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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) (1997) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Guam :
9,254.547
per 1,000 people
1997
Guamanian Economy
# 2
Bermuda :
6,141.712
per 1,000 people
1997
Bermudian Economy
# 3
Bahamas, The :
5,612.443
per 1,000 people
1997
Bahamian Economy
# 4
Netherlands Antilles :
4,002.731
per 1,000 people
1997
Dutch Antillean Economy
# 5
Virgin Islands :
3,657.924
per 1,000 people
1997
Virgin Islander Economy
# 6
Antigua and Barbuda :
3,311.532
per 1,000 people
1997
Barbudan Economy
# 7
Cyprus :
3,112.933
per 1,000 people
1997
Cypriot Economy
# 8
Malta :
2,900.783
per 1,000 people
1997
Maltese Economy
# 9
Bahrain :
2,590.749
per 1,000 people
1997
Bahraini Economy
# 10
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2,160.039
per 1,000 people
1997
Nevisian Economy
# 11
Austria :
2,088.415
per 1,000 people
1997
Austrian Economy
# 12
Iceland :
1,908.088
per 1,000 people
1997
Icelandic Economy
# 13
Luxembourg :
1,845.789
per 1,000 people
1997
Luxembourg Economy
# 14
Barbados :
1,789.404
per 1,000 people
1997
Barbadian Economy
# 15
Seychelles :
1,681.346
per 1,000 people
1997
Seychellois Economy
# 16
Saint Lucia :
1,657.023
per 1,000 people
1997
Saint Lucian Economy
# 17
Singapore :
1,553.506
per 1,000 people
1997
Singapore Economy
# 18
Ireland :
1,520.562
per 1,000 people
1997
Irish Economy
# 19
Maldives :
1,370.648
per 1,000 people
1997
Maldivian Economy
# 20
France :
1,144.018
per 1,000 people
1997
French Economy
# 21
Grenada :
1,115.578
per 1,000 people
1997
Grenadian Economy
# 22
Portugal :
1,008.227
per 1,000 people
1997
Portuguese Economy
# 23
Spain :
999.257
per 1,000 people
1997
Spanish Economy
# 24
Switzerland :
993.087
per 1,000 people
1997
Swiss Economy
# 25
Greece :
934.397
per 1,000 people
1997
Greek Economy
# 26
United Arab Emirates :
933.635
per 1,000 people
1997
Emirati Economy
# 27
Croatia :
914.223
per 1,000 people
1997
Croatian Economy
# 28
Dominica :
902.251
per 1,000 people
1997
Dominican Economy
# 29
Puerto Rico :
868.271
per 1,000 people
1997
Puerto Rican Economy
# 30
French Polynesia :
803.973
per 1,000 people
1997
French Polynesian Economy
# 31
Uruguay :
711.262
per 1,000 people
1997
Uruguayan Economy
# 32
Belize :
634.783
per 1,000 people
1997
Belizean Economy
# 33
Norway :
613.519
per 1,000 people
1997
Norwegian Economy
# 34
Italy :
609.768
per 1,000 people
1997
Italian Economy
# 35
Qatar :
608.929
per 1,000 people
1997
Qatari Economy
# 36
Belgium :
592.967
per 1,000 people
1997
Belgian Economy
# 37
Canada :
589.218
per 1,000 people
1997
Canadian Economy
# 38
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
569.222
per 1,000 people
1997
Saint Vincentian Economy
# 39
Estonia :
521.429
per 1,000 people
1997
Estonian Economy
# 40
New Caledonia :
520.727
per 1,000 people
1997
New Caledonian Economy
# 41
Poland :
505.045
per 1,000 people
1997
Polish Economy
# 42
Netherlands :
502.403
per 1,000 people
1997
Dutch Economy
# 43
Slovenia :
490.444
per 1,000 people
1997
Slovenian Economy
# 44
Czech Republic :
482.915
per 1,000 people
1997
Czech Economy
# 45
Jamaica :
470.39
per 1,000 people
1997
Jamaican Economy
# 46
Mauritius :
466.783
per 1,000 people
1997
Mauritian Economy
# 47
Tunisia :
462.615
per 1,000 people
1997
Tunisian Economy
# 48
Fiji :
456.81
per 1,000 people
1997
Fijian Economy
# 49
Denmark :
408.386
per 1,000 people
1997
Danish Economy
# 50
United Kingdom :
397.044
per 1,000 people
1997
British Economy
# 51
Samoa :
395.692
per 1,000 people
1997
Samoan Economy
# 52
Botswana :
360.864
per 1,000 people
1997
Motswana -Batswana Economy
# 53
Bulgaria :
358.515
