⚠️ Unconfirmedeconomic2022
International tourist arrivals (inbound)
International tourist arrivals by country (2022). A comparable UNWTO dataset showing the scale of inbound tourism across 190+ economies.
Source: World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) via World Bank (World Development Indicators)•178 countries
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Key Insights
Global Average
6,336,550.6arrivals
Median: 1,885,000.0arrivals
Countries Covered
178
with available data
Highest
France
79,700,000.0arrivals
Lowest
Afghanistan
0.0arrivals
Top 5 Countries
1France79,700,000.0arrivals
2Spain71,600,000.0arrivals
3People's Republic of China56,400,000.0arrivals
4Türkiye50,900,000.0arrivals
5United States of America50,700,000.0arrivals
By Region
North America28,475,000.0arrivals(4 countries)
Europe15,421,875.0arrivals(32 countries)
Asia8,505,920.0arrivals(25 countries)
Oceania4,650,000.0arrivals(2 countries)
Africa3,950,444.4arrivals(9 countries)
Key Findings
- •Tourism remains highly concentrated: a small number of destinations account for a large share of global arrivals.
- •Major Mediterranean destinations (e.g., France, Spain, Italy, Türkiye, Greece) are among the largest inbound markets.
- •Several Gulf hubs (e.g., UAE, Qatar) show very high inbound arrivals relative to population due to hub travel and events.
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0arrivals)High (189,000,000.0arrivals)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 6,336,550.6arrivals)
North America (4)
Europe (32)
Asia (25)
Oceania (2)
Africa (9)
South America (7)
Other (99)
About This Statistic
This statistic measures the number of international tourist arrivals—overnight visitors traveling to a country other than their usual residence—for each destination. It is a core indicator used to compare inbound tourism scale across countries and to track recovery after COVID-19 disruptions.
Values come from the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) dataset as published via the World Bank’s World Development Indicators (indicator: ST.INT.ARVL). Counts reflect reported inbound arrivals in the reference year; some countries report via border statistics while others use accommodation or survey-based systems, which can affect comparability.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 79,700,000.0arrivals |
| 2 | Spain | 71,600,000.0arrivals |
| 3 | People's Republic of China | 56,400,000.0arrivals |
| 4 | Türkiye | 50,900,000.0arrivals |
| 5 | United States of America | 50,700,000.0arrivals |
| 6 | Italy | 49,400,000.0arrivals |
| 7 | Mexico | 38,700,000.0arrivals |
| 8 | Japan | 38,300,000.0arrivals |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 31,000,000.0arrivals |
| 10 | Russian Federation | 29,000,000.0arrivals |
| 11 | Germany | 28,700,000.0arrivals |
| 12 | Greece | 27,100,000.0arrivals |
| 13 | Austria | 26,200,000.0arrivals |
| 14 | Canada | 22,100,000.0arrivals |
| 15 | Solomon Islands | 19,000,000.0arrivals |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 18,000,000.0arrivals |
| 17 | Netherlands | 17,900,000.0arrivals |
| 18 | South Korea | 17,000,000.0arrivals |
| 19 | Poland | 15,600,000.0arrivals |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 14,800,000.0arrivals |
| 21 | Romania | 12,700,000.0arrivals |
| 22 | Croatia | 12,500,000.0arrivals |
