Global tourism statistics
Insights
Arrivals, receipts and length of stay by country, from the open UN Tourism series. Every figure carries the year it belongs to.
1.54BArrivals worldwide, 2025provisional data
690.0MH1 2026 · +0.4%provisional data
Worldwide
International arrivals by year
Trips by visitors arriving from abroad and staying overnight. Each trip counts separately: someone who visits twice in a year is counted twice.
1.48B
413.0M
468.0M
991.0M
1.34B
1.47B
1.54B
2019202020212022202320242025*
* provisional data
Tourist arrivals
Where the world travels
Hover any country to see its arrivals. Hatched means we have no data for it. Click for details.
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Top destinations
Most arrivals
Trips by visitors who arrive from abroad and stay overnight. Each trip is counted separately, so one person visiting twice in a year counts twice.
Tourism receipts
Top earners by revenue
Money received by the destination country from foreign visitors: accommodation, food, local transport, entertainment, shopping and fares.
By region
Regions and subregions
UN Tourism regions. Each column covers its own period, named in the header.
| Region | Arrivals 2025* | Share of world 2025* | Change H1 2026* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 808.3M | 52.4% | +2.7% |
| Northern Europe | 86.1M | 5.6% | +3.0% |
| Western Europe | 227.6M | 14.7% | −0.5% |
| Central/Eastern Europe | 149.9M | 9.7% | +4.3% |
| Southern/Mediterranean Europe | 344.6M | 22.3% | +4.1% |
| Asia and the Pacific | 336.6M | 21.8% | +0.7% |
| North-East Asia | 158.9M | 10.3% | +2.9% |
| South-East Asia | 125.4M | 8.1% | −1.0% |
| Oceania | 15.4M | 1.0% | +4.1% |
| South Asia | 37.0M | 2.4% | −4.7% |
| Americas | 219.3M | 14.2% | +1.8% |
| North America | 135.9M | 8.8% | +2.0% |
| Caribbean | 30.1M | 2.0% | −0.1% |
| Central America | 13.7M | 0.9% | +15.3% |
| South America | 39.6M | 2.6% | −2.0% |
| Africa | 79.6M | 5.2% | +4.4% |
| North Africa | 35.3M | 2.3% | +3.3% |
| Subsaharan Africa | 44.3M | 2.9% | +5.5% |
| Middle East | 100.2M | 6.5% | −22.0% |
* provisional data
All countries
Countries: arrivals, receipts, length of stay
Every country we hold at least one figure for. Tap a heading to sort. A dash means we have no data; each figure carries its own year.
- Arrivals
- — Trips by visitors who arrive from abroad and stay overnight. Each trip is counted separately, so one person visiting twice in a year counts twice.
- Receipts
- — Money received by the destination country from foreign visitors: accommodation, food, local transport, entertainment, shopping and fares.
- Length of stay
- — Average number of nights tourists spend in hotels and similar establishments.
