Countries by International Tourism Expenditure
The international tourism expenditure represents the financial contributions of residents traveling outside their nation, offering insight into a country's economic engagement through tourism. This metric is crucial for understanding global travel patterns and economic impacts. The data provided for the year 2023, sourced from the latest United Nations tourism database as of 2025, focuses exclusively on foreign visits, excluding domestic travel expenditures. This understanding aids in grasping the evolving trends in global travel and economic interactions.
List of Countries by Tourism Expenditure
- Germany: Leading with an international tourism expenditure of around 88 billion dollars, Germans are known for their love of travel and exploration of diverse global destinations.
- France: With tourists spending approximately 48 billion dollars abroad, France's globe-trotting citizens emphasize luxury and cultural experiences.
- United States of America: Spending around 47 billion dollars, Americans frequently indulge in international travel, showcasing their cultural curiosity and economic capacity.
- United Kingdom: With an expenditure nearing 41 billion dollars, UK citizens actively engage in international tourism, favoring both traditional and exotic locations.
- Australia: Although not in the top tier globally, Australian tourists spent around 20 billion dollars abroad. Known for their preference for extended travel experiences, Australians make meaningful contributions to global tourism markets.
| Country | International Tourism Expenditure (Million $) | International Departures (1000 departures) | Expenditure per Outgoing Tourist ($/person) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Germany |
88,252 | 86,623 | 1,018.806 | 2022 |
 France |
47,822 | 39,484 | 1,211.174 | 2022 |
 United States of America |
47,074 | 60,550 | 777.44 | 2020 |
 United Kingdom |
41,458 | 50,872 | 814.947 | 1998 |
 Canada |
41,247 | 61,911 | 666.231 | 2011 |
 Italy |
32,383 | 46,695 | 693.5 | 2022 |
 India |
31,822 | 21,600 | 1,473.241 | 2022 |
 Brazil |
22,229 | 10,628 | 2,091.551 | 2018 |
 United Arab Emirates |
21,600 | 7,454 | 2,897.773 | 2021 |
 China |
21,360 | 28,853 | 740.304 | 2004 |
 South Korea |
21,311 | 6,554 | 3,251.602 | 2022 |
 Australia |
20,227 | 5,226 | 3,870.455 | 2022 |
 The Netherlands |
20,165 | 23,146 | 871.209 | 2022 |
 Ukraine |
19,830 | 15,539 | 1,276.144 | 2022 |
 Saudi Arabia |
18,662 | 24,264 | 769.123 | 2022 |
 Switzerland |
18,331 | 15,846 | 1,156.822 | 2022 |
 Qatar |
18,165 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Belgium |
17,705 | 20,428 | 866.703 | 2022 |
 Singapore |
15,288 | 5,154 | 2,966.24 | 2022 |
 Norway |
14,762 | 7,040 | 2,096.875 | 2022 |
 Sweden |
13,973 | -- | -- | 2010 |
 Philippines |
11,681 | 5,703 | 2,048.22 | 2016 |
 Austria |
11,466 | 11,871 | 965.883 | 2022 |
 Russian Federation |
9,731 | 12,361 | 787.234 | 2020 |
 Israel |
9,698 | 8,432 | 1,150.142 | 2022 |
 Mexico |
9,634 | 41,891 | 229.978 | 2022 |
 Iran |
9,271 | 7,243 | 1,279.994 | 2018 |
 Romania |
8,822 | 17,265 | 510.976 | 2022 |
 Denmark |
8,453 | 6,043 | 1,398.809 | 2022 |
 Poland |
8,226 | 33,748 | 243.748 | 2022 |
 Iraq |
7,453 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Argentina |
7,410 | 7,891 | 939.044 | 2022 |
 Kuwait |
7,267 | 2,649 | 2,743.299 | 2007 |
 Indonesia |
7,230 | 3,541 | 2,041.796 | 2022 |
 Spain |
7,119 | -- | -- | 1998 |
 Nigeria |
6,885 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Japan |
5,058 | 2,772 | 1,824.675 | 2022 |
 Colombia |
5,012 | 4,931 | 1,016.427 | 2022 |
 Finland |
4,937 | 6,780 | 728.171 | 2022 |
 Portugal |
4,867 | 20,989 | 231.883 | 2007 |
 Turkey |
4,706 | 7,267 | 647.585 | 2022 |
 Czech Republic |
4,354 | 11,891 | 366.159 | 2010 |