| 23 | Hungary | 12,500,000.0arrivals |
| 24 | Egypt | 11,700,000.0arrivals |
| 25 | Portugal | 11,400,000.0arrivals |
| 26 | Thailand | 11,100,000.0arrivals |
| 27 | Morocco | 10,900,000.0arrivals |
| 28 | Switzerland | 10,600,000.0arrivals |
| 29 | Bulgaria | 10,500,000.0arrivals |
| 30 | Czech Republic | 10,400,000.0arrivals |
| 31 | Malaysia | 10,100,000.0arrivals |
| 32 | Bahrain | 9,800,000.0arrivals |
| 33 | Monaco | 9,000,000.0arrivals |
| 34 | Belgium | 7,700,000.0arrivals |
| 35 | Sweden | 7,200,000.0arrivals |
| 36 | Finland | 6,900,000.0arrivals |
| 37 | Albania | 6,880,000.0arrivals |
| 38 | Dominican Republic | 6,500,000.0arrivals |
| 39 | Ireland | 6,400,000.0arrivals |
| 40 | Argentina | 6,400,000.0arrivals |
| 41 | Singapore | 6,300,000.0arrivals |
| 42 | India | 6,200,000.0arrivals |
| 43 | Australia | 6,100,000.0arrivals |
| 44 | Slovenia | 6,000,000.0arrivals |
| 45 | Tunisia | 6,000,000.0arrivals |
| 46 | South Africa | 5,700,000.0arrivals |
| 47 | Indonesia | 5,400,000.0arrivals |
| 48 | Slovakia | 5,200,000.0arrivals |
| 49 | Uzbekistan | 5,100,000.0arrivals |
| 50 | Jordan | 5,040,000.0arrivals |
| 51 | Norway | 5,000,000.0arrivals |
| 52 | Bhutan | 4,700,000.0arrivals |
| 53 | Colombia | 4,600,000.0arrivals |
| 54 | Georgia | 4,300,000.0arrivals |
| 55 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 4,100,000.0arrivals |
| 56 | Chile | 4,000,000.0arrivals |
| 57 | Denmark | 4,000,000.0arrivals |
| 58 | Belarus | 3,800,000.0arrivals |
| 59 | Benin | 3,800,000.0arrivals |
| 60 | Vietnam | 3,700,000.0arrivals |
| 61 | Brazil | 3,600,000.0arrivals |
| 62 | Cyprus | 3,200,000.0arrivals |
| 63 | New Zealand | 3,200,000.0arrivals |
| 64 | Estonia | 3,100,000.0arrivals |
| 65 | Oman | 3,000,000.0arrivals |
| 66 | Virgin Islands, British | 2,800,000.0arrivals |
| 67 | Philippines | 2,650,000.0arrivals |
| 68 | Israel | 2,600,000.0arrivals |
| 69 | Country 532 | 2,600,000.0arrivals |
| 70 | Qatar | 2,600,000.0arrivals |
| 71 | Kuwait | 2,500,000.0arrivals |
| 72 | Uruguay | 2,500,000.0arrivals |
| 73 | Andorra | 2,500,000.0arrivals |
| 74 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2,460,000.0arrivals |
| 75 | Guatemala | 2,400,000.0arrivals |
| 76 | Lithuania | 2,400,000.0arrivals |
| 77 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2,330,000.0arrivals |
| 78 | Myanmar | 2,300,000.0arrivals |
| 79 | Costa Rica | 2,300,000.0arrivals |
| 80 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 2,300,000.0arrivals |
| 81 | Algeria | 2,300,000.0arrivals |
| 82 | Cambodia | 2,280,000.0arrivals |
| 83 | Montenegro | 2,100,000.0arrivals |
| 84 | Latvia | 2,000,000.0arrivals |
| 85 | Peru | 2,000,000.0arrivals |
| 86 | Zimbabwe | 2,000,000.0arrivals |
| 87 | Turkmenistan | 2,000,000.0arrivals |
| 88 | Ukraine | 2,000,000.0arrivals |
| 89 | Serbia | 1,900,000.0arrivals |
| 90 | Kenya | 1,870,000.0arrivals |
| 91 | El Salvador | 1,800,000.0arrivals |
| 92 | Panama | 1,800,000.0arrivals |
| 93 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,800,000.0arrivals |
| 94 | Cuba | 1,700,000.0arrivals |
| 95 | Iceland | 1,700,000.0arrivals |
| 96 | Iraq | 1,700,000.0arrivals |
| 97 | Maldives | 1,700,000.0arrivals |
| 98 | Azerbaijan | 1,700,000.0arrivals |
| 99 | Jamaica | 1,600,000.0arrivals |
| 100 | Belize | 1,600,000.0arrivals |
| 101 | Ecuador | 1,500,000.0arrivals |
| 102 | Paraguay | 1,500,000.0arrivals |
