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International Tourist Arrivals by Country
Arrivals of international visitors in the latest year the World Bank publishes, countries with the most arrivals before the pandemic
Plays the chart through its history. Pauses are where a new leader takes first place.
World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. The World Bank publishes no year after 2020, the first year of the pandemic. Arrivals, not people. Countries count differently: most count every visitor at the border, including same-day visitors; Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and Malaysia count only overnight tourists, the first three only those staying in accommodation, so their figures are not comparable with the rest. Poland, Thailand, Czechia, Canada, Saudi Arabia and India have no 2020 figure and are not shown.
Where international visitors went in the latest year the World Bank publishes, which is 2020, when the pandemic closed borders. The companion chart sets each country’s figure beside the year before.
What this chart reads·24 series
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- France · International Tourist Arrivalsas “France”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- United States · International Tourist Arrivalsas “United States”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- China · International Tourist Arrivalsas “China”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- Spain · International Tourist Arrivalsas “Spain”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- Mexico · International Tourist Arrivalsas “Mexico”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- Italy · International Tourist Arrivalsas “Italy”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- Hungary · International Tourist Arrivalsas “Hungary”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- Croatia · International Tourist Arrivalsas “Croatia”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- Hong Kong · International Tourist Arrivalsas “Hong Kong”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- Türkiye · International Tourist Arrivalsas “Türkiye”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- United Kingdom · International Tourist Arrivalsas “United Kingdom”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- Germany · International Tourist Arrivalsas “Germany”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- Macao · International Tourist Arrivalsas “Macao”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- Greece · International Tourist Arrivalsas “Greece”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- Denmark · International Tourist Arrivalsas “Denmark”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- Austria · International Tourist Arrivalsas “Austria”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- Japan · International Tourist Arrivalsas “Japan”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- Malaysia · International Tourist Arrivalsas “Malaysia”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- United Arab Emirates · International Tourist Arrivalsas “United Arab Emirates”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- Russia · International Tourist Arrivalsas “Russia”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- Netherlands · International Tourist Arrivalsas “Netherlands”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- Singapore · International Tourist Arrivalsas “Singapore”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- Vietnam · International Tourist Arrivalsas “Vietnam”behindlatest 2020-12-31
- South Korea · International Tourist Arrivalsas “South Korea”behindlatest 2020-12-31
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France · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
United States · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
China · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
Spain · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
Mexico · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
Italy · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
Hungary · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
Croatia · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
Hong Kong · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
Türkiye · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
United Kingdom · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
Germany · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
Macao · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
Greece · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
Denmark · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
Austria · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
Japan · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
Malaysia · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
United Arab Emirates · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
Russia · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
Netherlands · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
Singapore · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
Vietnam · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
South Korea · International Tourist Arrivals. Source: UN Tourism (Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files) via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.ARVL. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UN Tourism data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history.
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