International Tourist Arrivals by Country
International tourist arrivals measure the number of international visitors entering a country or territory for tourism purposes. The indicator provides a useful way to compare the volume of inbound tourism across destinations. The dataset covers 181 countries and territories, with the most recent data reaching 2024 for some countries and earlier years for others.
Among countries with 2024 data, Spain recorded the highest number of international tourist arrivals at 93.8 million. The United States ranked second with 72.4 million, followed by Italy with 57.7 million, Mexico with 45.0 million, and the United Kingdom with 38.2 million. Germany (37.4 million), Japan (36.9 million), Saudi Arabia (29.7 million), Portugal (29.0 million), and Hong Kong (21.9 million) also ranked among the destinations with the highest recorded figures. Several countries that are typically regarded as major tourism destinations do not have 2024 data in this dataset. Türkiye, for example, recorded 50.5 million arrivals in 2022, the most recent year available. France reported 48.4 million in 2021, while Greece recorded 27.8 million in 2022. These figures are shown for context, but their observation years differ from the 2024 figures used for the latest comparisons. Among other notable destinations with 2024 data, Canada recorded 19.9 million arrivals, Poland 19.7 million, South Korea 16.4 million, and Macau 16.0 million. Indonesia, Romania, Hungary, Singapore, Albania, and Kazakhstan each reported more than 10 million arrivals in 2024. The top of the ranking is dominated by European destinations. Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Germany all feature prominently. The United States is the leading non-European destination. Asian destinations such as Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, and Indonesia also appear high on the list, though several major Asian tourism markets — including Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam — have more limited recent data in this dataset. Their most recent figures, where available, suggest significant tourism volume, but they cannot be directly compared with the 2024 leaders without acknowledging the year difference. The dataset also highlights how sharply international tourism was affected during the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021. Arrivals fell substantially in many countries in 2020 compared with 2019 levels. Countries with data for later years generally show a recovery in international arrivals, although the pace and extent of recovery vary between destinations. Beyond the top destinations, the dataset reveals a wide range of tourism volumes. European countries with smaller populations, such as Portugal (29.0 million), Greece (27.8 million in 2022), and Croatia (15.3 million in 2022), record high numbers of international tourist arrivals relative to their population sizes. These figures illustrate the significant volume of international tourism recorded by several European destinations. In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia recorded 29.7 million arrivals in 2024, placing it among the global top ten. The United Arab Emirates reported 11.5 million in 2021. In Latin America, Mexico leads with 45.0 million, followed by the Dominican Republic (8.9 million in 2023) and Argentina (6.6 million in 2024). In Africa, Morocco recorded 10.9 million arrivals in 2022, the highest figure in the continent from this dataset. South Africa reported 3.9 million in 2022. Several smaller island destinations — including the Maldives, Seychelles, and Cape Verde — record high arrivals relative to their populations in the dataset. At the lower end of the scale, many small island states and remote territories record relatively few international tourist arrivals. Several Pacific island nations in the dataset report annual figures in the hundreds or low thousands. The statistics are based on the provided dataset of international tourist arrivals. The main country ranking uses the latest available observation within the dataset for each country, with a preference for 2024 data where available. For countries without 2024 data, the most recent available year — typically 2023 or 2022 — is used. Countries are ranked by the number of arrivals in their latest recorded year. Missing values are not treated as zero. The dataset covers 181 countries and territories, and the latest observation year varies by country.Countries With the Most International Tourist Arrivals
International Tourist Arrivals by Country
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International Tourist Arrivals by Country
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90,914,000
41,684,000
48,395,000
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2
83,509,000
18,933,000
31,181,000
71,659,000
85,169,050
93,759,300
3
79,442,000
19,212,120
22,280,146
50,770,684
66,349,860
72,390,320
4
65,725,000
7,967,000
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5
64,513,000
25,190,000
26,888,000
49,811,000
57,250,000
57,725,000
6
51,192,000
15,894,000
29,925,000
50,453,000
