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SOURCE
World Tourism Organisation, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.
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." Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Economy Statistics > Tourist arrivals (per capita) (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Turks and Caicos Islands :
12,186.149
per 1,000 people
2007
Turks and Caicos Islands Economy
# 2
Monaco :
9,879.254
per 1,000 people
2008
Monegasque Economy
# 3
Aruba :
8,144.493
per 1,000 people
2008
Aruban Economy
# 4
Bahrain :
6,964.702
per 1,000 people
2007
Bahraini Economy
# 5
Guam :
6,481.803
per 1,000 people
2008
Guamanian Economy
# 6
Cayman Islands :
6,330.701
per 1,000 people
2008
Caymanian Economy
# 7
Bahamas, The :
4,758.482
per 1,000 people
2008
Bahamian Economy
# 8
Virgin Islands :
4,702.715
per 1,000 people
2007
Virgin Islander Economy
# 9
Northern Mariana Islands :
4,479.542
per 1,000 people
2008
NA Economy
# 10
Netherlands Antilles :
4,357.298
per 1,000 people
2008
Dutch Antillean Economy
# 11
Bermuda :
3,967.777
per 1,000 people
2008
Bermudian Economy
# 12
Palau :
3,934.955
per 1,000 people
2008
Palauan Economy
# 13
Iceland :
3,620.629
per 1,000 people
2008
Icelandic Economy
# 14
Malta :
3,199.251
per 1,000 people
2008
Maltese Economy
# 15
Antigua and Barbuda :
3,147.11
per 1,000 people
2008
Barbudan Economy
# 16
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
3,038.903
per 1,000 people
2008
Nevisian Economy
# 17
Cyprus :
3,033.04
per 1,000 people
2008
Cypriot Economy
# 18
Austria :
2,673.196
per 1,000 people
2008
Austrian Economy
# 19
San Marino :
2,329.9
per 1,000 people
2007
Sammarinese Economy
# 20
Croatia :
2,096.162
per 1,000 people
2008
Croatian Economy
# 21
Barbados :
2,014.413
per 1,000 people
2008
Barbadian Economy
# 22
Seychelles :
1,933.201
per 1,000 people
2008
Seychellois Economy
# 23
Ireland :
1,931.129
per 1,000 people
2008
Irish Economy
# 24
Saint Lucia :
1,854.811
per 1,000 people
2008
Saint Lucian Economy
# 25
Luxembourg :
1,808.62
per 1,000 people
2008
Luxembourg Economy
# 26
Maldives :
1,769.774
per 1,000 people
2008
Maldivian Economy
# 27
Qatar :
1,703.466
per 1,000 people
2008
Qatari Economy
# 28
Singapore :
1,687.873
per 1,000 people
2008
Singapore Economy
# 29
Liechtenstein :
1,681.257
per 1,000 people
2008
Liechtenstein Economy
# 30
United Arab Emirates :
1,571.977
per 1,000 people
2005
Emirati Economy
# 31
Estonia :
1,506.571
per 1,000 people
2008
Estonian Economy
# 32
Greece :
1,486.457
per 1,000 people
2008
Greek Economy
# 33
Grenada :
1,444.91
per 1,000 people
2007
Grenadian Economy
# 34
Spain :
1,415.523
per 1,000 people
2008
Spanish Economy
# 35
France :
1,276.527
per 1,000 people
2006
French Economy
# 36
Portugal :
1,157.68
per 1,000 people
2007
Portuguese Economy
# 37
Switzerland :
1,135.392
per 1,000 people
2008
Swiss Economy
# 38
Dominica :
1,119.001
per 1,000 people
2007
Dominican Economy
# 39
Puerto Rico :
983.798
per 1,000 people
2008
Puerto Rican Economy
# 40
Norway :
955.978
per 1,000 people
2008
Norwegian Economy
# 41
Hungary :
887.532
per 1,000 people
2008
Hungarian Economy
# 42
Slovenia :
882.099
per 1,000 people
2008
Slovenian Economy
# 43
Malaysia :
872.513
per 1,000 people
2008
Malaysian Economy
# 44
Denmark :
821.008
