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DEFINITION:
International inbound tourists (overnight visitors) are the number of tourists who travel to a country other than that in which they have their usual residence, but outside their usual environment, for a period not exceeding 12 months and whose main purpose in visiting is other than an activity remunerated from within the country visited.
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 76 million | 2005 | ||
| 2 | Spain | 55.58 million | 2005 | ||
| 3 | United States | 49.21 million | 2005 | ||
| 4 | China | 46.81 million | 2005 | ||
| 5 | Italy | 36.51 million | 2005 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 34.1 million | 2005 | |||
| 6 | United Kingdom | 29.97 million | 2005 | ||
| 7 | Hong Kong | 23.36 million | 2005 | ||
| 8 | Russia | 22.2 million | 2005 | ||
| 9 | Mexico | 21.91 million | 2005 | ||
| 10 | Germany | 21.5 million | 2005 | ||
| 11 | Turkey | 20.27 million | 2005 | ||
| 12 | Austria | 19.95 million | 2005 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 19.87 million | 2005 | |||
| 13 | Canada | 18.77 million | 2005 | ||
| 14 | Malaysia | 16.43 million | 2005 | ||
| 15 | Ukraine | 15.63 million | 2004 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 15.33 million | 2005 | |||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 15.22 million | 2005 | |||
| 16 | Poland | 15.2 million | 2005 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 14.82 million | 2005 | |||
| 17 | Greece | 14.28 million | 2005 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 13.79 million | 2005 | |||
| 18 | Portugal | 11.62 million | 2004 | ||
| 19 | Thailand | 11.57 million | 2005 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 10.67 million | 2005 | |||
| 20 | Netherlands | 10.01 million | 2005 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 9.69 million | 2004 | |||
| 21 | Saudi Arabia | 9.1 million | 2005 | ||
| 22 | Macau | 9.01 million | 2005 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 8.77 million | 2005 | |||
| 23 | Croatia | 8.47 million | 2005 | ||
| 24 | Egypt | 8.24 million | 2005 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 7.45 million | 2004 | |||
| 25 | South Africa | 7.37 million | 2005 | ||
| 26 | Ireland | 7.33 million | 2005 | ||
| 27 | Switzerland | 7.23 million | 2005 | ||
| 28 | Singapore | 7.08 million | 2005 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 6.82 million | 2000 | |||
| 29 | Belgium | 6.75 million | 2005 | ||
| 30 | Japan | 6.73 million | 2005 | ||
| Tourist destinations average (profile) | 6.49 million | 2004 | |||
| 31 | Tunisia | 6.38 million | 2005 | ||
| 32 | Czech Republic | 6.34 million | 2005 | ||
| 33 | South Korea | 6.02 million | 2005 | ||
| 34 | United Arab Emirates | 5.87 million | 2003 | ||
| 35 | Morocco | 5.84 million | 2005 | ||
| 36 | Australia | 5.5 million | 2005 | ||
| 37 | Brazil | 5.36 million | 2005 | ||
| 38 | Indonesia | 5 million | 2005 | ||
| 39 | Bulgaria | 4.84 million | 2005 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 4.77 million | 2001 | |||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 4 million | 2000 | |||
| 40 | India | 3.92 million | 2005 | ||
| 41 | Bahrain | 3.91 million | 2005 | ||
| 42 | Argentina | 3.9 million | 2005 | ||
| 43 | Norway | 3.86 million | 2005 | ||
| 44 | Dominican Republic | 3.69 million | 2005 | ||
| 45 | Puerto Rico | 3.69 million | 2005 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 3.62 million | 2001 | |||
| 46 | Vietnam | 3.47 million | 2005 | ||
| 47 | Hungary | 3.45 million | 2005 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 3.44 million | 2004 | |||
| 48 | Denmark | 3.36 million | 2004 | ||
| 49 | Romania | 3.27 million | 2000 | ||
| 50 | Kazakhstan | 3.07 million | 2004 | ||
| 51 | Jordan | 2.99 million | 2005 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 2.96 million | 2004 | |||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 2.8 million | 2004 | |||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 2.8 million | 2000 | |||