per 1,000 people
1997
Bulgarian Economy
# 54
Israel :
344.414
per 1,000 people
1997
Israeli Economy
# 55
Malaysia :
289.87
per 1,000 people
1997
Malaysian Economy
# 56
Namibia :
285.994
per 1,000 people
1997
Namibian Economy
# 57
Lithuania :
282.682
per 1,000 people
1997
Lithuanian Economy
# 58
Swaziland :
280.281
per 1,000 people
1997
Swazi Economy
# 59
Vanuatu :
277.402
per 1,000 people
1997
- Economy
# 60
Sweden :
269.848
per 1,000 people
1997
Swedish Economy
# 61
Dominican Republic :
266.215
per 1,000 people
1997
Dominican Economy
# 62
Tonga :
264.79
per 1,000 people
1997
Tongan Economy
# 63
Latvia :
259.184
per 1,000 people
1997
Latvian Economy
# 64
Trinidad and Tobago :
254.838
per 1,000 people
1997
Tobagonian Economy
# 65
Jordan :
253.862
per 1,000 people
1997
Jordanian Economy
# 66
Australia :
233.191
per 1,000 people
1997
Australian Economy
# 67
Romania :
228.297
per 1,000 people
1997
Romanian Economy
# 68
Costa Rica :
221.888
per 1,000 people
1997
Costa Rican Economy
# 69
Mexico :
206.023
per 1,000 people
1997
Mexican Economy
# 70
Germany :
192.967
per 1,000 people
1997
German Economy
# 71
United States :
175.587
per 1,000 people
1997
American Economy
# 72
Oman :
163.55
per 1,000 people
1997
Omani Economy
# 73
Lebanon :
153.672
per 1,000 people
1997
Lebanese Economy
# 74
Panama :
151.398
per 1,000 people
1997
Panamanian Economy
# 75
Slovakia :
151.21
per 1,000 people
1997
Slovak Economy
# 76
Ukraine :
149.385
per 1,000 people
1997
Ukrainian Economy
# 77
Suriname :
144.562
per 1,000 people
1997
Surinamese Economy
# 78
Turkey :
141.217
per 1,000 people
1997
Turkish Economy
# 79
Gabon :
141.109
per 1,000 people
1997
Gabonese Economy
# 80
Eritrea :
127.339
per 1,000 people
1997
Eritrean Economy
# 81
Thailand :
122.305
per 1,000 people
1997
Thai Economy
# 82
South Africa :
121.585
per 1,000 people
1997
South African Economy
# 83
Russia :
118.551
per 1,000 people
1997
Russian Economy
# 84
Marshall Islands :
117.753
per 1,000 people
1997
Marshallese Economy
# 85
Morocco :
112.601
per 1,000 people
1997
Moroccan Economy
# 86
Chile :
110.874
per 1,000 people
1997
Chilean Economy
# 87
Zimbabwe :
109.643
per 1,000 people
1997
Zimbabwean Economy
# 88
Cape Verde :
107.051
per 1,000 people
1997
Cape Verdean Economy
# 89
Cuba :
105.008
per 1,000 people
1997
Cuban Economy
# 90
Guyana :
103.157
per 1,000 people
1997
Guyanese Economy
# 91
Lesotho :
82.98
per 1,000 people
1997
Basotho Economy
# 92
Paraguay :
78.718
per 1,000 people
1997
Paraguayan Economy
# 93
Argentina :
77.448
per 1,000 people
1997
Argentine Economy
# 94
Nicaragua :
76.784
per 1,000 people
1997
Nicaraguan Economy
# 95
Gambia, The :
71.199
per 1,000 people
1997
Gambian Economy
# 96
El Salvador :
65.455
per 1,000 people
1997
Salvadoran Economy
# 97
Georgia :
64.055
per 1,000 people
1997
Georgian Economy
# 98
Kiribati :
61.151
per 1,000 people
1997
- Economy
# 99
Macedonia, Republic of :
61.007
per 1,000 people
1997
Macedonian Economy
# 100
Turkmenistan :
59.294
per 1,000 people
1997
Turkmen Economy
# 101
Syria :
57.278
per 1,000 people
1997
Syrian Economy
# 102
Guatemala :
55.236
per 1,000 people
1997
Guatemalan Economy
# 103
Honduras :
51.653
per 1,000 people
1997
Honduran Economy
# 104
Comoros :
51.266
per 1,000 people
1997
Comoran Economy
# 105
Bolivia :
45.435
per 1,000 people
1997
Bolivian Economy
# 106
Ecuador :
44.919
per 1,000 people
1997
Ecuadorian Economy
# 107
Uzbekistan :
40.563
per 1,000 people
1997
Uzbekistani Economy
# 108
Kuwait :
39.899
per 1,000 people
1997
Kuwaiti Economy
# 109
Laos :
39.238
per 1,000 people
1997
Lao Economy
# 110
Albania :
38.603
per 1,000 people
1997
Albanian Economy
# 111
São Tomé and Príncipe :
37.889
