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.
Economy Statistics > International tourism, number of arrivals (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
France :
76,001,000
2005
# 2
Spain :
55,577,000
2005
# 3
United States :
49,209,000
2005
# 4
China :
46,809,000
2005
# 5
Italy :
36,513,000
2005
# 6
United Kingdom :
29,971,000
2005
# 7
Hong Kong :
23,359,000
2005
# 8
Russia :
22,201,000
2005
# 9
Mexico :
21,915,000
2005
# 10
Germany :
21,500,000
2005
# 11
Turkey :
20,273,000
2005
# 12
Austria :
19,952,000
2005
# 13
Canada :
18,770,000
2005
# 14
Malaysia :
16,431,000
2005
# 15
Ukraine :
15,629,000
2004
# 16
Poland :
15,200,000
2005
# 17
Greece :
14,276,000
2005
# 18
Portugal :
11,617,000
2004
# 19
Thailand :
11,567,000
2005
# 20
Netherlands :
10,012,000
2005
# 21
Saudi Arabia :
9,100,000
2005
# 22
Macau :
9,014,000
2005
# 23
Croatia :
8,467,000
2005
# 24
Egypt :
8,244,000
2005
# 25
South Africa :
7,369,000
2005
# 26
Ireland :
7,333,000
2005
# 27
Switzerland :
7,229,000
2005
# 28
Singapore :
7,080,000
2005
# 29
Belgium :
6,747,000
2005
# 30
Japan :
6,728,000
2005
# 31
Tunisia :
6,378,000
2005
# 32
Czech Republic :
6,336,000
2005
# 33
Korea, South :
6,022,000
2005
# 34
United Arab Emirates :
5,871,000
2003
# 35
Morocco :
5,843,000
2005
# 36
Australia :
5,497,000
2005
# 37
Brazil :
5,358,000
2005
# 38
Indonesia :
5,002,000
2005
# 39
Bulgaria :
4,837,000
2005
# 40
India :
3,915,000
2005
# 41
Bahrain :
3,914,000
2005
# 42
Argentina :
3,895,000
2005
# 43
Norway :
3,859,000
2005
# 44
Dominican Republic :
3,691,000
2005
# 45
Puerto Rico :
3,686,000
2005
# 46
Vietnam :
3,468,000
2005
# 47
Hungary :
3,446,000
2005
# 48
Denmark :
3,358,000
2004
# 49
Romania :
3,274,000
2000
# 50
Kazakhstan :
3,073,000
2004
# 51
Jordan :
2,987,000
2005
# 52
Sweden :
2,746,000
2000
# 53
Philippines :
2,623,000
2005
# 54
Cyprus :
2,470,000
2005
# 55
Andorra :
2,418,000
2005
# 56
New Zealand :
2,365,000
2005
# 57
Cuba :
2,261,000
2005
# 58
Finland :
2,080,000
2005
# 59
Zimbabwe :
2,068,000
2001
# 60
Chile :
2,027,000
2005
# 61
Lithuania :
2,000,000
2005
# 62
Israel :
1,903,000
2005
# 63
Estonia :
1,900,000
2005
# 64
Uruguay :
1,808,000
2005
# 65
Iran :
1,659,000
2004
# 66
Bahamas, The :
1,608,000
2005
# 67
Slovenia :
1,555,000
2005
# 68
Botswana :
1,523,000
2004
# 69
Slovakia :
1,515,000
2005
# 70
Peru :
1,486,000
2005
# 71
Jamaica :
1,479,000
2005
# 72
Costa Rica :
1,453,000
2004
# 73
Algeria :
1,443,000
2005
# 74
Cambodia :
1,422,000
2005
# 75
Syria :
1,318,000
2001
# 76
Guatemala :
1,316,000
2005
# 77
Guam :
1,228,000
2005
# 78
Kenya :
1,199,000
2004
# 79
Azerbaijan :
1,177,000
2005
# 80
Malta :
1,171,000
2005
# 81
El Salvador :
1,154,000
2005
# 82
Lebanon :
1,140,000
2005
= 83
Latvia :
1,116,000
2005
= 83
Oman :
1,116,000
2005
# 85
Nigeria :
962,000
2004
# 86
Colombia :
933,000
2005
= 87
Luxembourg :
913,000
2005
= 87
Qatar :
913,000
2005
# 89
Ecuador :
861,000
2005
# 90
Swaziland :
839,000
2005
# 91
Brunei :
815,000
2005
# 92
Pakistan :
798,000
2005
# 93
Mauritius :
761,000
2005
# 94
Honduras :
749,000
2005
# 95
Aruba :
733,000
2005
# 96
Serbia and Montenegro :
725,000
2005
# 97
Nicaragua :
712,000
2005
# 98
Venezuela :
706,000
2005
# 99
Panama :
702,000
2005
# 100
Namibia :
695,000
2003
