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width=320 height=202 alt="International tourism"><div class=floater><h1>International tourism: the most popular countries</h1>In 2022, 975.14 million international tourists traveled to other countries worldwide. An increase of 111.9% compared to the previous yearand still 33.4% less than the pre-pandemic level. In 2024, there were already 1.45 billion tourists.<p>The U.S. also enjoyed a handsome 50.87 million foreign visitors in 2022, resulting in around $135.21 billion in revenue and second place in the global rankings.<p>The top place was taken by Spain with 71.66 million tourists.</div><div class=clear></div></div></div><div class="adtg bbd" id="adtg-1" data-gptfrmt="bbd" ><ins id=ags1 class=adsbygoogle data-ad-client="ca-pub-0315193065476355" data-ad-slot="2913722277" data-ad-format="horizontal" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class=boxwhite> The analysis presented here is based on 2022 data from the <a href="https://www.unwto.org/tourism-statistics/tourism-statistics-database" target=_blank rel=noopener>World Tourism Organization</a> and lists the most popular 52 countries. Both the number of tourists and the revenue apply to international travel, i.e., they do not include domestic travelers. 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On the other hand, many European countries are visited quite often by foreigners, which is mainly due to their geographical proximity to other countries. The lower the travel costs, the more attractive the destinations become, especially for surrounding industrialized nations.<p><br><br>Read also the <a href="/safest-travel-countries.php" style="font-weight:bold;">list of the safest travel countries in the world</a><br><br><div class=tablescroller><table class="std100 hover tabsort sticky"><tr class=no-sort><th class=left>Rank </th><th class=left>Country/Region</th><th class=right>Tourists<br>(in million)</th><th class=right>Receipts<br>(in billion $)</th><th class=right>Percentage<br>of GDP</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_ESP" href="/europe/spain/tourism.php">Spain</a></td><td>71.66</td><td>72.10 $</td><td>4.5 %</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td><a class="fl_am fl_USA" href="/america/usa/tourism.php">United States</a></td><td>50.87</td><td>135.21 $</td><td>0.5 %</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td><a class="fl_as fl_TUR" href="/asia/turkey/tourism.php">Turkey</a></td><td>50.45</td><td>41.18 $</td><td>3.7 %</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_ITA" href="/europe/italy/tourism.php">Italy</a></td><td>49.81</td><td>43.70 $</td><td>1.9 %</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td><a class="fl_am fl_MEX" href="/america/mexico/tourism.php">Mexico</a></td><td>38.33</td><td>28.02 $</td><td>1.6 %</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_GBR" href="/europe/united-kingdom/tourism.php">United Kingdom</a></td><td>30.74</td><td>67.59 $</td><td>2.0 %</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_DEU" href="/europe/germany/tourism.php">Germany</a></td><td>28.46</td><td>31.26 $</td><td>0.7 %</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_GRC" href="/europe/greece/tourism.php">Greece</a></td><td>27.84</td><td>18.14 $</td><td>7.5 %</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_AUT" href="/europe/austria/tourism.php">Austria</a></td><td>26.22</td><td>19.18 $</td><td>3.7 %</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td><a class="fl_as fl_SAU" href="/asia/saudi-arabia/tourism.php">Saudi Arabia</a></td><td>16.64</td><td>23.48 $</td><td>2.2 %</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_PRT" href="/europe/portugal/tourism.php">Portugal</a></td><td>16.31</td><td>21.97 $</td><td>7.6 %</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_NLD" href="/europe/netherlands/tourism.php">Netherlands</a></td><td>16.06</td><td>16.04 $</td><td>1.4 %</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_POL" href="/europe/poland/tourism.php">Poland</a></td><td>15.95</td><td>14.37 $</td><td>1.8 %</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_HRV" href="/europe/croatia/tourism.php">Croatia</a></td><td>15.32</td><td>13.44 $</td><td>15.9 %</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_DNK" href="/europe/denmark/tourism.php">Denmark</a></td><td>14.19</td><td>8.91 $</td><td>2.2 %</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td><a class="fl_am fl_CAN" href="/america/canada/tourism.php">Canada</a></td><td>12.82</td><td>24.24 $</td><td>1.1 %</td></tr><tr><td>17</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_HUN" href="/europe/hungary/tourism.php">Hungary</a></td><td>12.65</td><td>5.57 $</td><td>2.6 %</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td><a