| Country | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 93.8M 2024 | $106.7B 2024 | 3.3 nights 2024 | |
| 72.4M 2024 | $251.6B 2024 | — | |
| 57.7M 2024 | $61.4B 2024 | 3.1 nights 2024 | |
| 50.5M 2022 | $78.2B 2024 | 2.6 nights 2022 | |
| 48.4M 2021 | $85.9B 2024 | — | |
| 45.0M 2024 | $36.2B 2024 | — | |
| 38.2M 2024 | $84.5B 2024 | 5.5 nights 2022 | |
| 37.4M 2024 | $40.1B 2024 | 2.1 nights 2024 | |
| 36.9M 2024 | $58.6B 2024 | 1.4 nights 2024 | |
| 29.7M 2024 | $46.3B 2024 | 7.7 nights 2024 | |
| 29.0M 2024 | $35.4B 2024 | 2.6 nights 2024 | |
| 27.8M 2022 | $26.0B 2024 | 4.2 nights 2022 | |
| 26.2M 2022 | $29.2B 2024 | 2.8 nights 2024 | |
| 21.9M 2024 | $22.5B 2024 | — | |
| 19.9M 2005 | $8.6B 2024 | 5.3 nights 2006 | |
| 19.9M 2024 | $49.9B 2024 | 2.1 nights 2024 | |
| 19.7M 2024 | $16.8B 2024 | 2.5 nights 2024 | |
| 16.4M 2024 | $22.0B 2024 | — | |
| 16.1M 2022 | $22.6B 2024 | 1.9 nights 2022 | |
| 16.0M 2024 | $32.4B 2023 | 1.9 nights 2022 | |
| 15.3M 2022 | $16.6B 2024 | 3.3 nights 2024 | |
| 14.2M 2022 | $11.3B 2024 | 1.9 nights 2024 | |
| 13.6M 2024 | $17.7B 2024 | 1.6 nights 2022 | |
| 13.4M 2024 | $6.2B 2024 | 2.4 nights 2024 | |
| 13.2M 2024 | $10.9B 2024 | 2.3 nights 2024 | |
| 13.0M 2024 | $23.8B 2024 | 5.0 nights 2022 | |
| 11.6M 2022 | $17.2B 2024 | — | |
| 11.5M 2024 | $5.9B 2024 | 2.3 nights 2024 | |
| 11.5M 2021 | $34.4B 2021 | 4.0 nights 2021 | |
| 11.0M 2019 | $18.2B 2023 | — | |
| 10.9M 2022 | $12.1B 2023 | 2.7 nights 2022 | |
| 10.4M 2024 | $2.8B 2024 | 1.3 nights 2024 | |
| 10.1M 2022 | $24.6B 2024 | 1.5 nights 1999 | |
| 9.8M 2024 | $37.0B 2024 | — | |
| 9.6M 2024 | $10.5B 2024 | 1.8 nights 2024 | |
| 9.2M 2022 | $26.5B 2024 | 2.0 nights 2024 | |
| 8.9M 2024 | $6.7B 2024 | 8.7 nights 2013 | |
| 8.5M 2024 | $11.0B 2024 | 9.6 nights 2021 | |
| 8.0M 2020 | $39.7B 2024 | 2.7 nights 2013 | |
| 8.0M 2024 | $3.5B 2024 | 2.2 nights 2019 | |
| 7.9M 2024 | $3.4B 2022 | — | |
| 7.6M 2015 | $149M 2021 | 7.0 nights 2019 | |
| 6.8M 2024 | $7.4B 2024 | — | |
| 6.6M 2022 | $10.7B 2024 | 1.7 nights 2024 | |
| 6.6M 2024 | $4.2B 2024 | 2.4 nights 2024 | |
| 6.6M 2024 | $5.4B 2024 | 2.4 nights 2024 | |
| 6.4M 2022 | $3.2B 2023 | 4.7 nights 2022 | |
| 5.6M 2022 | $4.7B 2024 | 3.2 nights 2022 | |
| 5.6M 2024 | $3.3B 2022 | 2.6 nights 2020 | |
| 5.2M 2024 | $4.5B 2024 | 2.1 nights 2022 | |
| 5.2M 2024 | $8.6B 2023 | — | |
| 5.1M 2024 | $4.9B 2024 | 4.0 nights 2016 | |
| 5.1M 2011 | $1.8B 2011 | 2.4 nights 2021 | |
| 5.1M 2006 | $53.8B 2024 | 3.1 nights 2022 | |
| 5.1M 2024 | $3.7B 2024 | 2.4 nights 2024 | |