per 1,000 people
2008
Danish Economy
# 45
Botswana :
814.189
per 1,000 people
2008
Motswana -Batswana Economy
# 46
Belize :
813.224
per 1,000 people
2008
Belizean Economy
# 47
Bulgaria :
795.85
per 1,000 people
2008
Bulgarian Economy
# 48
Latvia :
749.97
per 1,000 people
2008
Latvian Economy
# 49
Albania :
738.996
per 1,000 people
2008
Albanian Economy
# 50
Italy :
734.952
per 1,000 people
2008
Italian Economy
# 51
Mauritius :
729.876
per 1,000 people
2008
Mauritian Economy
# 52
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
709.268
per 1,000 people
2008
Saint Vincentian Economy
# 53
French Polynesia :
692.533
per 1,000 people
2008
French Polynesian Economy
# 54
Belgium :
688.681
per 1,000 people
2008
Belgian Economy
# 55
Finland :
683.159
per 1,000 people
2008
Finnish Economy
# 56
Tunisia :
678.86
per 1,000 people
2008
Tunisian Economy
# 57
Swaziland :
667.958
per 1,000 people
2008
Swazi Economy
# 58
Cape Verde :
667.45
per 1,000 people
2008
Cape Verdean Economy
# 59
Czech Republic :
650.529
per 1,000 people
2008
Czech Economy
# 60
Jamaica :
630.097
per 1,000 people
2008
Jamaican Economy
# 61
Fiji :
627.857
per 1,000 people
2008
Fijian Economy
# 62
Netherlands :
607.018
per 1,000 people
2008
Dutch Economy
# 63
Jordan :
601.58
per 1,000 people
2008
Jordanian Economy
# 64
Brunei :
592.599
per 1,000 people
2008
Bruneian Economy
# 65
New Zealand :
577.698
per 1,000 people
2008
New Zealand Economy
# 66
Samoa :
561.997
per 1,000 people
2008
Samoan Economy
# 67
Uruguay :
557.252
per 1,000 people
2008
Uruguayan Economy
# 68
Ukraine :
553.308
per 1,000 people
2008
Ukrainian Economy
# 69
Saudi Arabia :
524.29
per 1,000 people
2008
Saudi Economy
# 70
Canada :
516.128
per 1,000 people
2008
Canadian Economy
# 71
Costa Rica :
497.865
per 1,000 people
2008
Costa Rican Economy
# 72
United Kingdom :
494.586
per 1,000 people
2008
British Economy
# 73
New Caledonia :
462.584
per 1,000 people
2008
New Caledonian Economy
# 74
Kyrgyzstan :
454.557
per 1,000 people
2008
Kyrgyzstani Economy
# 75
Namibia :
452.051
per 1,000 people
2007
Namibian Economy
# 76
Lithuania :
451.867
per 1,000 people
2008
Lithuanian Economy
# 77
Vanuatu :
422.38
per 1,000 people
2008
- Economy
# 78
American Samoa :
419.463
per 1,000 people
2006
American Samoan Economy
# 79
Dominican Republic :
418.633
per 1,000 people
2008
Dominican Economy
# 80
Trinidad and Tobago :
413.418
per 1,000 people
2008
Tobagonian Economy
# 81
Romania :
398.348
per 1,000 people
2008
Romanian Economy
# 82
Tonga :
393.428
per 1,000 people
2007
Tongan Economy
# 83
Panama :
390.672
per 1,000 people
2008
Panamanian Economy
# 84
Oman :
384.402
per 1,000 people
2008
Omani Economy
# 85
Sweden :
380.242
per 1,000 people
2007
Swedish Economy
# 86
Israel :
361.624
per 1,000 people
2008
Israeli Economy
# 87
Turkey :
347.656
per 1,000 people
2008
Turkish Economy
# 88
Suriname :
346.231
per 1,000 people
2007
Surinamese Economy
# 89
Poland :
336.617
per 1,000 people
2008
Polish Economy
# 90
Lebanon :
335.604
per 1,000 people
2008
Lebanese Economy
# 91
Slovakia :
323.899
per 1,000 people
2008
Slovak Economy
# 92
Germany :
302.102
per 1,000 people
2008
German Economy
# 93
Georgia :
278.567
per 1,000 people
2008
Georgian Economy
# 94
Syria :
274.97
per 1,000 people
2008
Syrian Economy
# 95
Australia :
265.907