# 101
Laos :
672,000
2005
# 102
Ghana :
584,000
2004
# 103
Virgin Islands :
575,000
2005
# 104
Tanzania :
566,000
2004
# 105
Georgia :
560,000
2005
# 106
Fiji :
550,000
2005
# 107
Sri Lanka :
549,000
2005
# 108
Barbados :
548,000
2005
# 109
Northern Mariana Islands :
525,000
2004
# 110
Zambia :
515,000
2004
# 111
Bolivia :
504,000
2005
# 112
Malawi :
471,000
2004
# 113
Mozambique :
470,000
2004
# 114
Uganda :
468,000
2005
# 115
Trinidad and Tobago :
463,000
2005
# 116
Maldives :
395,000
2005
# 117
Senegal :
387,000
2005
# 118
Nepal :
375,000
2005
# 119
Paraguay :
341,000
2005
# 120
Yemen :
336,000
2005
# 121
Armenia :
319,000
2005
# 122
Saint Lucia :
318,000
2005
# 123
Kyrgyzstan :
315,000
2005
# 124
Iceland :
303,000
2000
= 125
Mongolia :
301,000
2004
= 125
Côte d'Ivoire :
301,000
1998
# 127
Monaco :
286,000
2005
# 128
Bermuda :
270,000
2005
# 129
Uzbekistan :
262,000
2004
# 130
Antigua and Barbuda :
261,000
2005
# 131
Belize :
237,000
2005
# 132
Burma :
232,000
2005
# 133
Madagascar :
229,000
2004
# 134
Ethiopia :
227,000
2005
= 135
Gabon :
222,000
2003
= 135
Burkina Faso :
222,000
2004
# 137
Angola :
210,000
2005
= 138
Bangladesh :
208,000
2005
= 138
French Polynesia :
208,000
2005
# 140
Cape Verde :
198,000
2005
# 141
Macedonia, Republic of :
197,000
2005
= 142
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
190,000
2004
= 142
Cameroon :
190,000
2004
# 144
Lesotho :
186,000
1999
# 145
Benin :
174,000
2004
# 146
Cayman Islands :
168,000
2005
# 147
Suriname :
160,000
2005
# 148
Libya :
149,000
2004
# 149
Burundi :
148,000
2005
# 150
Mali :
143,000
2005
# 151
Seychelles :
129,000
2005
= 152
Iraq :
127,000
2001
= 152
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
127,000
2005
# 154
Guyana :
117,000
2005
# 155
Rwanda :
113,000
2001
# 156
Gambia, The :
111,000
2005
# 157
Samoa :
102,000
2005
# 158
New Caledonia :
101,000
2005
# 159
Grenada :
99,000
2005
= 160
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
96,000
2005
= 160
Haiti :
96,000
2004
= 162
Kuwait :
91,000
2004
= 162
Belarus :
91,000
2005
# 164
Palau :
86,000
2005
# 165
Eritrea :
83,000
2005
# 166
Togo :
81,000
2005
# 167
Dominica :
79,000
2005
# 168
Papua New Guinea :
69,000
2005
# 169
Vanuatu :
62,000
2005
= 170
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
61,000
2005
= 170
Sudan :
61,000
2004
# 172
Niger :
55,000
2003
# 173
Liechtenstein :
50,000
2005
# 174
Albania :
46,000
2005
# 175
Guinea :
45,000
2005
= 176
San Marino :
42,000
2004
= 176
Tonga :
42,000
2005
# 178
Sierra Leone :
40,000
2005
= 179
Djibouti :
30,000
2005
= 179
Mauritania :
30,000
2000
# 181
Chad :
29,000
2005
# 182
American Samoa :
24,000
2005
# 183
Moldova :
23,000
2005
# 184
Congo, Republic of the :
22,000
2002
# 185
Solomon Islands :
21,000
1999
# 186
Micronesia, Federated States of :
19,000
2005
# 187
Comoros :
18,000
2004
# 188
Bhutan :
14,000
2005
# 189
Turkmenistan :
12,000
2005
# 190
São Tomé and Príncipe :
11,000
2005
# 191
Marshall Islands :
9,000
2005
# 192
Central African Republic :
8,000
2004
# 193
Guinea-Bissau :
5,000
2005
# 194
Tajikistan :
4,000
2001
# 195
Kiribati :
3,000
2004
Weighted average:
4,080,200.0
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.
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