 South Africa |
4,247 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Thailand |
4,233 | 33 | 128,272.727 | 2021 |
 Vietnam |
3,830 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Malaysia |
3,822 | 30,761 | 124.248 | 2004 |
 Greece |
3,559 | 5,094 | 698.665 | 2022 |
 Egypt |
3,486 | 6,180 | 564.078 | 2014 |
 Luxembourg |
3,469 | 2,819 | 1,230.578 | 2022 |
 Hungary |
3,092 | 18,013 | 171.654 | 2022 |
 Peru |
2,953 | 2,119 | 1,393.582 | 2022 |
 Venezuela |
2,920 | 1,530 | 1,908.497 | 2016 |
 Uzbekistan |
2,790 | 8,437 | 330.686 | 2019 |
 Serbia |
2,629 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 New Zealand |
2,567 | 1,629 | 1,575.813 | 2022 |
 Ireland |
2,524 | 2,276 | 1,108.963 | 2021 |
 Kazakhstan |
2,520 | 7,670 | 328.553 | 2022 |
 Morocco |
2,494 | 2,020 | 1,234.653 | 2022 |
 Chile |
2,333 | 2,366 | 986.052 | 2022 |
 Pakistan |
2,305 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Albania |
1,937 | 5,882 | 329.31 | 2022 |
 Lebanon |
1,872 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Bulgaria |
1,833 | 7,252 | 252.758 | 2022 |
 Slovenia |
1,830 | 4,727 | 387.138 | 2022 |
 Syria |
1,598 | 6,259 | 255.312 | 2010 |
 Slovakia |
1,549 | 1,562 | 991.677 | 2021 |
 Dominican Republic |
1,545 | 780 | 1,980.769 | 2022 |
 Croatia |
1,490 | 2,004 | 743.513 | 2022 |
 Estonia |
1,392 | 1,090 | 1,277.064 | 2022 |
 Bangladesh |
1,389 | 1,564 | 888.107 | 2019 |
 Armenia |
1,378 | 1,139 | 1,209.833 | 2022 |
 Jordan |
1,367 | 1,745 | 783.381 | 2016 |
 Iceland |
1,336 | 460 | 2,904.348 | 2007 |
 Guatemala |
1,270 | 1,411 | 900.071 | 2022 |
 Ecuador |
1,225 | 1,338 | 915.546 | 2022 |
 Costa Rica |
1,175 | 934 | 1,258.03 | 2022 |
 Panama |
1,141 | 851 | 1,340.776 | 2022 |
 Georgia |
1,124 | 3,780 | 297.354 | 2019 |
 Mongolia |
1,086 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Oman |
1,083 | 1,949 | 555.67 | 2021 |
 Azerbaijan |
1,062 | 1,490 | 712.752 | 2022 |
 Latvia |
1,021 | 3,398 | 300.471 | 2007 |
 Ghana |
946 | 188 | 5,031.915 | 2020 |
 Nepal |
886 | 1,197 | 740.184 | 2017 |
 Cyprus |
882 | 514 | 1,715.953 | 2021 |
 Tunisia |
869 | 3,314 | 262.221 | 2022 |
 Bahrain |
844 | 752 | 1,122.34 | 2020 |
 Bolivia |
777 | 821 | 946.407 | 2022 |
 Paraguay |
764 | 1,291 | 591.789 | 2022 |
 Zambia |
740 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Cameroon |
722 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Belarus |
644 | 2,616 | 246.177 | 2021 |
 Lithuania |
643 | -- | -- | 2004 |
 El Salvador |
632 | 1,862 | 339.42 | 2022 |
 Jamaica |
595 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Honduras |
558 | 703 | 793.741 | 2018 |
 Cambodia |
535 | 970 | 551.546 | 2022 |
 Moldova |
508 | 325 | 1,563.077 | 2022 |
 Kyrgyzstan |
460 | 3,734 | 123.192 | 2022 |
 Bermuda |
459 | 192 | 2,390.625 | 2008 |
 Algeria |
444 | 2,865 | 154.974 | 2022 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
436 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Mauritius |
434 | 229 | 1,895.197 | 2022 |
 Sri Lanka |
424 | 1,128 | 375.887 | 2022 |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
422 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Uganda |
419 | 397 | 1,055.416 | 2022 |
 Macedonia |
333 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Lesotho |
332 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 The Bahamas |
331 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Rwanda |
299 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Libya |
286 | 650 | 440 | 1997 |
 Malta |
284 | -- | -- | 2007 |
 Uruguay |
276 | 93 | 2,967.742 | 2021 |
 Senegal |
263 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Laos |
260 | 707 | 367.751 | 2020 |
 Mali |
249 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Gabon |
239 | 236 | 1,012.712 | 2003 |
 Nicaragua |
237 | 699 | 339.056 | 2022 |
 Myanmar |
214 | -- | -- | 2019 |