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7
45,024,000
24,283,536
31,860,392
38,325,550
41,949,428
45,038,750
8
39,916,000
6,725,000
511,000
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9
39,563,000
12,411,000
11,652,000
28,383,000
34,712,000
37,420,000
10
39,418,000
10,714,000
6,287,000
30,741,000
37,214,804
38,229,570
11
31,884,000
15,091,000
12,728,000
26,215,000
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12
31,348,400
7,374,400
14,705,000
27,836,000
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13
26,101,000
4,333,000
135,000
10,071,000
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14
23,752,000
1,359,000
89,200
567,800
17,159,300
21,943,900
15
22,145,000
2,960,000
3,062,000
12,824,000
18,344,000
19,913,000
16
21,561,000
7,165,000
11,479,000
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17
21,158,000
8,418,000
9,722,000
15,948,000
18,987,000
19,723,000
18
20,129,000
7,265,000
6,248,000
16,063,000
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19
18,633,000
2,822,037
3,696,800
2,484,028
14,227,229
16,043,768
20
17,754,000
2,699,000
1,507,000
6,374,000
9,405,000
9,824,000
21
17,526,000
4,138,178.2
3,477,216.2
16,637,861
27,423,536
29,727,444
22
17,353,000
5,545,000
10,641,000
15,324,000
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23
17,283,000
6,480,000
9,617,000
22,254,000
26,504,000
28,970,000
24
16,937,000
7,417,000
7,929,100
12,649,000
12,933,000
13,155,000
25
15,455,000
3,915,400
1,546,300
5,764,000
11,382,000
13,603,000
26
15,119,000
2,086,000
325,000
5,344,000
10,812,000
13,025,000
27
14,725,000
6,229,000
7,555,000
14,190,000
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28
14,651,000
3,919,400
3,768,000
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29
13,438,000
3,141,000
3,973,000
2,173,000
2,346,000
2,482,000
30
12,932,000
2,778,000
3,722,000
10,869,000
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31
12,876,000
3,619,000
7,967,000
11,625,000
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32
11,818,000
3,690,000
4,390,000
9,159,500
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33
10,951,000
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34
10,227,500
2,802,000
2,256,000
5,698,000
8,483,000
8,919,000
35
9,429,000
2,012,000
2,475,000
6,441,000
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36
9,343,000
2,584,000
3,243,000
8,220,000
9,280,000
9,638,000
37
8,261,000
1,483,000
164,000
2,654,000
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38
7,775,000
1,290,000
2,300,000
5,557,000
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39
7,616,000
1,957,000
2,990,000
6,629,000
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40
7,399,000
2,090,000
297,000
3,890,000
7,285,688
6,603,877
41
6,611,000
1,306,000
196,400
2,276,600
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42
6,446,000
2,405,310
4,994,313
7,163,414
8,058,671.5
8,535,701
43
6,353,000
2,146,435
745,871
3,630,031
5,908,341
6,773,619
44
6,128,000
2,604,000
5,515,000
7,104,700
9,741,000
11,483,000
45
5,879,000
1,397,000
1,435,000
4,979,400
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46
5,080,400
1,087,000
1,577,000
3,653,000
4,669,000
5,092,000
47
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5,022,700
6,788,900
12,696,800
14,777,000
13,353,000
48
4,702,000
1,216,000
1,832,000
3,936,000
4,658,000
5,054,000
49
4,552,000
831,000
397,000
2,675,000
3,010,000
961,000
50
4,518,000
1,119,094
190,022
2,030,479
3,730,507
5,239,233
51
4,488,400
1,067,000
2,012,000
4,276,700
5,346,000
5,217,000
52
4,384,000
811,600
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53
4,372,000
897,000
444,000
2,009,300
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54
4,364,000
903,000
131,000
233,000
1,067,000
808,000
55
4,263,000
1,085,000
355,500
1,613,400
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56
4,169,000
1,252,000
2,127,000
4,519,000
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57
-
4,115,799.8
245,800
3,832,100
25,066,000
36,870,000
58
3,977,000
631,609
1,936,931
3,201,080
3,845,652
4,040,200
59
3,849,000
827,000
2,182,000
3,712,000
5,484,000
6,618,000
60
3,702,000
948,612
204,882
1,389,056
2,827,557
3,175,839
61
3,336,000
1,023,000
808,000
2,166,000
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62
3,290,000
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4,248,000
4,475,000
63
3,180,000
2,617,400
2,754,700
4,231,900
5,046,200
5,551,200
64
3,139,000
1,011,912
1,347,055
2,349,537
2,751,134
2,919,483
65
3,090,000
1,872,000
1,949,000
3,555,100
4,048,100
4,167,600
66
3,059,000
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67
2,876,000
587,000
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1,508,000
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68
2,875,000
936,700
947,600
2,168,700
2,404,700
2,383,300
69
2,753,000
659,000
968,000
2,286,600
2,981,500
3,563,600
70
2,681,000
880,400
1,464,000
2,478,400
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71
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2,555,564
2,000,314
6,715,459
9,871,166
10,381,566
72
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2,519,200
967,000