| 52 | Sweden | 2.75 million | 2000 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 2.65 million | 2005 | |||
| 53 | Philippines | 2.62 million | 2005 | ||
| 54 | Cyprus | 2.47 million | 2005 | ||
| 55 | Andorra | 2.42 million | 2005 | ||
| 56 | New Zealand | 2.37 million | 2005 | ||
| 57 | Cuba | 2.26 million | 2005 | ||
| 58 | Finland | 2.08 million | 2005 | ||
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 2.07 million | 2001 | ||
| 60 | Chile | 2.03 million | 2005 | ||
| 61 | Lithuania | 2 million | 2005 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 1.92 million | 2003 | |||
| 62 | Israel | 1.9 million | 2005 | ||
| 63 | Estonia | 1.9 million | 2005 | ||
| 64 | Uruguay | 1.81 million | 2005 | ||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 1.68 million | 2005 | |||
| 65 | Iran | 1.66 million | 2004 | ||
| 66 | The Bahamas | 1.61 million | 2005 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 1.57 million | 2004 | |||
| 67 | Slovenia | 1.55 million | 2005 | ||
| 68 | Botswana | 1.52 million | 2004 | ||
| 69 | Slovakia | 1.51 million | 2005 | ||
| 70 | Peru | 1.49 million | 2005 | ||
| 71 | Jamaica | 1.48 million | 2005 | ||
| 72 | Costa Rica | 1.45 million | 2004 | ||
| 73 | Algeria | 1.44 million | 2005 | ||
| 74 | Cambodia | 1.42 million | 2005 | ||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 1.39 million | 2001 | |||
| 75 | Syria | 1.32 million | 2001 | ||
| 76 | Guatemala | 1.32 million | 2005 | ||
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | 1.3 million | 2001 | |||
| South Asia average (profile) | 1.23 million | 2005 | |||
| 77 | Guam | 1.23 million | 2005 | ||
| 78 | Kenya | 1.2 million | 2004 | ||
| 79 | Azerbaijan | 1.18 million | 2005 | ||
| 80 | Malta | 1.17 million | 2005 | ||
| 81 | El Salvador | 1.15 million | 2005 | ||
| 82 | Lebanon | 1.14 million | 2005 | ||
| =83 | Oman | 1.12 million | 2005 | ||
| =83 | Latvia | 1.12 million | 2005 | ||
| 85 | Nigeria | 962,000 | 2004 | ||
| 86 | Colombia | 933,000 | 2005 | ||
| =87 | Luxembourg | 913,000 | 2005 | ||
| =87 | Qatar | 913,000 | 2005 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 881,909.09 | 2004 | |||
| 89 | Ecuador | 861,000 | 2005 | ||
| 90 | Swaziland | 839,000 | 2005 | ||
| 91 | Brunei | 815,000 | 2005 | ||
| 92 | Pakistan | 798,000 | 2005 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 783,181.82 | 2002 | |||
| 93 | Mauritius | 761,000 | 2005 | ||
| 94 | Honduras | 749,000 | 2005 | ||
| 95 | Aruba | 733,000 | 2005 | ||
| 96 | Serbia and Montenegro | 725,000 | 2005 | ||
| 97 | Nicaragua | 712,000 | 2005 | ||
| 98 | Venezuela | 706,000 | 2005 | ||
| 99 | Panama | 702,000 | 2005 | ||
| 100 | Namibia | 695,000 | 2003 | ||
| 101 | Laos | 672,000 | 2005 | ||
| 102 | Ghana | 584,000 | 2004 | ||
| 103 | Virgin Islands | 575,000 | 2005 | ||
| 104 | Tanzania | 566,000 | 2004 | ||
| 105 | Georgia | 560,000 | 2005 | ||
| 106 | Fiji | 550,000 | 2005 | ||
| 107 | Sri Lanka | 549,000 | 2005 | ||
| 108 | Barbados | 548,000 | 2005 | ||
| 109 | Northern Mariana Islands | 525,000 | 2004 | ||
| 110 | Zambia | 515,000 | 2004 | ||
| 111 | Bolivia | 504,000 | 2005 | ||
| 112 | Malawi | 471,000 | 2004 | ||
| 113 | Mozambique | 470,000 | 2004 | ||
| 114 | Uganda | 468,000 | 2005 | ||
| 115 | Trinidad and Tobago | 463,000 | 2005 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 415,560.98 | 2001 | |||
| 116 | Maldives | 395,000 | 2005 | ||
| 117 | Senegal | 387,000 | 2005 | ||
| 118 | Nepal | 375,000 | 2005 | ||
| 119 | Paraguay | 341,000 | 2005 | ||
| 120 | Yemen | 336,000 | 2005 | ||
| 121 | Armenia | 319,000 | 2005 | ||
| 122 | Saint Lucia | 318,000 | 2005 | ||
| 123 | Kyrgyzstan | 315,000 | 2005 | ||
| 124 | Iceland | 303,000 | 2000 | ||
| =125 | Mongolia | 301,000 | 2004 | ||
| =125 | Cote d'Ivoire | 301,000 | 1998 | ||
| 127 | Monaco | 286,000 | 2005 | ||
| 128 | Bermuda | 270,000 | 2005 | ||