| 5.0M 2022 | $8.9B 2024 | 1.7 nights 2024 | |
| 4.5M 2022 | $10.1B 2024 | 2.6 nights 1997 | |
| 4.5M 2024 | $6.1B 2024 | 1.8 nights 2024 | |
| 4.2M 2024 | $2.5B 2023 | 2.9 nights 2022 | |
| 4.0M 2024 | $3.9B 2024 | 4.8 nights 2024 | |
| 3.8M 2021 | $9.9B 2024 | 2.3 nights 2024 | |
| 3.6M 2024 | $6.6B 2024 | 4.4 nights 2024 | |
| 3.2M 2024 | $3.9B 2024 | 8.5 nights 2022 | |
| 3.2M 2024 | $9.6B 2024 | 1.9 nights 2018 | |
| 3.1M 2019 | $2.3B 2024 | 4.5 nights 2019 | |
| 2.9M 2024 | $5.6B 2024 | 13.6 nights 2022 | |
| 2.7M 2024 | $3.7B 2023 | 4.2 nights 2024 | |
| 2.7M 2022 | $11.2B 2024 | 5.1 nights 2022 | |
| 2.6M 2022 | $23.6B 2024 | 3.1 nights 2022 | |
| 2.5M 2024 | $1.2B 2024 | — | |
| 2.5M 2022 | $4.3B 2024 | 6.1 nights 2022 | |
| 2.4M 2024 | $3.5B 2023 | 2.3 nights 2024 | |
| 2.4M 2024 | $1.9B 2024 | 2.1 nights 2024 | |
| 2.3M 2022 | $3.9B 2024 | — | |
| 2.2M 2024 | $2.7B 2024 | 11.0 nights 2022 | |
| 2.2M 2022 | $2.4B 2024 | 1.7 nights 2022 | |
| 2.1M 2001 | $155M 2023 | 3.0 nights 2022 | |
| 2.0M 2022 | $1.6B 2024 | 3.6 nights 2024 | |
| 2.0M 2022 | $4.9B 2024 | 1.3 nights 2022 | |
| 1.9M 2024 | $5.5B 2024 | 4.9 nights 2004 | |
| 1.7M 2022 | $4.8B 2024 | 8.0 nights 2022 | |
| 1.6M 2022 | $1.0B 2022 | 3.0 nights 1999 | |
| 1.5M 2022 | $2.4B 2024 | 1.6 nights 2022 | |
| 1.5M 2022 | $1.7B 2024 | 1.2 nights 2008 | |
| 1.5M 2022 | $662M 2021 | 2.2 nights 2024 | |
| 1.5M 2022 | $9.1B 2024 | 8.0 nights 2022 | |
| 1.5M 2022 | $5.6B 2023 | 3.1 nights 2022 | |
| 1.5M 2022 | $3.4B 2023 | 12.0 nights 2007 | |
| 1.4M 2024 | $2.0B 2024 | 2.0 nights 2024 | |
| 1.4M 2024 | $2.2B 2023 | — | |
| 1.4M 2017 | $650M 2023 | 3.5 nights 2007 | |
| 1.4M 2017 | $1.7B 2023 | 13.0 nights 2017 | |
| 1.1M 2022 | $2.6B 2023 | — | |
| 1.1M 2024 | $780M 2024 | 3.5 nights 2022 | |
| 1.0M 2022 | $6.7B 2024 | 1.9 nights 2022 | |
| 966K 2012 | $1.2B 2024 | 1.3 nights 2005 | |
| 961K 2024 | $2.5B 2024 | 2.4 nights 2022 | |
| 929K 2024 | $1.1B 2022 | — | |
| 915K 2022 | $1.3B 2024 | 14.0 nights 2022 | |
| 882K 2021 | $5.3B 2018 | 2.0 nights 2003 | |
| 864K 2023 | $443M 2024 | 1.9 nights 2006 | |
| 844K 2022 | $728M 2024 | 6.0 nights 2008 | |
| 836K 2018 | $1.1B 2022 | 8.0 nights 2011 | |
| 830K 2024 | $632M 2024 | — | |
| 818K 2022 | $511M 2024 | 2.9 nights 2022 | |
| 812K 2012 | $517M 2023 | 1.8 nights 2021 | |
| 812K 2020 | $1.0B 2023 | — | |
| 808K 2024 | $2.5B 2019 | 4.0 nights 2008 | |
| 785K 2022 | $648M 2024 | 4.8 nights 2022 | |
| 739K 2024 | — | 3.0 nights 1995 | |
| 735K 2018 | $860M 2018 | 3.0 nights 2013 | |
| 727K 2024 | $737M 2024 | — | |
