* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Tourist arrivals, 2020:

The average for 2020 based on 123 countries was 4935 thousand tourists. The highest value was in France: 117109 thousand tourists and the lowest value was in the Solomon Islands: 4 thousand tourists. The indicator is available from 1995 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: thousand tourists; Source: World Tourism Organization
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* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Tourist arrivals, 2020 Global rank Available data
France 117109 1 1996 - 2020
Mexico 51128 2 1995 - 2020
USA 45037 3 1995 - 2020
Italy 38419 4 1995 - 2020
Spain 36410 5 1995 - 2020
Hungary 31641 6 1995 - 2020
China 30402 7 1995 - 2020
Croatia 21608 8 1995 - 2020
Turkey 15971 9 1995 - 2020
Denmark 15595 10 2003 - 2020
Austria 15091 11 1995 - 2020
Germany 12449 12 1995 - 2020
UK 11101 13 1995 - 2020
UA Emirates 8084 14 2015 - 2020
Greece 7406 15 1995 - 2020
Netherlands 7265 16 1995 - 2020
Russia 6359 17 1995 - 2020
Macao 5897 18 1995 - 2020
Andorra 5207 19 1999 - 2020
Romania 5023 20 1995 - 2020
Bulgaria 4973 21 1995 - 2020
Malaysia 4333 22 1995 - 2020
Portugal 4208 23 1995 - 2020
Japan 4116 24 1995 - 2020
Indonesia 4053 25 1995 - 2020
South Africa 3887 26 1995 - 2020
Puerto Rico 3882 27 1995 - 2020
Vietnam 3837 28 1995 - 2020
Belarus 3598 29 2000 - 2020
Hong Kong 3569 30 1995 - 2020
Ukraine 3382 31 1995 - 2020
Latvia 3204 32 1995 - 2020
Morocco 2802 33 1995 - 2020
Domin. Rep. 2748 34 1995 - 2020
Singapore 2742 35 1995 - 2020
Albania 2658 36 1995 - 2020
Belgium 2584 37 1995 - 2020
South Korea 2519 38 1995 - 2020
Lithuania 2284 39 1995 - 2020
Kuwait 2161 40 1995 - 2020
Kazakhstan 2035 41 1996 - 2020
Tunisia 2012 42 1995 - 2020
Sweden 1957 43 1995 - 2020
Bahrain 1909 44 1995 - 2020
Australia 1828 45 1995 - 2020
Bahamas 1795 46 1995 - 2020
Estonia 1695 47 1995 - 2020
Iran 1550 48 1995 - 2020
Georgia 1513 49 1995 - 2020
Philippines 1483 50 1995 - 2020
Norway 1397 51 1995 - 2020
Colombia 1396 52 1995 - 2020
Jamaica 1330 53 1995 - 2020
Cambodia 1306 54 1995 - 2020
Jordan 1240 55 1995 - 2020
Slovenia 1216 56 1995 - 2020
Costa Rica 1147 57 1995 - 2020
Peru 1119 58 2004 - 2020
Paraguay 1077 59 1995 - 2020
Brunei 1071 60 1995 - 2020
New Zealand 996 61 1995 - 2020
Burma 903 62 1995 - 2020
Finland 896 63 1995 - 2020
Laos 886 64 1995 - 2020
Oman 869 65 2001 - 2020
Azerbaijan 796 66 1995 - 2020
Malta 718 67 1995 - 2020
El Salvador 707 68 2000 - 2020
Honduras 669 69 1996 - 2020
Ivory Coast 668 70 1995 - 2020
Panama 647 71 1995 - 2020
Zimbabwe 639 72 1995 - 2020
Guatemala 594 73 1995 - 2020
Algeria 591 74 1995 - 2020
Qatar 582 75 2009 - 2020
Maldives 555 76 1995 - 2020
Sri Lanka 540 77 1995 - 2020
Luxembourg 525 78 1995 - 2020
Ethiopia 518 79 1995 - 2020
Zambia 502 80 1995 - 2020
Iceland 488 81 1995 - 2020
Belize 487 82 1995 - 2020
Togo 482 83 1995 - 2020
Nicaragua 474 84 1995 - 2020
Uganda 473 85 1995 - 2020
Serbia 446 86 2002 - 2020
Saint Lucia 433 87 1995 - 2020
Ant.& Barb. 385 88 1995 - 2020
Armenia 375 89 1995 - 2020
Montenegro 351 90 2002 - 2020
Swaziland 345 91 1996 - 2020
Bolivia 323 92 1995 - 2020
Mauritius 316 93 1995 - 2020
Gambia 246 94 1995 - 2020
Nepal 230 95 1995 - 2020
Grenada 217 96 1995 - 2020
Bosnia & Herz. 197 97 1997 - 2020
Namibia 187 98 1995 - 2020
Cape Verde 180 99 1995 - 2020
Fiji 168 100 1995 - 2020
Monaco 159 101 1995 - 2020
Tr.&Tobago 141 102 1995 - 2020
Dominica 140 103 1995 - 2020
Seychelles 125 104 1995 - 2020
North Macedonia 118 105 1995 - 2020
Palestine 93 106 1996 - 2020
Madagascar 87 107 1995 - 2020
Guyana 86 108 1995 - 2020
Niger 85 109 1995 - 2020
Vanuatu 82 110 1995 - 2020
Burkina Faso 67 111 1995 - 2020
Mongolia 67 112 1995 - 2020
Liechtenstein 58 113 1995 - 2020
Bermuda 51 114 1995 - 2020
Papua N.G. 39 115 2008 - 2020
N. Caledonia 31 116 1995 - 2020
Bhutan 30 117 1995 - 2020
Moldova 29 118 1995 - 2020
Samoa 24 119 2006 - 2020
Palau 18 120 1995 - 2020
Chad 10 121 1995 - 2020
Comoros 7 122 1995 - 2020
Solomon Isl. 4 123 1995 - 2020



Definition: 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.

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