per 1,000 people
1997
Sao Tomean Economy
# 112
Solomon Islands :
36.371
per 1,000 people
1997
Solomon Islander Economy
# 113
Venezuela :
35.455
per 1,000 people
1997
Venezuelan Economy
# 114
Zambia :
33.998
per 1,000 people
1997
Zambian Economy
# 115
Japan :
33.452
per 1,000 people
1997
Japanese Economy
# 116
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
32.96
per 1,000 people
1997
Herzegovinian Economy
# 117
Kenya :
31.666
per 1,000 people
1997
Kenyan Economy
# 118
Philippines :
31.158
per 1,000 people
1997
Philippine Economy
# 119
Djibouti :
30.931
per 1,000 people
1997
Djiboutian Economy
# 120
Peru :
26.291
per 1,000 people
1997
Peruvian Economy
# 121
Indonesia :
26.165
per 1,000 people
1997
Indonesian Economy
# 122
Belarus :
25.106
per 1,000 people
1997
Belarusian Economy
# 123
Mongolia :
23.591
per 1,000 people
1997
Mongolian Economy
# 124
Vietnam :
22.741
per 1,000 people
1997
Vietnamese Economy
# 125
Benin :
22.455
per 1,000 people
1997
Beninese Economy
# 126
Algeria :
21.747
per 1,000 people
1997
Algerian Economy
# 127
Sri Lanka :
19.712
per 1,000 people
1997
Sri Lankan Economy
# 128
Haiti :
19.597
per 1,000 people
1997
Haitian Economy
# 129
Malawi :
19.546
per 1,000 people
1997
Malawian Economy
# 130
China :
19.324
per 1,000 people
1997
Chinese Economy
# 131
Togo :
19.041
per 1,000 people
1997
Togolese Economy
# 132
Nepal :
18.528
per 1,000 people
1997
Nepalese Economy
# 133
Kyrgyzstan :
18.413
per 1,000 people
1997
Kyrgyzstani Economy
# 134
Côte d'Ivoire :
17.574
per 1,000 people
1997
Ivoirian Economy
# 135
Ghana :
17.486
per 1,000 people
1997
Ghanaian Economy
# 136
Brazil :
17.138
per 1,000 people
1997
Brazilian Economy
# 137
Cameroon :
16.646
per 1,000 people
1997
Cameroonian Economy
# 138
Colombia :
16.123
per 1,000 people
1997
Colombian Economy
# 139
Papua New Guinea :
13.383
per 1,000 people
1997
Papua New Guinean Economy
# 140
Burkina Faso :
13.298
per 1,000 people
1997
Burkinabe Economy
# 141
Tanzania :
11.019
per 1,000 people
1997
Tanzanian Economy
# 142
Libya :
9.997
per 1,000 people
1997
Libyan Economy
# 143
Bhutan :
9.677
per 1,000 people
1997
Bhutanese Economy
# 144
Congo, Republic of the :
8.664
per 1,000 people
1997
Congolese Economy
# 145
Uganda :
7.889
per 1,000 people
1997
Ugandan Economy
# 146
Armenia :
7.318
per 1,000 people
1997
Armenian Economy
# 147
Mali :
7.003
per 1,000 people
1997
Malian Economy
# 148
Madagascar :
6.819
per 1,000 people
1997
Malagasy Economy
# 149
Niger :
6.4
per 1,000 people
1997
Nigerien Economy
# 150
Sierra Leone :
5.461
per 1,000 people
1997
Sierra Leonean Economy
# 151
Nigeria :
5.304
per 1,000 people
1997
Nigerian Economy
# 152
Moldova :
4.878
per 1,000 people
1997
Moldovan Economy
# 153
Central African Republic :
4.76
per 1,000 people
1997
Central African Economy
# 154
Burma :
4.122
per 1,000 people
1997
Burmese Economy
# 155
Chad :
3.615
per 1,000 people
1997
Chadian Economy
# 156
Angola :
3.489
per 1,000 people
1997
Angolan Economy
# 157
Pakistan :
2.919
per 1,000 people
1997
Pakistani Economy
# 158
India :
2.459
per 1,000 people
1997
Indian Economy
# 159
Ethiopia :
2.326
per 1,000 people
1997
Ethiopian Economy
# 160
Guinea :
2.202
per 1,000 people
1997
Guinean Economy
# 161
Burundi :
1.757
per 1,000 people
1997
Burundian Economy
# 162
Bangladesh :
1.499
per 1,000 people
1997
Bangladeshi Economy
# 163
Sudan :
0.975
per 1,000 people
1997
Sudanese Economy
# 164
Iraq :
0.652
per 1,000 people
1997
Iraqi Economy
# 165
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0.637
per 1,000 people
1997
Congolese Economy
Weighted average:
542.7
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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