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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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
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 ...
#84 Oman :
1,116,000
2005 ...
#85 Nigeria :
962,000
2004 ...
#86 Colombia :
933,000
2005 ...
#87 Luxembourg :
913,000
2005 ...
#88 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 ...
#126 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 ...
#136 Burkina Faso :
222,000
2004 ...
#137 Angola :
210,000
2005 ...
#138 Bangladesh :
208,000
2005 ...
#139 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 ...
#143 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 ...
#153 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 ...
#161 Haiti :
96,000
2004 ...
#162 Kuwait :
91,000
2004 ...
#163 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 ...
#171 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 ...
#177 Tonga :
42,000
2005 ...
#178 Sierra Leone :
40,000
2005 ...
#179 Djibouti :
30,000
2005 ...
#180 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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