Countries by International Tourism Income
International tourism income is a critical economic indicator representing the revenue generated from foreign tourists visiting a country. These statistics highlight the economic contribution of tourism to a country's GDP, jobs creation, and regional development. In 2023, according to the latest data from the United Nations tourism database available as of 2025, global tourism witnessed diverse trends with travelers seeking unique experiences across the globe. It is important to note that this data specifically pertains to foreign tourists and excludes domestic travel income.
List of Countries by Tourism Income
- United States of America: With an impressive international tourism income of around 84 billion dollars, the USA is renowned for its diverse landscapes, cultural heritage sites, and world-famous attractions like the Grand Canyon and Disney World.
- Spain: Attracting sun-seekers and culture enthusiasts, Spain generated approximately 72 billion dollars in tourism income, offering coastal beaches, historic cities like Barcelona, and events like the Running of the Bulls.
- United Kingdom: Generating around 68 billion dollars from international tourists, the UK appeals with its rich history in cities like London, cultural landmarks such as Stonehenge, and the allure of the British countryside.
- Turkey: With approximately 58 billion dollars in tourism income, Turkey is noted for its historical landmarks like Hagia Sophia and unique geographic sites such as Cappadocia, drawing millions of visitors.
- Australia: Ranked 13th globally with approximately 24 billion dollars in tourism income, Australia's vast landscapes, from the Great Barrier Reef to the Outback, and vibrant cities such as Sydney and Melbourne, remain a top draw for international tourists.
| Country | International Tourism Income (Million $) | International Arrivals (1000 people) | Income per Incoming Tourist ($ / person) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States of America |
84,171 | 66,594 | 1,263.943 | 2021 |
 Spain |
72,097 | 104,968 | 686.847 | 2022 |
 United Kingdom |
67,587 | 31,244 | 2,163.199 | 2022 |
 Turkey |
57,849 | 51,388 | 1,125.73 | 2022 |
 Italy |
44,848 | 74,317 | 603.469 | 2022 |
 France |
44,665 | 141,297 | 316.107 | 2021 |
 United Arab Emirates |
34,440 | 12,784 | 2,693.992 | 2021 |
 Germany |
31,257 | 28,463 | 1,098.163 | 2022 |
 Mexico |
30,398 | 65,995 | 460.611 | 2022 |
 Saudi Arabia |
26,517 | 18,256 | 1,452.509 | 2022 |
 Qatar |
25,046 | 2,560 | 9,783.594 | 2022 |
 Canada |
24,241 | 17,924 | 1,352.432 | 2022 |
 Australia |
24,214 | 3,694 | 6,554.954 | 2022 |
 India |
22,410 | 14,330 | 1,563.852 | 2022 |
 Greece |
20,094 | 29,876 | 672.58 | 2022 |
 Switzerland |
19,225 | 9,160 | 2,098.799 | 2022 |
 Austria |
19,175 | 26,215 | 731.451 | 2022 |
 The Netherlands |
18,583 | 16,063 | 1,156.882 | 2022 |
 Poland |
16,419 | 71,814 | 228.632 | 2022 |
 Ireland |
14,808 | 10,951 | 1,352.205 | 2019 |
 South Korea |
14,501 | 3,198 | 4,534.396 | 2022 |
 Croatia |
13,628 | 50,023 | 272.435 | 2022 |
 Egypt |
13,625 | 11,724 | 1,162.146 | 2022 |
 Singapore |
11,794 | 6,306 | 1,870.282 | 2022 |
 Japan |
10,633 | 3,832 | 2,774.791 | 2022 |
 Portugal |
10,487 | 22,588 | 464.273 | 2006 |
 Morocco |
10,415 | 10,968 | 949.581 | 2022 |
 China |
9,583 | 25,250 | 379.525 | 2022 |
 Thailand |
9,378 | 10,751 | 872.291 | 2001 |
 Sweden |
9,231 | 19,945 | 462.823 | 2014 |
 Hungary |
8,984 | 46,343 | 193.859 | 2022 |
 Denmark |
8,912 | 31,530 | 282.651 | 2022 |
 Belgium |
8,737 | 8,220 | 1,062.895 | 2022 |
 Dominican Republic |
8,406 | 8,489 | 990.223 | 2022 |
 Malaysia |
7,816 | 19,016 | 411.022 | 2022 |
 Panama |
7,388 | 1,946 | 3,796.506 | 2022 |
 Colombia |
7,321 | 4,686 | 1,562.313 | 2022 |
 Indonesia |
7,036 | 5,889 | 1,194.77 | 2022 |
 Jordan |
6,913 | 5,049 | 1,369.182 | 2022 |
 Norway |
6,565 | 6,693 | 980.876 | 2011 |
 Israel |
6,266 | 2,851 | 2,197.825 | 2022 |
 Russian Federation |