| 724K 2022 | $881M 2024 | 2.0 nights 2004 | |
| 720K 2022 | $2.4B 2023 | 9.3 nights 2022 | |
| 704K 2024 | $929M 2022 | 7.4 nights 2007 | |
| 698K 2021 | $3.2B 2024 | 1.7 nights 2021 | |
| 685K 2021 | $1.0B 2021 | 4.4 nights 2010 | |
| 615K 2022 | $861M 2024 | 13.1 nights 2022 | |
| 570K 2022 | $448M 2024 | 7.0 nights 2009 | |
| 556K 2022 | $535M 2022 | 8.0 nights 2022 | |
| 554K 2021 | $801M 2023 | 3.8 nights 2019 | |
| 539K 2024 | $344M 2024 | 7.0 nights 2022 | |
| 536K 2024 | $5.0B 2023 | 3.0 nights 2003 | |
| 513K 2021 | $1.3B 2023 | 8.3 nights 2019 | |
| 511K 2021 | $46.6B 2024 | 2.3 nights 2019 | |
| 495K 2022 | $439M 2022 | 9.0 nights 2019 | |
| 492K 2021 | $273M 2024 | 2.0 nights 2021 | |
| 490K 2022 | $1.0B 2023 | 9.5 nights 2022 | |
| 482K 2020 | $151M 2020 | 1.3 nights 2019 | |
| 480K 2021 | $711M 2023 | — | |
| 478K 2021 | $1.3B 2024 | 1.8 nights 2024 | |
| 432K 2021 | $30M 2023 | 10.8 nights 2018 | |
| 427K 2017 | $546M 2016 | 7.6 nights 2017 | |
| 405K 2021 | $292M 2002 | — | |
| 393K 2022 | $23M 2023 | 1.5 nights 2022 | |
| 382K 2021 | $245M 2024 | 4.0 nights 2011 | |
| 373K 2022 | $1.0B 2023 | 5.0 nights 1998 | |
| 373K 2022 | $818M 2024 | 6.3 nights 2020 | |
| 367K 2015 | $116M 2016 | — | |
| 356K 2022 | $1.4B 2024 | 8.9 nights 2022 | |
| 348K 2024 | — | 2.5 nights 2022 | |
| 346K 2022 | $827M 2022 | — | |
| 334K 2024 | $755M 2024 | — | |
| 332K 2022 | $1.0B 2023 | 9.9 nights 2022 | |
| 330K 2024 | $1.1B 2024 | — | |
| 325K 2020 | $256M 2023 | 5.5 nights 2020 | |
| 320K 2013 | $9M 2024 | 5.0 nights 2014 | |
| 314K 2021 | $395M 2023 | 1.8 nights 2018 | |
| 299K 2017 | $3M 2023 | 2.0 nights 2006 | |
| 288K 2022 | $399M 2023 | — | |
| 284K 2022 | $843M 2023 | 6.1 nights 2020 | |
| 278K 2017 | $40M 2024 | 21.8 nights 2012 | |
| 269K 2005 | $29M 2015 | — | |
| 254K 2024 | $933M 2024 | 2.0 nights 2024 | |
| 219K 2022 | $782M 2016 | 17.1 nights 2022 | |
| 173K 2022 | $484M 2015 | 6.7 nights 2015 | |
| 170K 2020 | $132M 2024 | 2.3 nights 2024 | |
| 168K 2021 | $171M 2023 | 0.6 nights 2012 | |
| 156K 2018 | $11M 2021 | 2.6 nights 2018 | |
| 149K 2022 | $672M 2024 | 9.3 nights 2022 | |
| 148K 2021 | $107M 2023 | 9.6 nights 1995 | |
| 146K 2022 | $527M 2023 | 4.9 nights 2012 | |
| 145K 2022 | $52M 2024 | — | |
| 135K 2021 | $442M 2024 | — | |
| 132K 2024 | $201M 2023 | 2.2 nights 2024 | |
| 130K 2022 | $27M 2024 | 4.0 nights 2003 | |
| 122K 2023 | $2.9B 2024 | 1.2 nights 2023 | |
| 118K 2024 | — | 1.9 nights 2024 | |
| 114K 2022 | $43M 2021 | — | |
| 99K 2017 | $5M 2024 | 8.1 nights 2007 | |