per 1,000 people
2008
Australian Economy
# 96
Morocco :
229.419
per 1,000 people
2008
Moroccan Economy
# 97
Kazakhstan :
224.699
per 1,000 people
2008
Kazakhstani Economy
# 98
Thailand :
221.946
per 1,000 people
2008
Thai Economy
# 99
Mexico :
205.874
per 1,000 people
2008
Mexican Economy
# 100
Zimbabwe :
203.718
per 1,000 people
2007
Zimbabwean Economy
# 101
Cuba :
202.732
per 1,000 people
2008
Cuban Economy
# 102
South Africa :
196.627
per 1,000 people
2008
South African Economy
# 103
El Salvador :
195.998
per 1,000 people
2008
Salvadoran Economy
# 104
Laos :
193.934
per 1,000 people
2008
Lao Economy
# 105
United States :
190.696
per 1,000 people
2008
American Economy
# 106
Armenia :
187.968
per 1,000 people
2008
Armenian Economy
# 107
Azerbaijan :
172.297
per 1,000 people
2008
Azerbaijani Economy
# 108
Guyana :
170.33
per 1,000 people
2007
Guyanese Economy
# 109
Russia :
168.27
per 1,000 people
2008
Russian Economy
# 110
Gabon :
165.51
per 1,000 people
2003
Gabonese Economy
# 111
Chile :
164.032
per 1,000 people
2008
Chilean Economy
# 112
Mongolia :
148.861
per 1,000 people
2008
Mongolian Economy
# 113
Nicaragua :
148.293
per 1,000 people
2008
Nicaraguan Economy
# 114
Cambodia :
140.503
per 1,000 people
2008
Cambodian Economy
# 115
Lesotho :
133.917
per 1,000 people
2008
Basotho Economy
# 116
Guatemala :
131.901
per 1,000 people
2008
Guatemalan Economy
# 117
Macedonia, Republic of :
123.707
per 1,000 people
2008
Macedonian Economy
# 118
Honduras :
117.681
per 1,000 people
2008
Honduran Economy
# 119
Kuwait :
116.94
per 1,000 people
2007
Kuwaiti Economy
# 120
Argentina :
115.236
per 1,000 people
2008
Argentine Economy
# 121
Rwanda :
96.308
per 1,000 people
2008
Rwandan Economy
# 122
Marshall Islands :
94.976
per 1,000 people
2008
Marshallese Economy
# 123
Tuvalu :
91.728
per 1,000 people
2007
Tuvaluan Economy
# 124
Gambia, The :
84.704
per 1,000 people
2008
Gambian Economy
# 125
Djibouti :
80.584
per 1,000 people
2007
Djiboutian Economy
# 126
São Tomé and Príncipe :
74.974
per 1,000 people
2006
Sao Tomean Economy
# 127
Ecuador :
72.159
per 1,000 people
2008
Ecuadorian Economy
# 128
Peru :
70.526
per 1,000 people
2008
Peruvian Economy
# 129
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
70.148
per 1,000 people
2008
Herzegovinian Economy
# 130
Senegal :
69.878
per 1,000 people
2007
Senegalese Economy
# 131
Zambia :
69.583
per 1,000 people
2008
Zambian Economy
# 132
Japan :
65.607
per 1,000 people
2008
Japanese Economy
# 133
Bolivia :
64.231
per 1,000 people
2008
Bolivian Economy
# 134
Serbia and Montenegro :
63.589
per 1,000 people
2008
Serbian Economy
# 135
Paraguay :
62.653
per 1,000 people
2008
Paraguayan Economy
# 136
Malawi :
53.259
per 1,000 people
2008
Malawian Economy
# 137
Algeria :
52.473
per 1,000 people
2008
Algerian Economy
# 138
Vietnam :
49.398
per 1,000 people
2008
Vietnamese Economy
# 139
Kenya :
46.78
per 1,000 people
2006
Kenyan Economy
# 140
Bhutan :
41.036
per 1,000 people
2008
Bhutanese Economy
# 141
China :
39.885
per 1,000 people
2008
Chinese Economy
# 142
Uzbekistan :
39.093
per 1,000 people
2008
Uzbekistani Economy
# 143
Mozambique :
36.88
per 1,000 people
2007
Mozambican Economy
# 144
Kiribati :
35.34
per 1,000 people
2008
- Economy
# 145
Haiti :
34.063
per 1,000 people
2008
Haitian Economy
