World Tourism rankings

In 2022 there were 963 million international tourists, with a growth of 111% compared to 2021 but a drop of -34.3% compared to 2019.^[1] The top 10 international tourism destinations in 2022 were:^[2][3]

Rank	Destination	International tourist arrivals (2022)[2][3]	International tourist arrivals (2021)[3]	Change (2021 to 2022) (%)	Change (2020 to 2021) (%)
1	France	79.4 million	48.4 million	64	16.1
2	Spain	71.7 million	31.2 million	130	64.7
3	United States	50.9 million	22.1 million	130	15.0
4	Turkey	50.5 million	29.9 million	69	88.3
5	Italy	49.8 million	26.9 million	85	6.7
6	Mexico	38.3 million	31.9 million	20	31.2
7	United Kingdom	30.7 million	6.3 million	389	41.3
8	Germany	28.5 million	11.7 million	144	6.1
9	Greece	27.8 million	14.7 million	89	99.4
10	Austria	26.2 million	12.7 million	106	15.7

Africa

In 2019, there were 69.9 million international tourist arrivals to Africa (excluding Egypt and Libya), an increase of 2.4% from 2018.^[4] In 2019, the top ten African destinations were:

Rank	Destination	International tourist arrivals (2019)[4]	International tourist arrivals (2018)[4]	Change (2018 to 2019) (%)	Change (2017 to 2018) (%)
1	Egypt	13.0 million	11.3 million	14.8	36.8
2	Morocco	12.9 million	12.3 million	5.2	8.3
3	South Africa	10.2 million	10.5 million	2.3	1.8
4	Tunisia	9.4 million	8.3 million	13.6	17.7
5	Algeria	2.4 million	2.7 million	10.8	8.4
6	Zimbabwe	2.3 million	2.6 million	10.8	5.9
7	Mozambique	2.0 million	2.7 million	26.4	89.6
8	Ivory Coast	–	2.0 million	-	9.2
9	Kenya	–	1.9 million	-	15.4
10	Botswana	–	1.7 million	-	2.0
Note: Egypt and Libya are classified under "Middle East" in the UNWTO.[5]

Americas

In 2022, there were 156.2 million international tourist arrivals to the Americas, an increase of 90.9%.^[4] In 2022, the top ten destinations were:

Rank	Destination	International tourist arrivals (2022)[4]	International tourist arrivals (2021)[4]	Change (2021 to 2022) (%)	Change (2020 to 2021) (%)
1	United States	50.8 million	22.2 million	128.8	15.6
2	Mexico	38.3 million	31.8 million	20.4	31.4
3	Canada	12.8 million	3.0 million	326.6	3.4
4	Dominican Republic	6.9 million	4.9 million	40.8	104.1
5	Colombia	4.5 million	2.1 million	114.2	74.9
6	Argentina	3.8 million	0.3 million	1196.6	85.6
7	Brazil	3.6 million	0.7 million	386.5	65.2
8	Jamaica	2.4 million	1.4 million	71.4	66.3
9	Uruguay	2.4 million	0.2 million	962.4	74.9
10	Costa Rica	2.3 million	1.3 million	76.9	33.1

Asia and the Pacific

In 2019, there were 360.7 million international tourist arrivals to Asia-Pacific, an increase of 4.1% over 2018.^[4] In 2019, the top ten destinations were:

Rank	Destination	International tourist arrivals (2019)[4]	International tourist arrivals (2018)[4]	Change (2018 to 2019) (%)	Change (2017 to 2018) (%)
1	China	65.7 million	62.9 million	4.5	3.6
2	Thailand	39.8 million	38.2 million	4.3	7.3
3	Japan	32.2 million	31.2 million	3.2	8.7
4	Malaysia	26.1 million	25.8 million	1.0	0.4
5	Hong Kong	23.8 million	29.3 million	18.8	4.9
6	Macau	18.6 million	18.5 million	0.8	7.2
7	Vietnam	18.0 million	15.5 million	16.2	19.9
8	India	17.9 million	17.4 million	2.8	12.1
9	South Korea	17.5 million	15.3 million	14.0	15.1
10	Indonesia	15.5 million	13.4 million	15.4	3.5

Europe

In 2022, there were 594.5 million international tourist arrivals to Europe, an increase of 95% over 2021.^[4]Top 10 destinations of the last four years were:

Rank	Destination	International tourist arrivals (2022)[3]	International tourist arrivals (2021)[3]	International tourist arrivals (2020)[4]	International tourist arrivals (2019)[4]	Change (2021 to 2022) (%)	Change (2020 to 2021) (%)
1	France	―	48.4 million	41.7 million	90.9 million	—	16.1
2	Spain	71.7 million	31.2 million	18.9 million	83.5 million	130	64.7
3	Turkey	50.5 million	29.9 million	15.9 million	51.2 million	69	88.3
4	Italy	49.8 million	26.9 million	25.2 million	64.5 million	85	6.7
5	United Kingdom	―	6.3 million	10.7 million	39.4 million	―	41.3
6	Germany	28.5 million	11.7 million	12.4 million	39.6 million	144	6.1
7	Greece	27.8 million	14.7 million	7.4 million	31.3 million	89	99.4
8	Austria	26.2 million	12.7 million	15.1 million	31.9 million	106	15.7
9	Portugal	―	9.6 million	6.5 million	24.5 million	―	48.4
10	Netherlands	15.9 million	6.2 million	7.3 million	20.1 million	155	14.0

