Most Visited Countries 2026
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Country | Tourist Arrivals (UN) 2024↓ | Tourist Arrivals (WP Travel) 2024 | Annual Receipts 2024 | Receipts per Arrival * 2024 | |
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 | France | 102M | 102M | $76.97 Bn | |
 | Spain | 93.8M | 93.8M | $106.50 Bn | $1,136 |
 | United States | 73.4M | 72.4M | $215.04 Bn | |
 | Turkey | 60.6M | 60.6M | $56.28 Bn | |
 | Italy | 57.7M | $58.68 Bn | $1,017 | |
 | Mexico | 45M | 45M | $32.96 Bn | $732 |
 | United Kingdom | 41.8M | $82.50 Bn | $1,976 | |
 | Germany | 37.5M | 37.5M | $40.11 Bn | |
 | Japan | 36.9M | 36.8M | $54.67 Bn | $1,483 |
 | Greece | 36M | 36M | $23.37 Bn | |
 | Thailand | 35.5M | 35.5M | $42.69 Bn | |
 | Austria | 31.9M | 32.2M | $26.30 Bn | |
 | Saudi Arabia | 29.7M | 29.7M | $40.96 Bn | $1,378 |
 | Portugal | 29M | $30.01 Bn | $1,036 | |
 | Malaysia | 25M | 25M | $20.83 Bn | |
 | Hong Kong | 21.9M | 21.9M | $22.46 Bn | $1,023 |
 | Netherlands | 21.3M | 21.3M | $22.56 Bn | |
 | India | 20.6M | $35.02 Bn | $1,703 | |
 | Canada | 19.9M | 19.9M | $49.88 Bn | $2,505 |
 | Poland | 19.7M | $15.01 Bn | $761 | |
 | Vietnam | 17.5M | 17.5M | $12.19 Bn | |
 | Morocco | 17.4M | 17.4M | $11.31 Bn | |
 | South Korea | 16.4M | 16.4M | $16.72 Bn | $1,021 |
 | Macau | 16M | 16M | $31.71 Bn | $1,977 |
 | Egypt | 15.8M | 15.8M | $15.34 Bn | |
 | Hungary | 13.2M | $8.05 Bn | $612 | |
 | Singapore | 12.4M | $23.85 Bn | $1,831 | |
 | Albania | 11.3M | 11.3M | $5.40 Bn | $471 |
 | Tunisia | 10.3M | 10.3M | $2.83 Bn | |
 | Uzbekistan | 10.1M | $3.20 Bn | $318 | |
 | South Africa | 8.9M | 8.9M | $6.37 Bn | $714 |
 | Sweden | 8.7M | 8.7M | $10.71 Bn | |
 | Bulgaria | 8.6M | 8.6M | $4.31 Bn | |
 | Dominican Republic | 8.5M | 8.5M | $10.97 Bn | $1,285 |
 | Australia | 8.3M | 8.3M | $51.98 Bn | $6,284 |
 | Taiwan | 7.9M | 7.9M | $10.03 Bn | $1,276 |
 | Iran | 7M | 7M | ||
 | Brazil | 6.8M | 6.8M | $7.34 Bn | $1,084 |
 | Colombia | 6.8M | 6.4M | $8.70 Bn | |
 | Cambodia | 6.7M | 6.7M | $3.63 Bn | |
 | Argentina | 6.6M | 6.6M | $4.96 Bn | $751 |
 | Ireland | 6.6M | 6.6M | $7.85 Bn | |
 | Bahrain | 6.6M | $3.71 Bn | ||
 | Puerto Rico | 5.6M | $6.01 Bn | ||
 | Philippines | 5.4M | 5.4M | $9.32 Bn | |
 | Chile | 5.2M | 5.2M | $3.23 Bn | $617 |
 | Jordan | 5.2M | 5.2M | $7.23 Bn | $1,386 |
 | Georgia | 5.1M | 5.1M | $4.43 Bn | $869 |
 | Qatar | 4.9M | 5.1M | $8.42 Bn | |
 | Andorra | 4.2M | 4.2M | $2.88 Bn | $690 |
 | Cyprus | 4M | 4M | $3.98 Bn | $986 |
 | Laos | 3.9M | $1.30 Bn | ||
 | Malta | 3.6M | 3.6M | $2.78 Bn | $781 |
 | Algeria | 3.5M | $127.79 Mn | ||
 | Peru | 3.3M | 3.3M | $3.68 Bn | |
 | Uruguay | 3.3M | $2.19 Bn | ||
 | El Salvador | 3.2M | 3.2M | $3.48 Bn | $1,091 |
 | Finland | 2.9M | 2.9M | $4.16 Bn | |
 | Costa Rica | 2.9M | 2.9M | $5.45 Bn | $1,868 |
 | Jamaica | 2.9M | $4.31 Bn | ||
 | Oman | 2.7M | $2.60 Bn | $978 | |
 | Estonia | 2.7M | 2.7M | $1.63 Bn | |
 | Romania | 2.4M | 2.4M | $5.71 Bn | |
 | Serbia | 2.4M | 2.4M | $3.06 Bn | $1,281 |
 | Lithuania | 2.4M | $1.96 Bn | $823 | |
 | Montenegro | 2.4M | 2.5M | $1.58 Bn | |