# 146
Philippines :
32.677
per 1,000 people
2008
Philippine Economy
# 147
Venezuela :
28.204
per 1,000 people
2008
Venezuelan Economy
# 148
Colombia :
27.147
per 1,000 people
2008
Colombian Economy
# 149
Uganda :
26.906
per 1,000 people
2008
Ugandan Economy
# 150
Indonesia :
26.247
per 1,000 people
2008
Indonesian Economy
# 151
Libya :
25.958
per 1,000 people
2004
Libyan Economy
# 152
Brazil :
25.72
per 1,000 people
2008
Brazilian Economy
# 153
Burundi :
25.66
per 1,000 people
2006
Burundian Economy
# 154
Ghana :
25.598
per 1,000 people
2007
Ghanaian Economy
# 155
Solomon Islands :
24.698
per 1,000 people
2007
Solomon Islander Economy
# 156
Angola :
23.461
per 1,000 people
2008
Angolan Economy
# 157
Benin :
23.025
per 1,000 people
2007
Beninese Economy
# 158
Comoros :
21.085
per 1,000 people
2007
Comoran Economy
# 159
Sri Lanka :
20.73
per 1,000 people
2008
Sri Lankan Economy
# 160
Guinea-Bissau :
20.37
per 1,000 people
2007
Guinean Economy
# 161
Papua New Guinea :
19.219
per 1,000 people
2008
Papua New Guinean Economy
# 162
Côte d'Ivoire :
18.814
per 1,000 people
1998
Ivoirian Economy
# 163
Madagascar :
18.71
per 1,000 people
2008
Malagasy Economy
# 164
Tanzania :
18.651
per 1,000 people
2008
Tanzanian Economy
# 165
Nepal :
16.938
per 1,000 people
2008
Nepalese Economy
# 166
Eritrea :
16.508
per 1,000 people
2007
Eritrean Economy
# 167
Mali :
15.417
per 1,000 people
2008
Malian Economy
# 168
Burkina Faso :
14.805
per 1,000 people
2008
Burkinabe Economy
# 169
Togo :
12.631
per 1,000 people
2008
Togolese Economy
# 170
Mauritania :
11.344
per 1,000 people
2000
Mauritanian Economy
# 171
Cameroon :
11.089
per 1,000 people
2006
Cameroonian Economy
# 172
Sudan :
11.072
per 1,000 people
2007
Sudanese Economy
# 173
Congo, Republic of the :
10.475
per 1,000 people
2006
Congolese Economy
# 174
Belarus :
9.395
per 1,000 people
2008
Belarusian Economy
# 175
Nigeria :
7.675
per 1,000 people
2006
Nigerian Economy
# 176
Sierra Leone :
5.719
per 1,000 people
2008
Sierra Leonean Economy
# 177
Guinea :
5.001
per 1,000 people
2006
Guinean Economy
# 178
Pakistan :
4.763
per 1,000 people
2008
Pakistani Economy
# 179
India :
4.675
per 1,000 people
2008
Indian Economy
# 180
Burma :
4.041
per 1,000 people
2008
Burmese Economy
# 181
Ethiopia :
3.998
per 1,000 people
2008
Ethiopian Economy
# 182
Niger :
3.722
per 1,000 people
2007
Nigerien Economy
# 183
Central African Republic :
3.419
per 1,000 people
2006
Central African Economy
# 184
Bangladesh :
3.041
per 1,000 people
2008
Bangladeshi Economy
# 185
Chad :
2.529
per 1,000 people
2007
Chadian Economy
# 186
Moldova :
1.619
per 1,000 people
2008
Moldovan Economy
# 187
Turkmenistan :
1.57
per 1,000 people
2007
Turkmen Economy
# 188
Iraq :
1.23
per 1,000 people
1999
Iraqi Economy
# 189
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0.715
per 1,000 people
2007
Congolese Economy
# 190
Tajikistan :
0.64
per 1,000 people
2001
Tajikistani Economy
Weighted average:
871.6
per 1,000 people
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union
755.647
per 1,000 people
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." Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
SOURCE: World Tourism Organisation, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.
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