| 103 | Nicaragua | 1,400,000.0arrivals |
| 104 | Armenia | 1,400,000.0arrivals |
| 105 | Mozambique | 1,300,000.0arrivals |
| 106 | Honduras | 1,200,000.0arrivals |
| 107 | Lebanon | 1,200,000.0arrivals |
| 108 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1,200,000.0arrivals |
| 109 | Bahamas | 1,200,000.0arrivals |
| 110 | Bolivia | 1,200,000.0arrivals |
| 111 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,200,000.0arrivals |
| 112 | Republic of The Gambia | 1,100,000.0arrivals |
| 113 | Mauritius | 1,100,000.0arrivals |
| 114 | Nigeria | 1,100,000.0arrivals |
| 115 | Rwanda | 1,100,000.0arrivals |
| 116 | Zambia | 1,100,000.0arrivals |
| 117 | Kazakhstan | 1,000,000.0arrivals |
| 118 | Luxembourg | 1,000,000.0arrivals |
| 119 | Togo | 1,000,000.0arrivals |
| 120 | Venezuela | 1,000,000.0arrivals |
| 121 | Pakistan | 970,000.0arrivals |
| 122 | Equatorial Guinea | 950,000.0arrivals |
| 123 | Senegal | 950,000.0arrivals |
| 124 | Ghana | 914,000.0arrivals |
| 125 | Cameroon | 900,000.0arrivals |
| 126 | Ethiopia | 870,000.0arrivals |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 840,000.0arrivals |
| 128 | Uganda | 814,000.0arrivals |
| 129 | Libya | 800,000.0arrivals |
| 130 | Malawi | 800,000.0arrivals |
| 131 | Sudan | 800,000.0arrivals |
| 132 | Republic of the Congo | 750,000.0arrivals |
| 133 | Sri Lanka | 719,000.0arrivals |
| 134 | Tajikistan | 700,000.0arrivals |
| 135 | Dominica | 650,000.0arrivals |
| 136 | Bermuda | 650,000.0arrivals |
| 137 | Nepal | 614,000.0arrivals |
| 138 | Mongolia | 600,000.0arrivals |
| 139 | Lesotho | 500,000.0arrivals |
| 140 | Namibia | 460,000.0arrivals |
| 141 | Madagascar | 370,000.0arrivals |
| 142 | Mali | 350,000.0arrivals |
| 143 | New Caledonia | 330,000.0arrivals |
| 144 | Botswana | 330,000.0arrivals |
| 145 | Suriname | 315,000.0arrivals |
| 146 | Haiti | 300,000.0arrivals |
| 147 | Mauritania | 270,000.0arrivals |
| 148 | Bangladesh | 269,000.0arrivals |
| 149 | Cayman Islands | 250,000.0arrivals |
| 150 | Guyana | 250,000.0arrivals |
| 151 | Papua New Guinea | 200,000.0arrivals |
| 152 | Angola | 200,000.0arrivals |
| 153 | Barbados | 200,000.0arrivals |
| 154 | Trinidad and Tobago | 180,000.0arrivals |
| 155 | Moldova, Republic of | 170,000.0arrivals |
| 156 | Seychelles | 160,000.0arrivals |
| 157 | Burundi | 150,000.0arrivals |
| 158 | Eritrea | 140,000.0arrivals |
| 159 | Liberia | 130,000.0arrivals |
| 160 | Guinea | 124,000.0arrivals |
| 161 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 120,000.0arrivals |
| 162 | Greenland | 110,000.0arrivals |
| 163 | Eswatini | 110,000.0arrivals |
| 164 | Cape Verde | 100,000.0arrivals |
| 165 | Malta | 100,000.0arrivals |
| 166 | Central African Republic | 90,000.0arrivals |
| 167 | Chad | 80,000.0arrivals |
| 168 | Djibouti | 74,000.0arrivals |
| 169 | Niger | 70,000.0arrivals |
| 170 | Sierra Leone | 70,000.0arrivals |
| 171 | Comoros | 33,000.0arrivals |
| 172 | North Korea | 0.0arrivals |
| 173 | Montserrat | 0.0arrivals |
| 174 | Somalia | 0.0arrivals |
| 175 | South Sudan | 0.0arrivals |
| 176 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0arrivals |
| 177 | Yemen | 0.0arrivals |
| 178 | Afghanistan | 0.0arrivals |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) via World Bank (World Development Indicators) (2022).
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