Countries that receive the most tourists

The World Tourism Ranking is published by the United Nations World Tourism Organization as part of the World Tourism Barometer publication, which is published six times a year. The article ranks UN regions and sub-regions by number of international visitors, inbound tourism receipts, and outbound tourist expenditures.

In 2019, there were 1.458 billion tourists worldwide, an increase of 3.5% compared to 2018. The following countries are included in the top 10 international tourism destinations of 2019.

Rank	Country	The Tourists (2019)	The Tourists (2018)	Change % (2018-2019)	Change % (2017-2018)
1	France	–	89.4 million	–	Increased 2.9
2	Spain	83.7 million	82.8 million	Increased 1.1	Increased 1.1
3	USA	79.3 million	79.7 million	Decreased 0.6	Increased 3.3
4	China	65.7 million	61.6 million	Increased 4.5	Increased 3.6
5	Italy	64.5 million	62.1 million	Increased 4.8	Increased 5.7
6	Turkey	51.2 million	45.8 million	Raised 11.9	Raised 21.7
7	Mexico	45 million	41.3 million	Raised 9.0	Increased 5.1
8	Thailand	39.8 million	38.2 million	Increased 4.2	Increased 7.3
9	Germany	39.6 million	38.9 million	Increased 1.8	Increased 3.8
10	Great Britain	39.4 million	38.7 million	Increased 3.2	Reduced 2.2

In 2019:

More than 72.4 million tourists arrived in Africa, an increase of 5.4% from 2018.
219.4 million tourists arrived in the Americas, an increase of 1.6%.
More than 360.1 million tourists arrived in Asia and the Pacific, an increase of 3.6% from 2018.
About 744.3 million tourists arrived in Europe, an increase of 3.9% compared to 2017.
61.4 million tourists arrived in the Middle East (excluding Turkey, Iran and Israel), an increase of 2.1% compared to 2018.

International tourism revenue

It rose to $1.451 billion in 2018, a real increase of 4.4% over 2017. The World Tourism Organization reports the following regions as the top ten countries with the highest revenue from the tourism industry in 2018, with the United States earning the most.

Table 2. Tourism income /worldwide/

Rank	Region	Tourism revenue (billion USD) (2018)	Tourism revenue (billion USD) (2017)	Change (2017-2018) %
1	USA	214.5	210.7	Up 1.8%
2	Spain	73.8	68.1	Up 8.4%
3	France	67.3	60.7	Up 10.9%
4	Thailand	63	56.9	Up 10.7%
5	Great Britain	51.9	49	Up 5.9%
6	Italy	49.3	44.2	Up 11.5%
7	Australia	45	41.7	Up 7.9%
8	Germany	43	39.8	Up 8.0%
9	Japan	41.1	34.1	Up 20.5%
10	China	40.4	38.6	Up 4.7%