International Tourism Arrivals by Country: 2020 World Rankings
Number of international tourist arrivals per year.
Data years: 2016 to 2020 · Source: World BankFrance has the highest number of international tourist arrivals: 117.1M in 2020. Next are Poland (88.5M, 2019), Mexico (51.1M), the United States (45.0M) and Thailand (39.9M, 2019). American Samoa has the lowest number of international tourist arrivals: 900 in 2020. The median across the 194 countries is 1.0M, counting each country once, so it is not a world average.
Most figures are for 2020. Years range from 2016 to 2020; each row in the table shows its own year. 132 of the 194 figures are for 2020, when COVID-19 travel restrictions cut international travel far below normal levels, so they are not typical of a normal year. Among the 132 countries with 2020 figures, the ten largest account for 65.2% of their combined total and the three largest for 34.5%. The ten highest are: 1. France, 2. Poland, 3. Mexico, 4. United States, 5. Thailand, 6. Italy, 7. Czechia, 8. Spain, 9. Canada, 10. Hungary. Data: World Bank World Development Indicators. All data on this page is free to use with attribution, and an API endpoint is available at /api/v2/indicator/ST.INT.ARVL for programmatic access.
| # | 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 |
Each figure is the latest available for that country, so rows can refer to different years; compare years before comparing values. 132 of the 194 figures are for 2020, when COVID-19 travel restrictions cut international travel far below normal levels, so they are not typical of a normal year.
Where major economies rank
- United States: 45.0M in 2020, rank 4 of 194.
- China: 30.4M in 2020, rank 11 of 194.
- India: 17.9M in 2019, rank 14 of 194.
- Japan: 4.1M in 2020, rank 43 of 194.
- Germany: 12.4M in 2020, rank 20 of 194.
- United Kingdom: 11.1M in 2020, rank 22 of 194.
- France: 117.1M in 2020, rank 1 of 194.
- Brazil: 6.4M in 2019, rank 32 of 194.
- Canada: 32.4M in 2019, rank 9 of 194.
- Nigeria: 5.3M in 2016, rank 35 of 194.
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Understanding International Tourism Arrivals by Country
International tourism arrivals count overnight visitors who travel to a country other than their own for less than a year, for purposes other than paid work there. Where a country does not count overnight tourists separately, the figure covers all visitors, including same-day visitors and cruise passengers, so it is not perfectly comparable between countries. The data comes from UN Tourism (formerly the UN World Tourism Organization) via the World Bank.
Countries also collect the figures differently: some count travelers at the border, others count guests registered at hotels and other accommodation. Large differences between neighboring countries can reflect these methods as much as real differences in tourism, so compare definitions as well as values.
The COVID-19 pandemic devastated international tourism, with arrivals falling by about 73% in 2020. Recovery has been uneven: European tourism rebounded fastest, while Asian markets recovered more slowly. Climate change is a long-term threat to tourism patterns: rising sea levels threaten island destinations, extreme heat is making summer travel in the Mediterranean less attractive, and ski resorts that depend on snow face shorter seasons.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which country has the highest number of international tourist arrivals?
France has the highest number of international tourist arrivals: 117.1M in 2020. The figures come from World Bank data.
Which country has the lowest number of international tourist arrivals?
American Samoa has the lowest number of international tourist arrivals: 900 in 2020.
How many countries are ranked by number of international tourist arrivals?
194 countries have a figure in this ranking. Most figures are for 2020. Years range from 2016 to 2020; each row in the table shows its own year. 132 of the 194 figures are for 2020, when COVID-19 travel restrictions cut international travel far below normal levels, so they are not typical of a normal year. The data comes from the World Bank World Development Indicators.
What is the median number of international tourist arrivals across countries?
The median is 1.0M: half of the 194 countries are above it and half below. It counts each country once, so it is not a world average.
How much of the combined total do the largest countries account for?
Among the 132 countries with 2020 figures, the ten largest account for 65.2% of their combined total and the three largest for 34.5%.