West Asia

In 2019, there were 61.4 million international tourist arrivals to West Asia (excluding Iran and Israel), an increase of 2.1% over 2018. In 2019, the top ten destinations were:

Rank	Destination	International tourist arrivals (2019)[4]	International tourist arrivals (2018)[4]	Change (2018 to 2019) (%)	Change (2017 to 2018) (%)
1	Saudi Arabia	17.5 million	15.5 million	13.0	3.7
2	United Arab Emirates	16.7 million	15.9 million	5.1	0.8
3	Egypt	13.0 million	11.3 million	14.8	36.8
4	Iran	9.1 million	7.3 million	24.4	49.9
5	Israel	4.6 million	4.1 million	10.5	14.1
6	Jordan	4.5 million	4.2 million	8.1	8.0
7	Bahrain	3.8 million	4.4 million	11.8	0.2
8	Oman	2.5 million	2.3 million	8.6	0.6
9	Qatar	2.1 million	1.8 million	17.4	19.4
10	Lebanon	1.9 million	2.0 million	1.4	5.8
Note: Iran is classified as part of "South Asia" in the UNWTO.[5] Israel is classified as part of "Southern/Medit.Europe" in the UNWTO.[5]

International tourism receipts reached USD 1 trillion in 2022, growing 50% in real terms compared to 2021, driven by the important rebound in international travel.^[4] The World Tourism Organization reports the following destinations as the top ten tourism earners for the year 2022, with the United States by far the top earner.

Rank	Region	International tourism receipts (US$ billion) (2022)[3]	International tourism receipts (US$ billion) (2021)[3]	Change (local currency) (2021 to 2022) (%)
1	United States	135.2	70.2	93%
2	Spain	72.9	34.5	137%
3	United Kingdom	68.2	33.1	129%
4	France	59.7	40.8	64%
5	Italy	44.3	25.2	98%
6	Turkey	41.2	26.6	55%
7	United Arab Emirates	―	34.4	―
8	Germany	31.5	22.3	59%
9	Mexico	28.0	19.8	42%
10	Canada	24.0	14.5	73%

Africa

Rank	Region	International tourism receipts (US$ million) (2019)[4]
1	Egypt	13,030
2	South Africa	8,384
3	Morocco	8,179
4	Tanzania	2,605
5	Tunisia	2,116
6	Mauritius	1,779
7	Uganda	1,463
8	Nigeria	1,449
9	Ghana	1,425
10	Kenya	1,072*
Note: Number for Kenya is for 2018.

Americas

Rank	Region	International tourism receipts (US$ million) (2019)[4]
1	United States	214,134
2	Canada	28,012
3	Mexico	24,573
4	Dominican Republic	7,468
5	Brazil	5,995
6	Colombia	5,652
7	Argentina	5,241
8	Panama	4,521
9	Bahamas	4,126
10	Costa Rica	4,010

Asia and the Pacific

Rank	Region	International tourism receipts (US$ million) (2019)[4]
1	Thailand	60,521
2	Japan	46,054
3	Australia	45,709
4	Macau	40,060
5	China	35,832
6	India	30,720
7	Hong Kong	29,043
8	South Korea	21,628
9	Singapore	20,052
10	Malaysia	19,823

Europe

Rank	Region	International tourism receipts (US$ billion) (2022)[4]
1	Spain	72,9
2	United Kingdom	68,2
3	France	59,7
4	Italy	44,3
5	Turkey	41,2
6	Germany	31,5
7	Portugal	22,2
8	Austria	19,2
9	Greece	18,6
10	Switzerland	16,2

West Asia

Rank	Region	International tourism receipts (US$ million) (2019)[4]
1	United Arab Emirates	21,800
2	Saudi Arabia	16,382
3	Egypt	13,030
4	Lebanon	8,593
5	Israel	7,600
6	Jordan	5,786
7	Qatar	5,442
8	Iran	4,402*
9	Bahrain	3,681
10	Iraq	3,593
Note: Number for Iran is for 2017.

The World Tourism Organization reports the following source markets as the top ten spenders on international tourism for the year 2021 and 2022, with United States and China by far being the top spender:

Rank	Country	International tourism expenditure (2022)[3]	International tourism expenditure (2021)[3]	Change (local currency) (2021 to 2022) (%) [3]
1	United States	$114.9 billion	$56.9 billion	102
2	China	$114.8 billion	$109.4 billion	10
3	Germany	$89.4 billion	$51.0 billion	97
4	France	$47.7 billion	$34.8 billion	54
5	United Kingdom	―	$24.3 billion	―
6	Italy	$26.3 billion	$15.0 billion	97
7	India	$25.9 billion	$14.3 billion	―
8	Canada	$24.4 billion	$7.9 billion	221
9	Spain	$21.4 billion	$12.3 billion	95
10	United Arab Emirates	―	$21.8 billion	―

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