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Tourist arrivals, 2020:

The average for 2020 based on 13 countries was 5070 thousand tourists. The highest value was in Mexico: 51128 thousand tourists and the lowest value was in Bolivia: 323 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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Countries Tourist arrivals, 2020 Global rank Available data
Mexico 51128 1 1995 - 2020
Puerto Rico 3882 2 1995 - 2020
Domin. Rep. 2748 3 1995 - 2020
Colombia 1396 4 1995 - 2020
Costa Rica 1147 5 1995 - 2020
Peru 1119 6 2004 - 2020
Paraguay 1077 7 1995 - 2020
El Salvador 707 8 2000 - 2020
Honduras 669 9 1996 - 2020
Panama 647 10 1995 - 2020
Guatemala 594 11 1995 - 2020
Nicaragua 474 12 1995 - 2020
Bolivia 323 13 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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