⚠️ Unconfirmedeconomic2023

Nights spent at tourist accommodation by non‑residents (inbound tourism) per resident

Name: Nights spent at tourist accommodation by non‑residents (inbound tourism) per resident
Creator: UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) — Compendium of Tourism Statistics / UNWTO Data
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, tourism, travel, hospitality, visitor-nights, tourist pressure, inbound tourism, accommodation

Inbound tourism intensity: non‑resident nights spent in paid accommodation per resident, latest 2019–2023. Shows where tourism “dwarfs” population.

Source: UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) — Compendium of Tourism Statistics / UNWTO Data•155 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

2.4nights per resident

Median: 0.8nights per resident

Countries Covered

155

with available data

Highest

Maldives

60.0nights per resident

Lowest

South Sudan

0.0nights per resident

Top 5 Countries

1Maldives60.0nights per resident

2Iceland50.0nights per resident

3Bahamas17.5nights per resident

4Luxembourg14.0nights per resident

5Comoros10.5nights per resident

By Region

Europe4.9nights per resident(32 countries)

Other2.2nights per resident(77 countries)

Oceania1.3nights per resident(2 countries)

Asia1.3nights per resident(24 countries)

South America1.0nights per resident(7 countries)

Key Findings

•Small island states and microstates can record tens of non-resident accommodation nights per resident in high-tourism years.
•Major European destinations typically show several non-resident nights per resident, indicating sustained tourism intensity beyond simple arrivals.
•Countries with large populations can have substantial total tourism activity yet low nights-per-resident ratios.
•The indicator helps distinguish ‘arrival hubs’ from ‘stay destinations’ because it incorporates length of stay.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0nights per resident)High (60.0nights per resident)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 2.4nights per resident)

Europe (32)

Other (77)

Oceania (2)

Asia (24)

South America (7)

North America (4)

Africa (9)

About This Statistic

This statistic measures how many nights foreign visitors (non‑residents) spend in a country’s collective tourist accommodation (hotels and similar establishments, depending on national reporting) per resident. It captures tourism “pressure” or intensity better than simple arrival counts, because it reflects both visitor volume and length of stay.

