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Economy > Tourist arrivals > Per capita: Countries Compared

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.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Turks and Caicos Islands 12,186.15 per 1,000 people 2007
2 Monaco 9,879.25 per 1,000 people 2008
3 Aruba 8,144.49 per 1,000 people 2008
4 Bahrain 6,964.7 per 1,000 people 2007
5 Guam 6,481.8 per 1,000 people 2008
6 Cayman Islands 6,330.7 per 1,000 people 2008
7 The Bahamas 4,758.48 per 1,000 people 2008
8 Virgin Islands 4,702.72 per 1,000 people 2007
9 Northern Mariana Islands 4,479.54 per 1,000 people 2008
10 Netherlands Antilles 4,357.3 per 1,000 people 2008
11 Bermuda 3,967.78 per 1,000 people 2008
12 Palau 3,934.95 per 1,000 people 2008
13 Iceland 3,620.63 per 1,000 people 2008
Tourist destinations average (profile) 3,304.96 per 1,000 people 2007
14 Malta 3,199.25 per 1,000 people 2008
15 Antigua and Barbuda 3,147.11 per 1,000 people 2008
16 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3,038.9 per 1,000 people 2008
17 Cyprus 3,033.04 per 1,000 people 2008
18 Austria 2,673.2 per 1,000 people 2008
19 San Marino 2,329.9 per 1,000 people 2007
20 Croatia 2,096.16 per 1,000 people 2008
21 Barbados 2,014.41 per 1,000 people 2008
22 Seychelles 1,933.2 per 1,000 people 2008
23 Ireland 1,931.13 per 1,000 people 2008
24 Saint Lucia 1,854.81 per 1,000 people 2008
25 Luxembourg 1,808.62 per 1,000 people 2008
26 Maldives 1,769.77 per 1,000 people 2008
27 Qatar 1,703.47 per 1,000 people 2008
28 Singapore 1,687.87 per 1,000 people 2008
29 Liechtenstein 1,681.26 per 1,000 people 2008
30 United Arab Emirates 1,571.98 per 1,000 people 2005
31 Estonia 1,506.57 per 1,000 people 2008
32 Greece 1,486.46 per 1,000 people 2008
33 Grenada 1,444.91 per 1,000 people 2007
34 Spain 1,415.52 per 1,000 people 2008
Eurozone average (profile) 1,376.6 per 1,000 people 2008
35 France 1,276.53 per 1,000 people 2006
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) 1,229.8 per 1,000 people 2008
Europe average (profile) 1,218.97 per 1,000 people 2008
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) 1,160.96 per 1,000 people 2007
European Union average (profile) 1,158.33 per 1,000 people 2008
36 Portugal 1,157.68 per 1,000 people 2007
37 Switzerland 1,135.39 per 1,000 people 2008
38 Dominica 1,119 per 1,000 people 2007
Catholic countries average (profile) 1,028.46 per 1,000 people 2007
Christian countries average (profile) 990.09 per 1,000 people 2006
39 Puerto Rico 983.8 per 1,000 people 2008
40 Norway 955.98 per 1,000 people 2008
NATO countries average (profile) 944.71 per 1,000 people 2008
High income OECD countries average (profile) 933.33 per 1,000 people 2008
41 Hungary 887.53 per 1,000 people 2008
42 Slovenia 882.1 per 1,000 people 2008
43 Malaysia 872.51 per 1,000 people 2008
Former British colonies average (profile) 870.84 per 1,000 people 2007
44 Denmark 821.01 per 1,000 people 2008
45 Botswana 814.19 per 1,000 people 2008
46 Belize 813.22 per 1,000 people 2008
47 Bulgaria 795.85 per 1,000 people 2008
48 European Union 755.65 per 1,000 people 2008
49 Latvia 749.97 per 1,000 people 2008
50 Albania 739 per 1,000 people 2008
51 Italy 734.95 per 1,000 people 2008
52 Mauritius 729.88 per 1,000 people 2008
53 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 709.27 per 1,000 people 2008
Cold countries average (profile) 701.52 per 1,000 people 2007
54 French Polynesia 692.53 per 1,000 people 2008
55 Belgium 688.68 per 1,000 people 2008
56 Finland 683.16 per 1,000 people 2008
57 Tunisia 678.86 per 1,000 people 2008
58 Swaziland 667.96 per 1,000 people 2008
59 Cape Verde 667.45 per 1,000 people 2008
60 Czech Republic 650.53 per 1,000 people 2008
61 Jamaica 630.1 per 1,000 people 2008
62 Fiji 627.86 per 1,000 people 2008
63 Netherlands 607.02 per 1,000 people 2008