3,198,000
11,032,000
16,370,000
73
2,510,000
351,000
1,554,000
2,036,000
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74
2,500,000
622,400
464,000
2,105,580.8
2,849,060.2
2,659,001.5
75
2,206,000
577,000
787,000
1,492,000
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76
2,019,000
952,000
492,000
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77
2,013,000
486,300
698,000
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78
2,005,000
502,000
518,000
528,360
528,360
538,927.2
79
1,936,000
414,000
890,000
1,466,000
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80
1,935,000
636,000
478,000
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81
1,914,000
508,000
194,000
720,000
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82
1,894,000
360,000
876,000
1,666,000
2,316,000
2,208,000
83
1,847,000
446,000
871,000
1,773,000
2,134,305
2,384,735
84
1,807,000
441,000
892,000
1,452,400
1,872,059
1,869,133
85
1,766,000
549,000
1,219,000
1,891,000
2,479,099.5
3,186,988.5
86
1,753,000
414,000
618,000
1,488,000
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87
1,752,400
395,700
602,100
1,494,000
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88
1,703,000
555,000
1,322,000
1,675,000
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89
1,667,000
328,173
79,389
326,878
656,518
739,146
90
1,596,000
169,600
232,800
461,000
864,000
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91
1,544,000
460,000
480,000
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92
1,543,000
473,000
513,000
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93
-
1,504,126
1,881,345
5,232,781
6,626,302
7,957,213
94
1,454,600
328,500
314,000
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95
1,443,000
592,000
922,700
1,455,000
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96
1,383,000
309,000
179,800
997,000
1,295,000
1,382,000
97
-
1,377,900
140,400
895,900
6,487,000
7,858,000
98
1,295,000
384,000
222,400
817,900
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99
1,266,000
502,000
554,000
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100
1,239,000
323,300
180,000
724,000
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101
1,216,000
252,000
95,000
579,400
864,000
1,061,000
102
1,198,000
197,000
502,000
915,000
1,198,000
1,388,775
103
1,197,000
230,000
151,000
614,800
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104
1,130,000
355,000
624,000
915,000
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105
1,119,000
368,000
807,000
1,101,000
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106
1,110,000
170,000
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107
1,041,000
525,000
615,000
1,013,000
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108
978,000
199,000
432,000
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109
894,000
146,900
32,000
636,300
929,740
928,938
110
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882,000
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111
876,000
482,000
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112
812,000
271,000
518,000
897,000
247,000
536,000
113
758,000
180,000
135,000
785,000
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114
758,000
118,000
294,000
537,000
734,139
830,179
115
724,000
204,000
459,000
844,000
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116
680,000
193,700
170,300
393,000
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117
620,000
246,000
332,000
570,000
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118
-
581,700
610,800
2,559,800
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119
577,000
58,900
33,000
286,000
594,000
727,000
120
556,000
312,300
291,000
556,000
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121
533,600
216,700
251,000
495,000
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122
523,000
207,400
144,800
539,700
636,045.9
704,340
123
514,000
302,700
684,800
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-
124
503,000
144,100
219,000
372,600
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125
503,000
122,000
17,300
284,300
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126
487,000
164,500
405,000
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127
484,000
87,000
12,200
96,100
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128
479,000
202,000
382,000
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129
464,000
175,000
265,000
489,600
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130
424,000
130,700
199,000
356,000
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131
388,600
95,300
40,600
226,500
309,000
334,000
132
384,000
68,300
7,800
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-
133
384,000
114,900
183,000
332,000
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134
363,000
172,037
220,052
290,180
341,248
348,258
135
333,000
62,300
3,500
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136
323,000
182,000
135,000
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137
320,000
106,000
249,000
373,000
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138
316,000
29,800
1
20,900