 | Guatemala | 2.3M | $1.66 Bn | ||
 | Iceland | 2.3M | $3.25 Bn | ||
 | China | $39.75 Bn | |||
 | Indonesia | $16.71 Bn | $1,228 | ||
 | Pakistan | $751.57 Mn | |||
 | Nigeria | $300.58 Mn | $558 | ||
 | Bangladesh | $439.78 Mn | |||
 | Russia | $7.64 Bn | |||
 | Ethiopia | $1,035 | |||
 | Tanzania | $3.90 Bn | |||
 | Uganda | $1.47 Bn | |||
 | Iraq | $7.40 Bn | |||
 | Angola | $17.45 Mn | |||
 | Ukraine | $1.05 Bn | $422 | ||
 | Mozambique | $207.10 Mn | |||
 | Ghana | $1.21 Bn | |||
 | Nepal | $630.87 Mn | |||
 | Sri Lanka | $3.17 Bn | |||
 | Malawi | $55.06 Mn | |||
 | Zambia | $895.00 Mn | |||
 | Kazakhstan | $2.57 Bn | $248 | ||
 | Ecuador | $10.97 Bn | |||
 | Zimbabwe | $202.75 Mn | $126 | ||
 | Rwanda | $579.46 Mn | |||
 | Bolivia | $739.94 Mn | |||
 | Haiti | $36.41 Mn | |||
 | Belgium | $9.41 Bn | |||
 | United Arab Emirates | $56.96 Bn | |||
 | Honduras | $788.80 Mn | |||
 | Tajikistan | $20.10 Mn | |||
 | Cuba | $1.32 Bn | |||
 | Czechia | $9.13 Bn | |||
 | Azerbaijan | $2.05 Bn | |||
 | Israel | $2.26 Bn | |||
 | Switzerland | $22.30 Bn | |||
 | Kyrgyzstan | $963.80 Mn | |||
 | Nicaragua | $510.90 Mn | |||
 | Paraguay | $766.04 Mn | $722 | ||
 | Denmark | $11.26 Bn | |||
 | Lebanon | $4.65 Bn | |||
 | Palestine | $131.96 Mn | $1,148 | ||
 | Norway | $7.81 Bn | |||
 | Slovakia | $1.70 Bn | |||
 | New Zealand | $9.80 Bn | $3,085 | ||
 | Kuwait | $2.26 Bn | |||
 | Panama | $5.98 Bn | |||
 | Croatia | $16.24 Bn | |||
 | Mongolia | $635.43 Mn | $874 | ||
 | Namibia | $433.86 Mn | |||
 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | $1.95 Bn | |||
 | Moldova | $824.80 Mn | |||
 | Armenia | $2.52 Bn | $1,142 | ||
 | Gambia | $435.20 Mn | |||
 | Botswana | $590.50 Mn | |||
 | Lesotho | $9.13 Mn | |||
 | Slovenia | $3.61 Bn | |||
 | Latvia | $1.37 Bn | |||
 | North Macedonia | $624.29 Mn | |||
 | Trinidad and Tobago | $436.98 Mn | $1,298 | ||
 | Timor-Leste | $63.63 Mn | |||
 | Eswatini | $19.70 Mn | |||
 | Mauritius | $2.02 Bn | $1,459 | ||
 | Djibouti | $51.82 Mn | |||
 | Fiji | $1.12 Bn | $1,144 | ||
 | Solomon Islands | $28.03 Mn | |||
 | Bhutan | $199.11 Mn | |||
 | Luxembourg | $7.49 Bn | |||
 | Suriname | $35.70 Mn | |||
 | Maldives | $4.79 Bn | |||
 | Cape Verde | $652.41 Mn | |||
 | Brunei | $127.44 Mn | |||
 | Belize | $813.15 Mn | |||
 | Bahamas | $5.41 Bn | |||
 | Barbados | $1.37 Bn | $1,941 | ||
 | Sao Tome and Principe | $71.26 Mn | |||
 | Samoa | $231.13 Mn | |||
 | Saint Lucia | $1.35 Bn | |||
 | Seychelles | $925.08 Mn | |||
 | Grenada | $361.59 Mn | |||
 | Aruba | $2.95 Bn | |||
 | Tonga | $61.60 Mn | |||
 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $228.91 Mn | |||
 | Antigua and Barbuda | $881.86 Mn | $2,670 | ||
 | Dominica | $86.62 Mn | |||
 | Bermuda | $513.00 Mn | |||
 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | $188.59 Mn | |||
 | Anguilla | $189.90 Mn | |||
 | Montserrat | $9.14 Mn | |||
| Total | 925.2M |
- Data may be unavailable for some countries, particularly for recent years.