64 Jordan 601.58 per 1,000 people 2008
65 Brunei 592.6 per 1,000 people 2008
66 New Zealand 577.7 per 1,000 people 2008
67 Samoa 562 per 1,000 people 2008
68 Uruguay 557.25 per 1,000 people 2008
69 Ukraine 553.31 per 1,000 people 2008
70 Saudi Arabia 524.29 per 1,000 people 2008
71 Canada 516.13 per 1,000 people 2008
Non-religious countries average (profile) 512.48 per 1,000 people 2007
Eastern Europe average (profile) 503.04 per 1,000 people 2008
72 Costa Rica 497.87 per 1,000 people 2008
73 United Kingdom 494.59 per 1,000 people 2008
74 New Caledonia 462.58 per 1,000 people 2008
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) 461.11 per 1,000 people 2007
75 Kyrgyzstan 454.56 per 1,000 people 2008
76 Namibia 452.05 per 1,000 people 2007
77 Lithuania 451.87 per 1,000 people 2008
78 Vanuatu 422.38 per 1,000 people 2008
79 American Samoa 419.46 per 1,000 people 2006
80 Dominican Republic 418.63 per 1,000 people 2008
81 Trinidad and Tobago 413.42 per 1,000 people 2008
82 Romania 398.35 per 1,000 people 2008
83 Tonga 393.43 per 1,000 people 2007
84 Panama 390.67 per 1,000 people 2008
85 Oman 384.4 per 1,000 people 2008
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 384.01 per 1,000 people 2008
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 381.1 per 1,000 people 1995
86 Sweden 380.24 per 1,000 people 2007
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 369.09 per 1,000 people 2008
87 Israel 361.62 per 1,000 people 2008
88 Turkey 347.66 per 1,000 people 2008
89 Suriname 346.23 per 1,000 people 2007
90 Poland 336.62 per 1,000 people 2008
91 Lebanon 335.6 per 1,000 people 2008
Emerging markets average (profile) 329.28 per 1,000 people 2008
92 Slovakia 323.9 per 1,000 people 2008
OPEC countries average (profile) 321.9 per 1,000 people 2004
93 Germany 302.1 per 1,000 people 2008
94 Georgia 278.57 per 1,000 people 2008
95 Syria 274.97 per 1,000 people 2008
96 Australia 265.91 per 1,000 people 2008
97 Morocco 229.42 per 1,000 people 2008
South and Central Asia average (profile) 226.84 per 1,000 people 2007
98 Kazakhstan 224.7 per 1,000 people 2008
99 Thailand 221.95 per 1,000 people 2008
100 Mexico 205.87 per 1,000 people 2008
101 Zimbabwe 203.72 per 1,000 people 2007
102 Cuba 202.73 per 1,000 people 2008
103 South Africa 196.63 per 1,000 people 2008
104 El Salvador 196 per 1,000 people 2008
105 Laos 193.93 per 1,000 people 2008
106 United States 190.7 per 1,000 people 2008
107 Armenia 187.97 per 1,000 people 2008
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 184.41 per 1,000 people 2008
108 Azerbaijan 172.3 per 1,000 people 2008
109 Guyana 170.33 per 1,000 people 2007
110 Russia 168.27 per 1,000 people 2008
111 Gabon 165.51 per 1,000 people 2003
112 Chile 164.03 per 1,000 people 2008
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 151.1 per 1,000 people 2006
113 Mongolia 148.86 per 1,000 people 2008
114 Nicaragua 148.29 per 1,000 people 2008
115 Cambodia 140.5 per 1,000 people 2008
116 Lesotho 133.92 per 1,000 people 2008
117 Guatemala 131.9 per 1,000 people 2008
118 Honduras 117.68 per 1,000 people 2008
119 Kuwait 116.94 per 1,000 people 2007
Religious countries average (profile) 116.56 per 1,000 people 1995
120 Argentina 115.24 per 1,000 people 2008
121 Rwanda 96.31 per 1,000 people 2008
122 Marshall Islands 94.98 per 1,000 people 2008
123 Tuvalu 91.73 per 1,000 people 2007
Former French colonies average (profile) 89.3 per 1,000 people 2006
124 The Gambia 84.7 per 1,000 people 2008
125 Djibouti 80.58 per 1,000 people 2007
126 Sao Tome and Principe 74.97 per 1,000 people 2006
127 Ecuador 72.16 per 1,000 people 2008
128 Peru 70.53 per 1,000 people 2008
129 Bosnia and Herzegovina 70.15 per 1,000 people 2008
130 Senegal 69.88 per 1,000 people 2007
131 Zambia 69.58 per 1,000 people 2008
132 Japan 65.61 per 1,000 people 2008