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139
315,000
86,500
158,300
288,000
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140
309,000
325,000
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141
302,400
83,000
56,000
173,000
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142
301,000
125,000
169,400
265,100
281,800
330,200
143
286,000
203,000
148,000
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144
269,000
42,100
72,200
145,900
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145
237,000
77,000
83,000
218,800
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146
235,000
69,000
144,000
345,700
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147
218,000
64,000
64,000
130,000
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148
217,000
75,000
168,000
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149
192,000
85,000
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150
188,000
54,200
47,000
149,000
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151
174,000
28,732
68,852
162,086
195,447
254,020
152
172,000
25,200
26,300
113,600
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153
172,000
23,100
2,600
49,400
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154
167,000
75,000
114,000
145,000
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155
160,000
39,000
17,000
66,800
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156
153,000
86,485
84,971
88,670
122,456
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157
143,000
67,000
106,000
116,000
121,000
132,000
158
131,000
32,136
13,825
78,748
125,097
59,399
159
120,600
22,000
-
30,000
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160
120,000
30,000
20,200
79,800
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161
111,000
58,000
94,000
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162
98,100
58,359
70,764
100,814
114,399
117,789
163
94,000
18,400
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164
90,000
22,000
15,000
61,000
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165
87,000
34,600
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166
84,000
27,000
24,200
59,000
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167
80,800
17,900
5,500
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168
79,000
11,000
40,000
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169
67,300
9,000
200
18,400
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170
63,000
24,000
40,000
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171
52,400
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172
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49,000
42,000
73,000
77,000
86,000
173
45,100
7,000
28,800
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174
34,900
10,700
15,100
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175
28,900
4,400
700
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176
19,200
900
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177
18,000
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178
10,200
1300
200
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179
7,900
1400
70
1800
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180
6,100
1200
35
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181
3,700
600
40
244
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Methodology
Frequently Asked Questions
Which country has the most international tourist arrivals?
Spain has the highest number of international tourist arrivals in the dataset, with 93.8 million arrivals in 2024. The United States ranks second with 72.4 million.
How many countries and territories are included?
The dataset includes 181 countries and territories. Of these, 67 have data available for 2024. The remaining countries have latest observations from earlier years, primarily 2022 and 2023.
What are international tourist arrivals?
International tourist arrivals refer to the number of international visitors entering a country or territory for tourism purposes. The exact statistical definition and coverage can vary between destinations and reporting systems.
What year does the latest data represent?
Not every country has 2024 data. The latest available observation year differs by country. When comparing countries, it is important to check the observation year: a 2024 figure is not directly comparable to a 2022 figure for a different country, as tourism volumes can change significantly from year to year.
How has international tourism changed in recent years?
The dataset shows a substantial decline in international tourist arrivals across many countries during 2020, followed by a recovery in subsequent years. However, the latest available observation year varies between countries, so changes over time should be interpreted with the observation year in mind.
Data Disclaimer: Projected data (future years) are estimates based on mathematical models. Actual values may differ. Learn about our methodology →
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Updated: 31.07.2026https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/international-tourist-trips
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