56.0% | rising |
| 136 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 429,000 | 2017 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 137 | Yemen | 398,000 | 2015 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 138 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 392,000 | 2019 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 139 | Antigua and Barbuda | 384,500 | 2020 | down 51.2% | rising |
| 140 | Armenia | 375,000 | 2020 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 370,400 | 2020 | down 58.8% | rising |
| 142 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 351,000 | 2016 | up 538.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Montenegro | 351,000 | 2020 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Eswatini | 345,300 | 2020 | down 74.3% | falling |
| 145 | Benin | 337,000 | 2019 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Guam | 328,000 | 2020 | down 72.6% | rising |
| 147 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 323,300 | 2020 | down 52.4% | rising |
| 148 | Bangladesh | 323,000 | 2019 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 149 | Mauritius | 316,000 | 2020 | down 66.9% | rising |
| 150 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 301,400 | 2020 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Burundi | 299,000 | 2017 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Suriname | 279,000 | 2017 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 153 | Gambia | 246,000 | 2020 | up 170.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Nepal | 230,000 | 2020 | down 61.9% | rising |
| 155 | Angola | 218,000 | 2019 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Grenada | 217,000 | 2020 | down 51.2% | rising |
| 156 | Mali | 217,000 | 2019 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 158 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 197,000 | 2020 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Namibia | 187,100 | 2020 | down 83.2% | rising |
| 160 | Cape Verde | 180,000 | 2020 | down 46.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Fiji | 168,000 | 2020 | down 75.7% | rising |
| 162 | Monaco | 159,000 | 2020 | down 43.0% | rising |
| 163 | Congo | 158,000 | 2018 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 164 | Eritrea | 142,000 | 2016 | up 82.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Trinidad and Tobago | 141,000 | 2020 | down 71.2% | rising |
| 166 | Dominica | 140,000 | 2020 | down 76.5% | rising |
| 167 | Seychelles | 124,500 | 2020 | down 34.8% | rising |
| 168 | North Macedonia | 118,000 | 2020 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Guinea | 99,000 | 2017 | up 230.0% | volatile |
| 170 | Tonga | 94,000 | 2019 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 171 | Palestine, State of | 93,000 | 2020 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 172 | French Polynesia | 89,400 | 2020 | down 50.1% | rising |
| 173 | Madagascar | 87,100 | 2020 | down 69.1% | rising |
| 174 | Central African Republic | 87,000 | 2019 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Guyana | 86,400 | 2020 | down 43.2% | rising |
| 176 | Niger | 85,000 | 2020 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 177 | British Virgin Islands | 83,000 | 2020 | down 74.8% | rising |
| 178 | Vanuatu | 82,400 | 2020 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Timor-Leste | 74,800 | 2019 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 180 | Sierra Leone | 71,000 | 2019 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 181 | Burkina Faso | 67,000 | 2020 | down 75.5% | rising |
| 182 | Mongolia | 66,900 | 2020 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Djibouti | 63,000 | 2013 | up 171.6% | rising |
| 184 | Liechtenstein | 58,400 | 2020 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 185 | Guinea-Bissau | 52,400 | 2019 | up 227.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Bermuda | 51,400 | 2020 | down 91.1% | rising |
| 187 | Papua New Guinea | 39,000 | 2020 | down 73.3% | rising |
| 188 | Sao Tome and Principe | 33,400 | 2018 | up 130.3% | volatile |
| 189 | New Caledonia | 31,000 | 2020 | down 68.7% | rising |
| 190 | Bhutan | 29,800 | 2020 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 191 | Republic of Moldova | 29,000 | 2020 | down 54.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Samoa | 23,900 | 2020 | down 81.6% | rising |
| 193 | Palau | 18,400 | 2020 | down 78.4% | rising |
| 194 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 18,000 | 2019 | down 62.1% | rising |
| 195 | Kiribati | 12,000 | 2019 | down 62.8% | volatile |
| 196 | Chad | 10,400 | 2020 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 197 | Comoros | 7,000 | 2020 | down 54.2% | rising |
| 198 | Marshall Islands | 6,100 | 2019 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 199 | Solomon Islands | 4,400 | 2020 | down 78.5% | rising |
| 200 | Tuvalu | 3,600 | 2019 | up 125.0% | rising |
| 201 | American Samoa | 900 | 2020 | down 96.1% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 2.40 billion
- European Union 968.87 million
- High income 1.52 billion
- Euro area 655.57 million
- OECD members 1.36 billion
- Post-demographic dividend 1.28 billion
- Europe & Central Asia 1.20 billion
- IDA & IBRD total 974.46 million
- IBRD only 852.17 million
- Low & middle income 814.04 million
- Middle income 790.16 million
- Upper middle income 573.31 million
- Late-demographic dividend 549.83 million
- East Asia & Pacific 490.80 million
- Early-demographic dividend 369.34 million
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 331.55 million
- Central Europe and the Baltics 314.64 million
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 292.84 million
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 289.30 million
- Lower middle income 207.72 million
- Latin America & Caribbean 201.86 million
- North America 198.71 million
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 180.88 million
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 172.91 million
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 165.23 million
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 152.57 million
- Arab World 142.45 million
- IDA total 100.91 million
- Small states 79.09 million
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 65.76 million
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 65.08 million
- IDA only 63.14 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa 56.01 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 56.01 million
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 55.56 million
- Other small states 51.93 million
- Least developed countries 40.18 million
- Africa Eastern and Southern 39.83 million
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 29.13 million
- South Asia 27.10 million
About this data
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.