- Data are sourced from the United Nations and appear to differ depending upon which UN data set one is consulting. WPR has contacted the UN about the apparent discrepancy and will update the data accordingly when/if a response is received.
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- Data on Receipts per Arrival appear distorted at the original UN source for a handful of countries, most notably Brunei 2021, Kuwait 2020-2023, and Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, and Tonga (all 2021). While it is possible that the anomalous data are the legitimate result of COVID-19 travel restrictions, they should be viewed as possibly confounded until additional analysis is offered by the UN.
Snapshot
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Spain is the world’s most visited country, receiving over 100 million international tourist arrivals.
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Italy and Poland follow as major destinations, each welcoming more than 70 million international visitors.
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At the low end, countries such as Kiribati, Bhutan, and Tonga receive only tens of thousands of international tourist arrivals each year.
The most visited countries are those that receive the most international tourist arrivals, typically attracted by strong transportation links, developed tourism infrastructure, and widely recognized attractions. The sections below discuss why certain countries consistently attract more visitors than others, as well as some trends.
Why Certain Countries Attract the Most Tourists
High tourism levels are typically the result of long-term investments in infrastructure, access, and global connectivity. As transportation networks expand and visitor services improve, these destinations become easier to reach and more appealing, making them increasingly attractive over time. This helps explain why global tourism remains concentrated in a relatively small group of countries.
Global Tourism Trends and Recent Disruptions
Global tourism is periodically affected by external disruptions that can temporarily change travel patterns. But even after disruptions, overall tourism patterns usually re-establish themselves rather than shift permanently. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic temporarily disrupted global travel, but it did not fundamentally alter long-term tourism patterns.
How Tourist Arrivals Are Measured
Tourist arrivals measure the number of international visitors entering a country for travel purposes. This number reflects cross-border travel and allows for comparisons between countries. Tourist arrivals reflect travel volume, not the quality or purpose of individual visits.
Sources
- Tourism Dashboard - United Nations
- Most Visited Countries in the World 2024: Statistics - WP Travel
- Global and regional tourism performance - UN Tourism
- International tourism, number of arrivals - World Bank
- International Tourist Arrivals - NationMaster
- UNWTO Tourism Data Dashboard - United Nations World Tourism Organization
- Trending in Travel - World Travel & Tourism Council
- Economic Impact Reports - World Travel & Tourism Council
