International Tourism, Arrivals by Country
As of 2020, France leads globally in international tourism, arrivals at 117.1M, followed by Poland, Mexico, United States. At the lower end, American Samoa, Tuvalu, Solomon Islands rank among the lowest. The global median is 996,000 (New Zealand). This indicator falls under the "Tourism" category and is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators. Data is available for 194 countries.
All Countries Ranked
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| # | Country | International Tourism, Arrivals | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France | 117.1M | 2020 |
| 2 |  Poland | 88.5M | 2019 |
| 3 |  Mexico | 51.1M | 2020 |
| 4 |  United States | 45.0M | 2020 |
| 5 |  Thailand | 39.9M | 2019 |
| 6 |  Italy | 38.4M | 2020 |
| 7 |  Czechia | 37.2M | 2019 |
| 8 |  Spain | 36.4M | 2020 |
| 9 |  Canada | 32.4M | 2019 |
| 10 |  Hungary | 31.6M | 2020 |
| 11 |  China | 30.4M | 2020 |
| 12 |  Croatia | 21.6M | 2020 |
| 13 |  Saudi Arabia | 20.3M | 2019 |
| 14 |  India | 17.9M | 2019 |
| 15 |  Türkiye | 16.0M | 2020 |
| 16 |  Denmark | 15.6M | 2020 |
| 17 |  Slovakia | 15.3M | 2018 |
| 18 |  Austria | 15.1M | 2020 |
| 19 |  Egypt | 13.0M | 2019 |
| 20 |  Germany | 12.4M | 2020 |
| 21 |  Switzerland | 11.8M | 2019 |
| 22 |  United Kingdom | 11.1M | 2020 |
| 23 |  Ireland | 11.0M | 2019 |
| 24 |  U.S. Virgin Islands | 8.6M | 2020 |
| 25 |  Kyrgyzstan | 8.5M | 2019 |
| 26 |  United Arab Emirates | 8.1M | 2020 |
| 27 |  Greece | 7.4M | 2020 |
| 28 |  Argentina | 7.4M | 2019 |
| 29 |  Netherlands | 7.3M | 2020 |
| 30 |  Uzbekistan | 6.7M | 2019 |
| 31 |  Russia | 6.4M | 2020 |
| 32 |  Brazil | 6.4M | 2019 |
| 33 |  Macao | 5.9M | 2020 |
| 34 |  Chile | 5.4M | 2019 |
| 35 |  Nigeria | 5.3M | 2016 |
| 36 |  Andorra | 5.2M | 2020 |
| 37 |  Romania | 5.0M | 2020 |
| 38 |  Bulgaria | 5.0M | 2020 |
| 39 |  Israel | 4.9M | 2019 |
| 40 |  Malaysia | 4.3M | 2020 |
| 41 |  Portugal | 4.2M | 2020 |
| 42 |  Cyprus | 4.1M | 2019 |
| 43 |  Japan | 4.1M | 2020 |
| 44 |  Indonesia | 4.1M | 2020 |
| 45 |  South Africa | 3.9M | 2020 |
| 46 |  Puerto Rico | 3.9M | 2020 |
| 47 |  Vietnam | 3.8M | 2020 |
| 48 |  Belarus | 3.6M | 2020 |
| 49 |  Hong Kong | 3.6M | 2020 |
| 50 |  Uruguay | 3.5M | 2019 |
| 51 |  Ukraine | 3.4M | 2020 |
| 52 |  Latvia | 3.2M | 2020 |
| 53 |  Morocco | 2.8M | 2020 |
| 54 |  Dominican Republic | 2.7M | 2020 |
| 55 |  Singapore | 2.7M | 2020 |
| 56 |  Albania | 2.7M | 2020 |
| 57 |  Belgium | 2.6M | 2020 |
| 58 |  South Korea | 2.5M | 2020 |
| 59 |  Syria | 2.4M | 2019 |
| 60 |  Lithuania | 2.3M | 2020 |
| 61 |  Kuwait | 2.2M | 2020 |
| 62 |  Ecuador | 2.1M | 2019 |
| 63 |  Kenya | 2.0M | 2019 |
| 64 |  Kazakhstan | 2.0M | 2020 |
| 65 |  Mozambique | 2.0M | 2019 |
| 66 |  Tunisia | 2.0M | 2020 |
| 67 |  Sweden | 2.0M | 2020 |
| 68 |  Sint Maarten | 2.0M | 2019 |
| 69 |  Aruba | 2.0M | 2019 |
