Tourism Income

 Countries With Highest Tourism Income (1995-2023)

(Total International Tourism Receipts US$ - Estimates)

2023 

United States 🇺🇸 $189,100,000,000

Spain 🇪🇸 $92,000,000,000

United Kingdom 🇬🇧 $73,400,000,000

France 🇫🇷 $71,200,000,000

Italy 🇮🇹 $55,900,000,000

UAE 🇦🇪 $51,900,000,000

Turkiye 🇹🇷 $49,500,000,000

Australia 🇦🇺 $46,100,000,000

Japan 🇯🇵 $38,600,000,000

Canada 🇨🇦 $38,500,000,000

Germany 🇩🇪 $37,400,000,000

Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 $36,000,000,000

Macao - $32,600,000,000

India 🇮🇳 $32,200,000,000

Mexico 🇲🇽 $30,700,000,000

The World Tourism rankings are compiled by the United Nations World Tourism Organization as part of their World Tourism Barometer publication, which is released up to six times per year. In the publication, destinations are ranked by the number of international visitor arrivals, by the revenue generated by inbound tourism, and by the expenditure of outbound travelers.

In 2023 there were 1.3 billion international tourists, with a growth of 33.4% compared to 2022 and growth of 112.2% compared to 2021. 

The top 10 international tourism destinations in 2023 were as follows:

#1. France 🇫🇷 , International tourist   arrivals 100 million; tourist arrivals in 2022 = 79.4 million; Change (2022 to

2023)(%)Increase 25.9 ; Change (2021 to

2022)(%)Increase 64.

#2. 🇪🇸  Spain, International tourist arrivals 85.2 million; tourist arrivals in 2022 = 71.7 million; Change (2022 to   2023)(%) Increase 18.8; Change (2021 to 2022)(%) Increase 130.

#3. 

United States	66.5 million	50.9 million	30.6	130
4	Italy	57.2 million	49.8 million	14.8	85
5	Turkey	55.2 million	50.5 million	9.3	69
6	Mexico	42.2 million	38.3 million	10.1	20
7	United Kingdom	37.2 million	30.7 million	21.1	389
8	Germany	34.8 million	28.5 million	22.1	144
9	Greece	32.7 million	27.8 million	17.6	89
10	Austria	30.9 million	26.2 million	17.9	106

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