Rank Country UNWTO Region International tourist arrivals

1 Europe 100.3 million

France
2 Europe 81.8 million
Spain
3 United States North America 75.9 million

4 Asia 60.7 million

China
5 Europe 56.9 million
Italy
6 Mexico North America 39.3 million

7 United Europe 37.7 million

Kingdom
8 Europe 37.6 million
Turkey
9 Europe 37.5 million
Germany
10 Asia 35.4 million
Thailand

International tourism receipts

International tourism receipts grew to US$1.26 Trillion in 2015, corresponding to an increase in real
terms of 4.4% from 2014.
The World Tourism Organization reports the following entities as the top ten tourism
earners for the year 2015:

Rank Country/Area UNWTO Region International tourism

receipts
1 United States North America $204.5 billion

2 Asia $114.1 billion

China
3 Europe $56.5 billion
Spain
4 Europe $45.9 billion
France
5 United Europe $45.5 billion
Kingdom
6 Asia $44.6 billion
Thailand
7 Europe $44.5.4 billion
Italy
8 Europe $36.9 billion
Germany
9 Asia $36.2 billion
Hong Kong
10 Asia $31.3 billion
Macau

International tourism expenditure

The World Tourism Organization reports the following countries as the ten biggest
spenders on international tourism for the year 2015.

Rank Country UNWTO Region International tourism

expenditure
1 Asia $292.2 billion
China
2 United States North America $112.9 billion

3 Europe $77.5 billion

Germany
4 United Europe $63.3 billion
Kingdom
5 Europe $38.4 billion
France
6 Europe $34.9 billion
Russia
7 Canada North America $29.4 billion

8 Asia $25.0 billion

South Korea
9 Europe $24.4 billion
Italy
10 Australia Oceania $23.5 billion

Euromonitor International Top City Destinations Ranking

Euromonitor International rated these the world's cities most visited by international
tourists in 2017:

Rank City Country International tourist arrivals

1 Hong Kong 27.88 million

Hong Kong
2 Bangkok 22.45 million
Thailand
3 London United 19.82 million
Kingdom
4 Singapore 17.61 million
Singapore
5 Macau 17.33 million
Macau
6 Paris 15.83 million
France
7 Dubai United Arab 15.79 million
Emirates
8 New York United States 13.10 million
City
9 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 12.84 million

10 Shenzhen 12.07 million

China

World Travel and Tourism Council

Countries showing strong international travel and tourism growth between 2010–2016
Rank Country Percentag
e
1 73.5%
Myanmar
2 Sudan 49.8%

3 Azerbaijan 36.4%

4 Qatar 34.1%
5 São Tomé and 30.1%
Príncipe
6 Sri Lanka 26.4%

7 25.5%
Cameroon
8 22.7%
Georgia
9 20.0%
Iceland
10 19.5%
Kyrgyzstan

Countries that performed best in fastest growing tourism and travel industry in 2016
Rank Country Percentage

1 Azerbaijan 46.1%
2 Mongolia 24.4%

3 20.1%
Iceland
4 15.4%
Cyprus
5 15.2%
Kazakhstan
6 Moldova 14.2%

7 12.1%
Costa
Rica
8 11.2%
Georgia
9 Sri Lanka 10.7%

10 10.7%
Thailand