| 70 |  Lebanon | 1.9M | 2019 |
| 71 |  Bahrain | 1.9M | 2020 |
| 72 |  San Marino | 1.9M | 2019 |
| 73 |  Botswana | 1.8M | 2018 |
| 74 |  Australia | 1.8M | 2020 |
| 75 |  Bahamas | 1.8M | 2020 |
| 76 |  Estonia | 1.7M | 2020 |
| 77 |  Rwanda | 1.6M | 2019 |
| 78 |  Iran | 1.6M | 2020 |
| 79 |  Tanzania | 1.5M | 2019 |
| 80 |  Georgia | 1.5M | 2020 |
| 81 |  Philippines | 1.5M | 2020 |
| 82 |  Norway | 1.4M | 2020 |
| 83 |  Colombia | 1.4M | 2020 |
| 84 |  Senegal | 1.4M | 2017 |
| 85 |  Jamaica | 1.3M | 2020 |
| 86 |  Cambodia | 1.3M | 2020 |
| 87 |  Curaçao | 1.3M | 2019 |
| 88 |  Jordan | 1.2M | 2020 |
| 89 |  Slovenia | 1.2M | 2020 |
| 90 |  Costa Rica | 1.1M | 2020 |
| 91 |  Lesotho | 1.1M | 2019 |
| 92 |  Peru | 1.1M | 2020 |
| 93 |  Cuba | 1.1M | 2020 |
| 94 |  Paraguay | 1.1M | 2020 |
| 95 |  Brunei | 1.1M | 2020 |
| 96 |  Tajikistan | 1.0M | 2018 |
| 97 |  Cameroon | 1.0M | 2019 |
| 98 |  New Zealand | 996,000 | 2020 |
| 99 |  Barbados | 966,000 | 2019 |
| 100 |  Haiti | 938,000 | 2019 |
| 101 |  Myanmar | 903,000 | 2020 |
| 102 |  Finland | 896,000 | 2020 |
| 103 |  Laos | 886,400 | 2020 |
| 104 |  Malawi | 871,000 | 2018 |
| 105 |  Oman | 869,000 | 2020 |
| 106 |  Sudan | 836,000 | 2018 |
| 107 |  Azerbaijan | 796,000 | 2020 |
| 108 |  Malta | 718,000 | 2020 |
| 109 |  El Salvador | 707,000 | 2020 |
| 110 |  Honduras | 669,000 | 2020 |
| 111 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 668,000 | 2020 |
| 112 |  Cayman Islands | 660,000 | 2020 |
| 113 |  Panama | 647,000 | 2020 |
| 114 |  Zimbabwe | 639,000 | 2020 |
| 115 |  Guatemala | 594,000 | 2020 |
| 116 |  Algeria | 591,000 | 2020 |
| 117 |  Qatar | 582,000 | 2020 |
| 118 |  Maldives | 555,000 | 2020 |
| 119 |  Sri Lanka | 540,000 | 2020 |
| 120 |  Luxembourg | 525,000 | 2020 |
| 121 |  Ethiopia | 518,000 | 2020 |
| 122 |  Zambia | 502,000 | 2020 |
| 123 |  Iceland | 488,000 | 2020 |
| 124 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 487,000 | 2019 |
| 125 |  Belize | 487,000 | 2020 |
| 126 |  Togo | 482,000 | 2020 |
| 127 |  Nicaragua | 474,000 | 2020 |
| 128 |  Uganda | 473,000 | 2020 |
| 129 |  Serbia | 446,000 | 2020 |
| 130 |  St. Lucia | 432,500 | 2020 |
| 131 |  Venezuela | 429,000 | 2017 |
| 132 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 392,000 | 2019 |
| 133 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 384,500 | 2020 |
| 134 |  Armenia | 375,000 | 2020 |
| 135 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 370,400 | 2020 |
| 136 |  DR Congo | 351,000 | 2016 |
| 137 |  Montenegro | 351,000 | 2020 |
| 138 |  Eswatini | 345,300 | 2020 |
| 139 |  Benin | 337,000 | 2019 |
| 140 |  Guam | 328,000 | 2020 |
| 141 |  Bolivia | 323,300 | 2020 |
| 142 |  Bangladesh | 323,000 | 2019 |
| 143 |  Mauritius | 316,000 | 2020 |
| 144 |  St. Kitts and Nevis | 301,400 | 2020 |
| 145 |  Burundi | 299,000 | 2017 |
| 146 |  Suriname | 279,000 | 2017 |