class="fl_af fl_EGY" href="/africa/egypt/tourism.php">Egypt</a></td><td>11.63</td><td>12.25 $</td><td>3.1 %</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td><a class="fl_af fl_MAR" href="/africa/morocco/tourism.php">Morocco</a></td><td>10.87</td><td>9.06 $</td><td>6.3 %</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td><a class="fl_as fl_MYS" href="/asia/malaysia/tourism.php">Malaysia</a></td><td>10.07</td><td>6.20 $</td><td>1.6 %</td></tr><tr><td>21</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_CHE" href="/europe/switzerland/tourism.php">Switzerland</a></td><td>9.16</td><td>16.20 $</td><td>1.8 %</td></tr><tr><td>22</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_BEL" href="/europe/belgium/tourism.php">Belgium</a></td><td>8.22</td><td>6.94 $</td><td>1.1 %</td></tr><tr><td>23</td><td><a class="fl_am fl_DOM" href="/america/dominican-republic/tourism.php">Dominican Republic</a></td><td>7.16</td><td>8.41 $</td><td>6.9 %</td></tr><tr><td>24</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_ALB" href="/europe/albania/tourism.php">Albania</a></td><td>7.10</td><td>2.96 $</td><td>12.6 %</td></tr><tr><td>25</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_SWE" href="/europe/sweden/tourism.php">Sweden</a></td><td>6.63</td><td>8.96 $</td><td>1.5 %</td></tr><tr><td>26</td><td><a class="fl_af fl_TUN" href="/africa/tunisia/tourism.php">Tunisia</a></td><td>6.44</td><td>1.03 $</td><td>2.1 %</td></tr><tr><td>27</td><td><a class="fl_af fl_ZAF" href="/africa/south-africa/tourism.php">South Africa</a></td><td>5.70</td><td>4.74 $</td><td>1.2 %</td></tr><tr><td>28</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_BGR" href="/europe/bulgaria/tourism.php">Bulgaria</a></td><td>5.56</td><td>3.37 $</td><td>3.3 %</td></tr><tr><td>29</td><td><a class="fl_as fl_SGP" href="/asia/singapore/tourism.php">Singapore</a></td><td>5.34</td><td>11.79 $</td><td>2.4 %</td></tr><tr><td>30</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_NOR" href="/europe/norway/tourism.php">Norway</a></td><td>4.98</td><td>5.42 $</td><td>1.1 %</td></tr><tr><td>31</td><td><a class="fl_am fl_COL" href="/america/colombia/tourism.php">Colombia</a></td><td>4.52</td><td>6.22 $</td><td>1.7 %</td></tr><tr><td>32</td><td><a class="fl_as fl_JOR" href="/asia/jordan/tourism.php">Jordan</a></td><td>4.28</td><td>5.81 $</td><td>11.4 %</td></tr><tr><td>33</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_SVN" href="/europe/slovenia/tourism.php">Slovenia</a></td><td>3.94</td><td>3.09 $</td><td>4.5 %</td></tr><tr><td>34</td><td><a class="fl_am fl_ARG" href="/america/argentina/tourism.php">Argentina</a></td><td>3.89</td><td>3.47 $</td><td>0.5 %</td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td><a class="fl_as fl_BHR" href="/asia/bahrain/tourism.php">Bahrain</a></td><td>3.71</td><td>3.80 $</td><td>8.3 %</td></tr><tr><td>36</td><td><a class="fl_as fl_GEO" href="/asia/georgia/tourism.php">Georgia</a></td><td>3.65</td><td>3.52 $</td><td>11.4 %</td></tr><tr><td>37</td><td><a class="fl_am fl_BRA" href="/america/brazil/tourism.php">Brazil</a></td><td>3.63</td><td>4.95 $</td><td>0.2 %</td></tr><tr><td>38</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_AND" href="/europe/andorra/tourism.php">Andorra</a></td><td>3.56</td><td>1.89 $</td><td>49.8 %</td></tr><tr><td>39</td><td><a class="fl_am fl_PRI" href="/america/puerto-rico/tourism.php">Puerto Rico</a></td><td>3.27</td><td>3.33 $</td><td>2.8 %</td></tr><tr><td>40</td><td><a class="fl_as fl_ISR" href="/asia/israel/tourism.php">Israel</a></td><td>2.68</td><td>5.47 $</td><td>1.1 %</td></tr><tr><td>41</td><td><a class="fl_as fl_PHL" href="/asia/philippines/tourism.php">Philippines</a></td><td>2.65</td><td>4.17 $</td><td>1.0 %</td></tr><tr><td>42</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_MLT" href="/europe/malta/tourism.php">Malta</a></td><td>2.29</td><td>1.59 $</td><td>7.1 %</td></tr><tr><td>43</td><td><a class="fl_as fl_KHM" href="/asia/cambodia/tourism.php">Cambodia</a></td><td>2.28</td><td>1.42 $</td><td>3.3 %</td></tr><tr><td>44</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_MNE" href="/europe/montenegro/tourism.php">Montenegro</a></td><td>2.04</td><td>1.08 $</td><td>14.3 %</td></tr><tr><td>45</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_SRB" href="/europe/serbia/tourism.php">Serbia</a></td><td>1.77</td><td>2.59 $</td><td>3.2 %</td></tr><tr><td>46</td><td><a class="fl_oz fl_NZL" href="/oceania/new-zealand/tourism.php">New Zealand</a></td><td>1.39</td><td>4.10 $</td><td>1.6 %</td></tr><tr><td>47</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_LUX" href="/europe/luxembourg/tourism.php">Luxembourg</a></td><td>1.01</td><td>5.33 $</td><td>6.2 %</td></tr><tr><td>48</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_BIH" href="/europe/bosnia-and-herzegovina/tourism.php">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></td><td>0.92</td><td>1.41 $</td><td>5.1 %</td></tr><tr><td>49</td><td><a class="fl_as fl_NPL" href="/asia/nepal/tourism.php">Nepal</a></td><td>0.61</td><td>0.38 $</td><td>0.9 %</td></tr><tr><td>50</td><td><a class="fl_as fl_HKG" href="/asia/hong-kong/tourism.php">Hong Kong</a></td><td>0.57</td><td>3.15 $</td><td>0.8 %</td></tr><tr><td>51</td><td><a class="fl_eu fl_MKD" href="/europe/northmacedonia/tourism.php">North Macedonia</a></td><td>0.54</td><td>0.48 $</td><td>3.0 %</td></tr><tr><td>52</td><td><a class="fl_am fl_BMU" href="/america/bermuda/tourism.php">Bermuda</a></td><td>0.15</td><td>0.14 $</td><td>1.8 %</td></tr></table></div><br><div class="adtg hrz" id="adtg-2" data-gptfrmt="hrz" ><ins id=ags2 class=adsbygoogle data-ad-client="ca-pub-0315193065476355" data-ad-slot="3247214056" data-ad-format="horizontal" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><h2>Germany is the world travel champion</h2><img class=mob-img-right src="//cdn.worlddata.info/pics/tourism/plane.jpg" loading=lazy width=320 height=202 alt="International tourism">With a staggering 86,623,000 trips abroad in 2022, Germany was in first place. Each vacationer spent an average of $1,019. The USA follows in a remarkable second place with an impressive 60,549,898 trips. Each US American spent an average of 2,664 USD. Considering that China and the U.S. have a significantly larger population, some European countries are also very well in the running. Incidentally, similar to Europeans, most Americans stay on their own continent during their vacation. The top destinations are within the vast and both scenically and climatically varied USA. Only then come destinations in Mexico and Canada.<p>Internationally, the proportion of Asian guests has been increasing noticeably for several years. Above all, Chinese, South Koreans and Taiwanese can be seen in more and more countries, and tend to visit significantly more countries during a vacation than is usual for tourists from elsewhere. Since the vacation is not longer in most cases, the time spent at individual vacation spots is shorter. At the same time, frequent changes of location also increase the average cost per person. <h2>Tourism recovers from the pandemic</h2><svg class=graph id=arrvals width="100%" height=200 preserveAspectRatio=none overflow=visible data-unit=" M" title="Development of international travel" data-name1="" data-decimal=2 data-labels="2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2021,2022,2023,2024" data-graph1="972.81,1015.08,1060.21,1108.58,1151.37,1204.14,1246.11,1338.71,1415.19,1464.78,406.32,460.19,975.14,1305.26,1445.07"></svg><br>Between 1995 and 2019, international tourism trended almost steadily upward. In these 24 years alone, visitor numbers rose by more than 130 percent. Only in the years after September 11, 2001, and at the time of the economic crisis in 2008 were there notable slumps. The most massive and unprecedented global drop to date began in the spring of 2020, when the first travel restrictions and bans were imposed due to the Corona pandemic. The graph shows the worldwide trend of visitor numbers in millions of tourists. <h2>A look at the costs</h2> By their very nature, the revenues and expenditures per tourist can only reflect what is statistically ascertainable. If a vacationer travels across Europe in a motor home and always pays cash in euros, these expenses can’t really be measured.<p><div class="adtg cad-right" id="adtg-3" data-gptfrmt="cad" data-asfrmt="rectangle" style="min-height:250px;width:336px;"><ins id=ags3 class=adsbygoogle data-ad-client="ca-pub-0315193065476355" data-ad-slot="3247214056" data-ad-format="rectangle" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div> Such a traveler is not registered anywhere and the expenses can only be attributed to a country of origin if credit card payments or cash withdrawals permit.<p>Travel expenses also include transfer prices, such as for flights. However, this only applies to flights whose airlines are also based in the destination country. Countries with many of their own airlines and good international connections therefore generate higher revenues than smaller countries. The fact that Bulgaria, for example, earns relatively little money per traveler is also due to the fact that the country, with only one airline of its own, does not generate significant passenger numbers. If a foreigner lands in Sofia with any non-Bulgarian airline, the airfare does not count as tourist income. If instead a traveler lands with Air France in France, Thai Air in Thailand or American Airlines in the USA, the flight ticket counts. 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