The indicator uses each country’s most recent pre‑pandemic or post‑pandemic year available (2019–2023 in this snapshot) and divides non‑resident nights by the resident population. Small destinations and major hubs often rank highest because inbound visitor-night volumes can exceed the local population many times over. Comparability depends on coverage of accommodation types (e.g., hotels only vs. hotels + other collective accommodation) and the extent to which short‑term rentals are excluded in many national systems.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Maldives	60.0nights per resident
2	Iceland	50.0nights per resident
3	Bahamas	17.5nights per resident
4	Luxembourg	14.0nights per resident
5	Comoros	10.5nights per resident
6	Montenegro	9.0nights per resident
7	Singapore	9.0nights per resident
8	Albania	8.7nights per resident
9	Ireland	7.8nights per resident
10	Estonia	7.0nights per resident
11	Malta	6.8nights per resident
12	Qatar	6.0nights per resident
13	Barbados	5.7nights per resident
14	Belgium	5.6nights per resident
15	Bahrain	4.9nights per resident
16	Denmark	4.8nights per resident
17	Portugal	4.8nights per resident
18	Spain	4.6nights per resident
19	Jamaica	4.5nights per resident
20	Italy	4.3nights per resident
21	Greece	4.2nights per resident
22	Switzerland	4.1nights per resident
23	Cape Verde	4.0nights per resident
24	Kuwait	4.0nights per resident
25	Slovenia	4.0nights per resident
26	Andorra	3.4nights per resident
27	Norway	3.3nights per resident
28	Croatia	3.1nights per resident
29	Lithuania	3.0nights per resident
30	Oman	3.0nights per resident
31	Sweden	3.0nights per resident
32	United Kingdom	3.0nights per resident
33	France	2.9nights per resident
34	Latvia	2.9nights per resident
35	Argentina	2.9nights per resident
36	Netherlands	2.8nights per resident
37	Slovakia	2.8nights per resident
38	Finland	2.6nights per resident
39	Fiji	2.2nights per resident
40	Hungary	2.1nights per resident
41	Dominican Republic	2.0nights per resident
42	Germany	1.9nights per resident
43	Bermuda	1.9nights per resident
44	Austria	1.8nights per resident
45	Czech Republic	1.7nights per resident
46	Romania	1.7nights per resident
47	The Republic of North Macedonia	1.6nights per resident
48	New Zealand	1.5nights per resident
49	Poland	1.5nights per resident
50	Thailand	1.5nights per resident
51	Costa Rica	1.4nights per resident
52	Jordan	1.3nights per resident
53	Bangladesh	1.3nights per resident
54	Israel	1.2nights per resident
55	Morocco	1.2nights per resident
56	Panama	1.2nights per resident
57	Serbia	1.2nights per resident
58	Suriname	1.2nights per resident
59	Tunisia	1.2nights per resident
60	Botswana	1.2nights per resident
61	Guatemala	1.1nights per resident
62	Türkiye	1.1nights per resident
63	Uruguay	1.1nights per resident
64	Australia	1.1nights per resident
65	Belize	1.1nights per resident
66	Lebanon	1.0nights per resident
67	Solomon Islands	1.0nights per resident
68	Belarus	1.0nights per resident
69	Cyprus	1.0nights per resident
70	Georgia	1.0nights per resident
71	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.0nights per resident
72	El Salvador	0.9nights per resident
73	Canada	0.9nights per resident
74	Colombia	0.8nights per resident
75	Djibouti	0.8nights per resident
76	Namibia	0.8nights per resident
77	Nicaragua	0.8nights per resident
78	Cambodia	0.8nights per resident
79	Chile	0.8nights per resident
80	Moldova, Republic of	0.8nights per resident
81	Cayman Islands	0.7nights per resident
82	Peru	0.7nights per resident
83	Mexico	0.7nights per resident
84	Cameroon	0.6nights per resident
85	Taiwan, Province of China	0.6nights per resident
86	Malaysia	0.6nights per resident
87	Bhutan	0.6nights per resident
88	Cuba	0.6nights per resident
89	Republic of The Gambia	0.6nights per resident
90	South Korea	0.6nights per resident
91	Paraguay	0.6nights per resident
92	Saudi Arabia	0.6nights per resident
93	Egypt	0.6nights per resident
94	United States of America	0.6nights per resident
95	Brazil	0.6nights per resident
96	Ecuador	0.5nights per resident
97	Honduras	0.5nights per resident
98	Kyrgyzstan	0.5nights per resident
99	Philippines	0.5nights per resident
100	Algeria	0.5nights per resident
101	Kazakhstan	0.4nights per resident
102	Central African Republic	0.4nights per resident
103	Brunei Darussalam	0.4nights per resident
104	Sri Lanka	0.4nights per resident
105	Ghana	0.4nights per resident
106	Japan	0.4nights per resident
107	Mongolia	0.4nights per resident
108	South Africa	0.4nights per resident
109	United Republic of Tanzania	0.4nights per resident
110	Bolivia	0.4nights per resident
111	Angola	0.3nights per resident
112	People's Republic of China	0.3nights per resident
113	Vietnam	0.3nights per resident
114	Bulgaria	0.3nights per resident
115	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.3nights per resident
116	Haiti	0.3nights per resident
117	Kenya	0.3nights per resident
118	Papua New Guinea	0.3nights per resident
119	Uganda	0.3nights per resident
120	Myanmar	0.2nights per resident
121	Armenia	0.2nights per resident
122	Ethiopia	0.2nights per resident
123	Cote d'Ivoire	0.2nights per resident
124	New Caledonia	0.2nights per resident
125	Russian Federation	0.2nights per resident
126	Ukraine	0.2nights per resident
127	Indonesia	0.2nights per resident
128	Senegal	0.2nights per resident
129	Venezuela	0.2nights per resident
130	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.2nights per resident
131	Zambia	0.2nights per resident
132	Benin	0.1nights per resident
133	Uzbekistan	0.1nights per resident
134	Madagascar	0.1nights per resident
135	Nepal	0.1nights per resident
136	Zimbabwe	0.1nights per resident
137	Chad	0.1nights per resident
138	Guinea	0.1nights per resident
139	Rwanda	0.1nights per resident
140	Burundi	0.1nights per resident
141	India	0.1nights per resident
142	Sierra Leone	0.1nights per resident
143	Tajikistan	0.1nights per resident
144	Malawi	0.1nights per resident
145	Republic of the Congo	0.1nights per resident
146	Iraq	0.1nights per resident
147	Niger	0.0nights per resident
148	Nigeria	0.0nights per resident
149	Somalia	0.0nights per resident
150	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.0nights per resident
151	Sudan	0.0nights per resident
152	Pakistan	0.0nights per resident
153	Yemen	0.0nights per resident
154	North Korea	0.0nights per resident
155	South Sudan	0.0nights per resident

Showing 155 of 155 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) — Compendium of Tourism Statistics / UNWTO Data (2023).

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