High income OECD countries Compared by Economy > Tourist arrivals

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.".

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#	COUNTRY	AMOUNT	DATE
1	France	78.45 million	2008
2	United States	57.94 million	2008
3	Spain	57.32 million	2008
4	Italy	42.73 million	2008
5	United Kingdom	30.14 million	2008
6	Germany	24.88 million	2008
7	Austria	21.93 million	2008
8	Canada	17.14 million	2008
9	Greece	15.94 million	2008
10	Poland	12.96 million	2008
11	Portugal	12.32 million	2007
12	Netherlands	10.1 million	2008
13	Switzerland	8.61 million	2008
14	Japan	8.35 million	2008
15	Ireland	8.03 million	2008
16	Belgium	7.17 million	2008
17	Czech Republic	6.65 million	2008
18	Australia	5.59 million	2008
19	Denmark	4.5 million	2008
20	Norway	4.44 million	2008
21	Finland	3.58 million	2008
22	Sweden	3.43 million	2007
23	Chile	2.7 million	2008
24	Israel	2.57 million	2008
25	New Zealand	2.41 million	2008
26	Estonia	1.97 million	2008
27	Slovenia	1.77 million	2008
28	Slovakia	1.77 million	2008
29	Iceland	1.1 million	2008
30	Luxembourg	879,000	2008

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"Countries Compared by Economy > Tourist arrivals. International Statistics at NationMaster.com", World Tourism Organisation, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files. Aggregates compiled by NationMaster. Retrieved from http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/group-stats/High-income-OECD-countries/Economy/Tourist-arrivals

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