| 147 |  The Gambia | 246,000 | 2020 |
| 148 |  Nepal | 230,000 | 2020 |
| 149 |  Angola | 218,000 | 2019 |
| 150 |  Mali | 217,000 | 2019 |
| 151 |  Grenada | 217,000 | 2020 |
| 152 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 197,000 | 2020 |
| 153 |  Namibia | 187,100 | 2020 |
| 154 |  Cabo Verde | 180,000 | 2020 |
| 155 |  Fiji | 168,000 | 2020 |
| 156 |  Monaco | 159,000 | 2020 |
| 157 |  Republic of the Congo | 158,000 | 2018 |
| 158 |  Eritrea | 142,000 | 2016 |
| 159 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 141,000 | 2020 |
| 160 |  Dominica | 140,000 | 2020 |
| 161 |  Seychelles | 124,500 | 2020 |
| 162 |  North Macedonia | 118,000 | 2020 |
| 163 |  Guinea | 99,000 | 2017 |
| 164 |  Tonga | 94,000 | 2019 |
| 165 |  West Bank and Gaza | 93,000 | 2020 |
| 166 |  French Polynesia | 89,400 | 2020 |
| 167 |  Madagascar | 87,100 | 2020 |
| 168 |  Central African Republic | 87,000 | 2019 |
| 169 |  Guyana | 86,400 | 2020 |
| 170 |  Niger | 85,000 | 2020 |
| 171 |  British Virgin Islands | 83,000 | 2020 |
| 172 |  Vanuatu | 82,400 | 2020 |
| 173 |  Timor-Leste | 74,800 | 2019 |
| 174 |  Sierra Leone | 71,000 | 2019 |
| 175 |  Burkina Faso | 67,000 | 2020 |
| 176 |  Mongolia | 66,900 | 2020 |
| 177 |  Liechtenstein | 58,400 | 2020 |
| 178 |  Guinea-Bissau | 52,400 | 2019 |
| 179 |  Bermuda | 51,400 | 2020 |
| 180 |  Papua New Guinea | 39,000 | 2020 |
| 181 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 33,400 | 2018 |
| 182 |  New Caledonia | 31,000 | 2020 |
| 183 |  Bhutan | 29,800 | 2020 |
| 184 |  Moldova | 29,000 | 2020 |
| 185 |  Samoa | 23,900 | 2020 |
| 186 |  Palau | 18,400 | 2020 |
| 187 |  Micronesia | 18,000 | 2019 |
| 188 |  Kiribati | 12,000 | 2019 |
| 189 |  Chad | 10,400 | 2020 |
| 190 |  Comoros | 7,000 | 2020 |
| 191 |  Marshall Islands | 6,100 | 2019 |
| 192 |  Solomon Islands | 4,400 | 2020 |
| 193 |  Tuvalu | 3,600 | 2019 |
| 194 |  American Samoa | 900 | 2020 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which country has the highest international tourism, arrivals in 2020?
France ranks #1 with international tourism, arrivals of 117.1M as of 2020, based on data from the World Bank World Development Indicators.
Which country has the lowest international tourism, arrivals?
American Samoa ranks last (#194) with 900 as of 2020.
What is the global median for international tourism, arrivals?
The median value is 996,000 (New Zealand, ranked #98 out of 194 countries).
How many countries report data for international tourism, arrivals?
194 countries have available data for international tourism, arrivals. Data is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators and updated regularly.
What category does international tourism, arrivals belong to?
International Tourism, Arrivals is classified under the "Tourism" category. Statistics of the World tracks 337 indicators across 27 categories.