 Tanzania |
214 | 371 | 576.819 | 2021 |
 Maldives |
211 | 123 | 1,715.447 | 2008 |
 San Marino |
209 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Turks and Caicos Islands |
194 | -- | -- | 1998 |
 South Sudan |
193 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Andorra |
192 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Kenya |
183 | -- | -- | 2001 |
 Malawi |
168 | 244 | 688.525 | 2019 |
 Fiji |
161 | 109 | 1,477.064 | 2022 |
 Zimbabwe |
157 | 993 | 158.107 | 2020 |
 Cayman Islands |
155 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Burkina Faso |
152 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Mozambique |
142 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Brunei |
129 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Vanuatu |
116 | 18 | 6,444.444 | 2022 |
 Papua New Guinea |
112 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Angola |
110 | 3 | 36,666.667 | 1996 |
 Botswana |
104 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Namibia |
98 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Benin |
97 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
97 | 273 | 355.311 | 2010 |
 Comoros |
97 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Suriname |
91 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Haiti |
83 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Chad |
80 | -- | -- | 2002 |
 Montenegro |
79 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Madagascar |
79 | 39 | 2,025.641 | 1995 |
 Cape Verde |
73 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Guinea-Bissau |
70 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Seychelles |
70 | 51 | 1,372.549 | 2022 |
 Central African Republic |
67 | 38 | 1,763.158 | 2010 |
 Bhutan |
67 | 72 | 930.556 | 2019 |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
64 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Belize |
62 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Togo |
61 | 269 | 226.766 | 2019 |
 East Timor |
61 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Yemen |
56 | -- | -- | 2016 |
 Swaziland |
56 | 711 | 78.762 | 2022 |
 Saint Lucia |
53 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Barbados |
51 | -- | -- | 2017 |
 Liberia |
51 | -- | -- | 2009 |
 Mauritania |
51 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
50 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Burundi |
49 | -- | -- | 2011 |
 Afghanistan |
49 | -- | -- | 2020 |
 Sudan |
43 | 195 | 220.513 | 1995 |
 British Virgin Islands |
40 | -- | -- | 1995 |
 Niger |
39 | 10 | 3,900 | 1998 |
 Grenada |
36 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Solomon Islands |
33.3 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Equatorial Guinea |
30 | -- | -- | 2001 |
 Guyana |
30 | -- | -- | 2003 |
 Ethiopia |
30 | 133 | 225.564 | 1996 |
 Djibouti |
30 | -- | -- | 2012 |
 Federated States of Micronesia |
29 | -- | -- | 2014 |
 Tajikistan |
24.2 | 31 | 780.645 | 2018 |
 Marshall Islands |
23.8 | -- | -- | 2020 |
 Cook Islands |
22 | 5 | 4,400 | 2021 |
 Palau |
21 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Tonga |
21 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
17 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Sierra Leone |
13 | 25 | 520 | 2021 |
 Tuvalu |
12.8 | 1.4 | 9,142.857 | 2022 |
 Dominica |
11 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Kiribati |
8.6 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Gambia |
8 | 307 | 26.059 | 2006 |
 Nauru |
7.1 | -- | -- | 2018 |
 Anguilla |
7 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Samoa |
5.8 | 25 | 232 | 2022 |
 Montserrat |
4.3 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Guinea |
0.5 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 São Tomé and Príncipe |
0.3 | 10.3 | 29.126 | 2008 |