| 96K 2022 | $655M 1995 | — | |
| 94K 2021 | $262M 2022 | 1.9 nights 2021 | |
| 86K 2024 | $49M 2007 | 2.5 nights 2019 | |
| 85K 2020 | $102M 2023 | 1.8 nights 2020 | |
| 80K 2022 | $355M 2024 | — | |
| 74K 2022 | $357M 2023 | — | |
| 67K 2022 | $2M 2024 | 21.3 nights 2015 | |
| 61K 2022 | $117M 2024 | 10.3 nights 2022 | |
| 59K 2024 | $248M 2016 | 2.8 nights 2014 | |
| 59K 2022 | $313M 2024 | — | |
| 52K 2019 | $23M 2023 | — | |
| 49K 2022 | $233M 2024 | — | |
| 40K 2021 | $20M 2023 | 7.0 nights 2021 | |
| 40K 2021 | $25M 2002 | 3.0 nights 2005 | |
| 35K 2020 | $31M 2020 | 1.8 nights 2021 | |
| 34K 2008 | $93M 2020 | — | |
| 30K 2000 | $5M 2023 | — | |
| 30K 2022 | $46M 2022 | 9.2 nights 2007 | |
| 29K 2021 | $86M 2023 | 7.0 nights 2021 | |
| 21K 2022 | $199M 2024 | 7.5 nights 2011 | |
| 18K 2020 | $15M 2022 | 6.0 nights 2004 | |
| 18K 2022 | $63M 2024 | 7.0 nights 2012 | |
| 18K 2019 | $27M 2008 | — | |
| 15K 2021 | $48M 2022 | 7.0 nights 2009 | |
| 8K 2007 | — | 8.0 nights 2007 | |
| 8K 2021 | $405M 2022 | 23.0 nights 2021 | |
| 6K 2021 | $64M 2024 | — | |
| 4K 2021 | $299M 2024 | 5.8 nights 2021 | |
| 4K 2001 | $90M 2024 | — | |
| 2K 2022 | $2M 2024 | 7.0 nights 2001 | |
| 2K 2021 | $19M 2024 | — | |
| 900 2020 | — | — | |
| 700 2021 | $55M 2024 | 14.0 nights 2008 | |
| 244 2022 | $10M 2023 | — | |
| 200 2021 | $2M 2010 | 8.5 nights 2010 | |
| 35 2021 | $583400 2021 | — | |
| — | $75M 2020 | — | |
| — | $217M 2023 | 1.9 nights 2024 | |
| — | $366M 2022 | 2.0 nights 2021 | |
| — | $1.8B 2024 | — | |
| — | $14M 2001 | — | |
| — | $48M 2016 | 2.9 nights 2016 | |
| — | $4.6B 2023 | — | |
| — | $4M 2022 | — | |
| — | $930114 2023 | — | |
| — | $1.8B 2024 | 2.4 nights 2024 | |
| — | $247M 2023 | — |
217 countries: 206 with arrivals, 212 with receipts, 165 with length of stay.
Cultural heritage
UNESCO World Heritage leaders
Countries with the most World Heritage sites. The one block we still keep by hand.
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UNESCO World Heritage List. Recorded by hand on 2026-05-11.
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Data sources
Country figures — UN Tourism (2025) - processed by Our World in Data. Updated 2026-01-21, next update 2027-01-21. ourworldindata.org
World totals and regions — World Tourism Organization (2026), World Tourism Barometer, volume 24, issue 3, September 2026, UN Tourism, Madrid, DOI: https://doi.org/10.18111/wtobarometereng Data collected 2026-09-09. Next issue 2026-11. untourism.int
Snapshot taken 2026-09-07.
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