133 Bolivia 64.23 per 1,000 people 2008
134 Serbia and Montenegro 63.59 per 1,000 people 2008
135 Paraguay 62.65 per 1,000 people 2008
136 Malawi 53.26 per 1,000 people 2008
137 Algeria 52.47 per 1,000 people 2008
138 Vietnam 49.4 per 1,000 people 2008
139 Kenya 46.78 per 1,000 people 2006
140 Bhutan 41.04 per 1,000 people 2008
141 China 39.88 per 1,000 people 2008
142 Uzbekistan 39.09 per 1,000 people 2008
143 Mozambique 36.88 per 1,000 people 2007
144 Kiribati 35.34 per 1,000 people 2008
145 Haiti 34.06 per 1,000 people 2008
146 Philippines 32.68 per 1,000 people 2008
147 Venezuela 28.2 per 1,000 people 2008
148 Colombia 27.15 per 1,000 people 2008
149 Uganda 26.91 per 1,000 people 2008
150 Indonesia 26.25 per 1,000 people 2008
151 Libya 25.96 per 1,000 people 2004
152 Brazil 25.72 per 1,000 people 2008
153 Burundi 25.66 per 1,000 people 2006
154 Ghana 25.6 per 1,000 people 2007
155 Solomon Islands 24.7 per 1,000 people 2007
156 Angola 23.46 per 1,000 people 2008
157 Benin 23.02 per 1,000 people 2007
158 Comoros 21.09 per 1,000 people 2007
159 Sri Lanka 20.73 per 1,000 people 2008
160 Guinea-Bissau 20.37 per 1,000 people 2007
161 Papua New Guinea 19.22 per 1,000 people 2008
162 Cote d'Ivoire 18.81 per 1,000 people 1998
163 Madagascar 18.71 per 1,000 people 2008
164 Tanzania 18.65 per 1,000 people 2008
165 Nepal 16.94 per 1,000 people 2008
166 Eritrea 16.51 per 1,000 people 2007
167 Mali 15.42 per 1,000 people 2008
168 Burkina Faso 14.8 per 1,000 people 2008
South Asia average (profile) 13.38 per 1,000 people 2008
169 Togo 12.63 per 1,000 people 2008
170 Mauritania 11.34 per 1,000 people 2000
171 Cameroon 11.09 per 1,000 people 2006
172 Sudan 11.07 per 1,000 people 2007
173 Congo, Republic of the 10.47 per 1,000 people 2006
174 Belarus 9.39 per 1,000 people 2008
175 Nigeria 7.67 per 1,000 people 2006
176 Sierra Leone 5.72 per 1,000 people 2008
177 Guinea 5 per 1,000 people 2006
178 Pakistan 4.76 per 1,000 people 2008
179 India 4.67 per 1,000 people 2008
180 Burma 4.04 per 1,000 people 2008
181 Ethiopia 4 per 1,000 people 2008
182 Niger 3.72 per 1,000 people 2007
183 Central African Republic 3.42 per 1,000 people 2006
184 Bangladesh 3.04 per 1,000 people 2008
185 Chad 2.53 per 1,000 people 2007
186 Moldova 1.62 per 1,000 people 2008
187 Turkmenistan 1.57 per 1,000 people 2007
188 Iraq 1.23 per 1,000 people 1999
189 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.715 per 1,000 people 2007
190 Tajikistan 0.64 per 1,000 people 2001

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Economy > Tourist arrivals > Per capita: Countries Compared Map

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Interesting observations about Economy > Tourist arrivals > Per capita

  • Monaco ranked first for tourist arrivals > per capita amongst Christian countries in 2008.
  • Bahrain ranked first for tourist arrivals > per capita amongst Hot countries in 2007.
  • Iceland ranked first for tourist arrivals > per capita amongst Cold countries in 2008.
  • Estonia ranked first for tourist arrivals > per capita amongst Emerging markets in 2008.
  • Malta ranked first for tourist arrivals > per capita amongst European Union in 2008.
  • Turks and Caicos Islands ranked first for tourist arrivals > per capita globally in 2007.
  • Austria ranked first for tourist arrivals > per capita amongst Landlocked countries in 2008.
  • Aruba ranked first for tourist arrivals > per capita amongst Latin America and Caribbean in 2008.
  • Uruguay ranked first for tourist arrivals > per capita amongst Former Spanish colonies in 2008.
  • United States ranked second last for tourist arrivals > per capita amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2008.
  • Palau ranked first for tourist arrivals > per capita amongst East Asia and Pacific in 2008.
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