More than 1 billion and half of international tourists travel to all continents of the world every year.
Find out here which are the most popular and visited countries in the world according to the World Tourism Organization data.
The statistical data below is for 2020 - a year strongly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
# | Country | Tourists/year |
---|---|---|
1 | France | 117 109 000 |
2 | Mexico | 51 128 000 |
3 | United States | 45 037 000 |
4 | Italy | 38 419 000 |
5 | Spain | 36 410 000 |
6 | Hungary | 31 641 000 |
7 | China | 30 402 000 |
8 | Croatia | 21 608 000 |
9 | Turkey | 15 971 000 |
10 | Denmark | 15 595 000 |
11 | Austria | 15 091 000 |
12 | Germany | 12 449 000 |
13 | United Kingdom | 11 101 000 |
14 | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 8 612 000 |
15 | United Arab Emirates | 8 084 000 |
16 | Greece | 7 406 000 |
17 | Netherlands | 7 265 000 |
18 | Russian Federation | 6 359 000 |
19 | Macao SAR, China | 5 897 000 |
20 | Andorra | 5 207 000 |
21 | Romania | 5 023 000 |
22 | Bulgaria | 4 973 000 |
23 | Malaysia | 4 333 000 |
24 | Portugal | 4 208 000 |
25 | Japan | 4 115 800 |
26 | Indonesia | 4 053 000 |
27 | South Africa | 3 886 600 |
28 | Puerto Rico | 3 882 000 |
29 | Vietnam | 3 837 000 |
30 | Belarus | 3 598 000 |
31 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 3 569 000 |
32 | Ukraine | 3 382 000 |
33 | Latvia | 3 204 000 |
34 | Morocco | 2 802 000 |
35 | Dominican Republic | 2 748 000 |
36 | Singapore | 2 742 000 |
37 | Albania | 2 658 000 |
38 | Belgium | 2 584 000 |
39 | Korea, Rep. | 2 519 000 |
40 | Lithuania | 2 284 000 |
41 | Kuwait | 2 161 000 |
42 | Kazakhstan | 2 035 000 |
43 | Tunisia | 2 012 000 |
44 | Sweden | 1 957 000 |
45 | Bahrain | 1 909 000 |
46 | Australia | 1 828 000 |
47 | Bahamas, The | 1 794 500 |
48 | Estonia | 1 695 000 |
49 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 1 550 000 |
50 | Georgia | 1 513 000 |
51 | Philippines | 1 483 000 |
52 | Norway | 1 397 000 |
53 | Colombia | 1 396 000 |
54 | Jamaica | 1 329 700 |
55 | Cambodia | 1 306 000 |
56 | Jordan | 1 240 000 |
57 | Slovenia | 1 216 000 |
58 | Costa Rica | 1 146 500 |
59 | Peru | 1 119 000 |
60 | Cuba | 1 086 000 |
61 | Paraguay | 1 077 000 |
62 | Brunei Darussalam | 1 071 000 |
63 | New Zealand | 996 000 |
64 | Myanmar | 903 000 |
65 | Finland | 896 000 |
66 | Lao PDR | 886 400 |
67 | Oman | 869 000 |
68 | Azerbaijan | 796 000 |
69 | Malta | 718 000 |
70 | El Salvador | 707 000 |
71 | Honduras | 669 000 |
72 | Cote d'Ivoire | 668 000 |
73 | Cayman Islands | 660 000 |
74 | Panama | 647 000 |
75 | Zimbabwe | 639 000 |
76 | Guatemala | 594 000 |
77 | Algeria | 591 000 |
78 | Qatar | 582 000 |
79 | Maldives | 555 000 |
80 | Sri Lanka | 540 000 |
81 | Luxembourg | 525 000 |
82 | Ethiopia | 518 000 |
83 | Zambia | 502 000 |
84 | Iceland | 488 000 |
85 | Belize | 487 000 |
86 | Togo | 482 000 |
87 | Nicaragua | 474 000 |
88 | Uganda | 473 000 |
89 | Serbia | 446 000 |
90 | St. Lucia | 432 500 |
91 | Antigua and Barbuda | 384 500 |
92 | Armenia | 375 000 |
93 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 370 400 |
94 | Montenegro | 351 000 |
95 | Eswatini | 345 300 |
96 | Guam | 328 000 |
97 | Bolivia | 323 300 |
98 | Mauritius | 316 000 |
99 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 301 400 |
100 | Gambia, The | 246 000 |
101 | Nepal | 230 000 |
102 | Grenada | 217 000 |
103 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 197 000 |
104 | Namibia | 187 100 |
105 | Cabo Verde | 180 000 |
106 | Fiji | 168 000 |
107 | Monaco | 159 000 |
108 | Trinidad and Tobago | 141 000 |
109 | Dominica | 140 000 |
110 | Seychelles | 124 500 |
111 | North Macedonia | 118 000 |
112 | West Bank and Gaza | 93 000 |
113 | French Polynesia | 89 400 |
114 | Madagascar | 87 100 |
115 | Guyana | 86 400 |
116 | Niger | 85 000 |
117 | British Virgin Islands | 83 000 |
118 | Vanuatu | 82 400 |
119 | Burkina Faso | 67 000 |
120 | Mongolia | 66 900 |
121 | Liechtenstein | 58 400 |
122 | Bermuda | 51 400 |
123 | Papua New Guinea | 39 000 |
124 | New Caledonia | 31 000 |
125 | Bhutan | 29 800 |
126 | Moldova | 29 000 |
127 | Samoa | 23 900 |
128 | Palau | 18 400 |
129 | Chad | 10 400 |
130 | Comoros | 7 000 |
131 | Solomon Islands | 4 400 |
132 | American Samoa | 900 |