| 129 | Uzbekistan | 262,000 | 2004 | ||
| 130 | Antigua and Barbuda | 261,000 | 2005 | ||
| 131 | Belize | 237,000 | 2005 | ||
| 132 | Burma | 232,000 | 2005 | ||
| 133 | Madagascar | 229,000 | 2004 | ||
| 134 | Ethiopia | 227,000 | 2005 | ||
| =135 | Burkina Faso | 222,000 | 2004 | ||
| =135 | Gabon | 222,000 | 2003 | ||
| 137 | Angola | 210,000 | 2005 | ||
| =138 | Bangladesh | 208,000 | 2005 | ||
| =138 | French Polynesia | 208,000 | 2005 | ||
| 140 | Cape Verde | 198,000 | 2005 | ||
| =141 | Cameroon | 190,000 | 2004 | ||
| =141 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 190,000 | 2004 | ||
| 143 | Lesotho | 186,000 | 1999 | ||
| 144 | Benin | 174,000 | 2004 | ||
| 145 | Cayman Islands | 168,000 | 2005 | ||
| 146 | Suriname | 160,000 | 2005 | ||
| 147 | Libya | 149,000 | 2004 | ||
| 148 | Burundi | 148,000 | 2005 | ||
| 149 | Mali | 143,000 | 2005 | ||
| 150 | Seychelles | 129,000 | 2005 | ||
| =151 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 127,000 | 2005 | ||
| =151 | Iraq | 127,000 | 2001 | ||
| 153 | Guyana | 117,000 | 2005 | ||
| 154 | Rwanda | 113,000 | 2001 | ||
| 155 | The Gambia | 111,000 | 2005 | ||
| 156 | Samoa | 102,000 | 2005 | ||
| 157 | New Caledonia | 101,000 | 2005 | ||
| 158 | Grenada | 99,000 | 2005 | ||
| =159 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 96,000 | 2005 | ||
| =159 | Haiti | 96,000 | 2004 | ||
| =161 | Belarus | 91,000 | 2005 | ||
| =161 | Kuwait | 91,000 | 2004 | ||
| 163 | Palau | 86,000 | 2005 | ||
| 164 | Eritrea | 83,000 | 2005 | ||
| 165 | Togo | 81,000 | 2005 | ||
| 166 | Dominica | 79,000 | 2005 | ||
| 167 | Papua New Guinea | 69,000 | 2005 | ||
| 168 | Vanuatu | 62,000 | 2005 | ||
| =169 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 61,000 | 2005 | ||
| =169 | Sudan | 61,000 | 2004 | ||
| 171 | Niger | 55,000 | 2003 | ||
| 172 | Liechtenstein | 50,000 | 2005 | ||
| 173 | Albania | 46,000 | 2005 | ||
| 174 | Guinea | 45,000 | 2005 | ||
| =175 | Tonga | 42,000 | 2005 | ||
| =175 | San Marino | 42,000 | 2004 | ||
| 177 | Sierra Leone | 40,000 | 2005 | ||
| =178 | Djibouti | 30,000 | 2005 | ||
| =178 | Mauritania | 30,000 | 2000 | ||
| 180 | Chad | 29,000 | 2005 | ||
| 181 | American Samoa | 24,000 | 2005 | ||
| 182 | Moldova | 23,000 | 2005 | ||
| 183 | Congo, Republic of the | 22,000 | 2002 | ||
| 184 | Solomon Islands | 21,000 | 1999 | ||
| 185 | Federated States of Micronesia | 19,000 | 2005 | ||
| 186 | Comoros | 18,000 | 2004 | ||
| 187 | Bhutan | 14,000 | 2005 | ||
| 188 | Turkmenistan | 12,000 | 2005 | ||
| 189 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11,000 | 2005 | ||
| 190 | Marshall Islands | 9,000 | 2005 | ||
| 191 | Central African Republic | 8,000 | 2004 | ||
| 192 | Guinea-Bissau | 5,000 | 2005 | ||
| 193 | Tajikistan | 4,000 | 2001 | ||
| 194 | Kiribati | 3,000 | 2004 |
Citation
Interesting observations about Economy > International tourism > Number of arrivals
- France ranked first for international tourism > number of arrivals amongst Christian countries in 2005.
- Hong Kong ranked first for international tourism > number of arrivals amongst Hot countries in 2005.
- United States ranked first for international tourism > number of arrivals amongst Former British colonies in 2005.
- China ranked first for international tourism > number of arrivals amongst Emerging markets in 2005.
- Mexico ranked first for international tourism > number of arrivals amongst Latin America and Caribbean in 2005.
- Turkey ranked first for international tourism > number of arrivals amongst Muslim countries in 2005.
- Spain ranked second for international tourism > number of arrivals globally in 2005.
- Italy ranked third for international tourism > number of arrivals amongst Europe in 2005.
- Japan ranked last for international tourism > number of arrivals amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2005.
- Russia ranked first for international tourism > number of arrivals amongst Eastern Europe in 2005.