6,029 | 6,359 | 948.105 | 2020 |
 Luxembourg |
5,737 | 1,013 | 5,663.376 | 2022 |
 Finland |
5,418 | 7,636 | 709.534 | 2012 |
 Iran |
5,252 | 7,295 | 719.945 | 2018 |
 Philippines |
5,239 | 2,654 | 1,974.002 | 2022 |
 Romania |
5,036 | 12,697 | 396.629 | 2022 |
 Brazil |
4,968 | 3,630 | 1,368.595 | 2022 |
 South Africa |
4,793 | 7,342 | 652.819 | 2022 |
 Maldives |
4,513 | 1,675 | 2,694.328 | 2022 |
 New Zealand |
4,096 | 1,434 | 2,856.346 | 2022 |
 Bahrain |
3,886 | 9,949 | 390.592 | 2022 |
 Ethiopia |
3,883 | 897 | 4,328.874 | 2022 |
 Georgia |
3,782 | 4,704 | 803.997 | 2022 |
 Bulgaria |
3,701 | 10,888 | 339.916 | 2022 |
 Argentina |
3,694 | 7,503 | 492.336 | 2022 |
 Jamaica |
3,621 | 3,331 | 1,087.061 | 2022 |
 The Bahamas |
3,524 | 7,001 | 503.357 | 2022 |
 Czech Republic |
3,358 | 10,014 | 335.331 | 2021 |
 Slovakia |
3,350 | 16,086 | 208.256 | 2019 |
 Costa Rica |
3,256 | 2,497 | 1,303.965 | 2022 |
 Albania |
3,255 | 7,544 | 431.469 | 2022 |
 Cyprus |
3,251 | 4,117 | 789.653 | 2019 |
 Lebanon |
3,162 | 890 | 3,552.809 | 2021 |
 Serbia |
3,074 | 1,773 | 1,733.785 | 2022 |
 Peru |
2,938 | 2,279 | 1,289.162 | 2022 |
 Tunisia |
2,529 | 6,038 | 418.847 | 2011 |
 Armenia |
2,513 | 1,666 | 1,508.403 | 2022 |
 Myanmar |
2,501 | 4,364 | 573.098 | 2019 |
 Slovenia |
2,464 | 61,293 | 40.2 | 2007 |
 El Salvador |
2,235 | 2,541 | 879.575 | 2022 |
 Chile |
1,907 | 2,269 | 840.458 | 2022 |
 Andorra |
1,893 | 5,422 | 349.133 | 2021 |
 Syria |
1,816 | 6,476 | 280.42 | 2011 |
 Ecuador |
1,802 | 1,265 | 1,424.506 | 2022 |
 Kazakhstan |
1,734 | 4,729 | 366.674 | 2022 |
 Uzbekistan |
1,731 | 5,233 | 330.785 | 2022 |
 Kenya |
1,704 | 1,484 | 1,148.248 | 2022 |
 Iraq |
1,682 | 892 | 1,885.65 | 2013 |
 Mauritius |
1,652 | 1,003 | 1,647.059 | 2022 |
 Estonia |
1,630 | 3,497 | 466.114 | 2022 |
 Malta |
1,590 | 2,776 | 572.767 | 2022 |
 Cambodia |
1,529 | 2,277 | 671.498 | 2022 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1,464 | 915 | 1,600 | 2022 |
 Sri Lanka |
1,357 | 759 | 1,787.879 | 2022 |
 Tanzania |
1,324 | 1,027 | 1,289.192 | 2021 |
 Iceland |
1,303 | 717 | 1,817.294 | 2021 |
 Lithuania |
1,174 | 4,725 | 248.466 | 2022 |
 Nigeria |
1,142 | 1,271 | 898.505 | 2022 |
 Montenegro |
1,110 | 2,036 | 545.187 | 2022 |
 Saint Lucia |
1,080 | 714 | 1,512.605 | 2022 |
 Fiji |
1,069 | 652 | 1,639.571 | 2022 |
 Cuba |
1,050 | 1,614 | 650.558 | 2022 |
 Sudan |
1,043 | 836 | 1,247.608 | 2018 |
 Uganda |
1,030 | 815 | 1,263.804 | 2022 |
 Pakistan |
1,014 | 966 | 1,049.689 | 2012 |
 Guatemala |
992 | 1,845 | 537.669 | 2022 |
 Seychelles |
964 | 339 | 2,843.658 | 2022 |
 Azerbaijan |
942 | 1,602 | 588.015 | 2022 |
 Barbados |
929 | 898 | 1,034.521 | 2022 |
 Ghana |
895 | 915 | 978.142 | 2022 |
 Ukraine |
849 | 2,307 | 368.01 | 2022 |
 Kyrgyzstan |
827 | 6,901 | 119.838 | 2022 |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
818 | 642 | 1,274.143 | 2022 |
 Turks and Caicos Islands |
787 | 1,463 | 537.936 | 2018 |
 Latvia |
748 | 1,937 | 386.164 | 2021 |
 Kuwait |
708 | 1,606 | 440.847 | 2021 |
 Bolivia |
706 | 724 | 975.138 | 2022 |
 Belarus |
662 | 3,361 | 196.965 | 2021 |
 Nicaragua |
596 | 933 | 638.8 | 2022 |
 Uruguay |
587 | 234 | 2,508.547 | 2021 |
 Grenada |
569 | 335 | 1,698.507 | 2022 |
 Honduras |
552 | 1,911 | 288.854 | 2022 |
 Venezuela |
546 | 681 | 801.762 | 2016 |
 Cameroon |
545 | 539 | 1,011.132 | 2022 |
 Oman |
511 | 652 | 783.742 | 2021 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
506 | 253 | 2,000 | 2022 |
 British Virgin Islands |
484 | 922 | 524.946 | 2015 |
 Macedonia |
483 | 537 | 899.441 | 2022 |
 Paraguay |
475 | 1,548 | 306.848 | 2022 |
 Senegal |
470 | 1,376 | 341.57 | 2017 |
 Nepal |
433 | 615 | 704.065 | 2022 |
 Cape Verde |
400 | 785 | 509.554 | 2022 |
 Zambia |
393 | 554 | 709.386 | 2021 |
 Belize |
374 | 437 | 855.835 | 2021 |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
315 | 576 | 546.875 | 2021 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
302 | 589 | 512.733 | 2022 |
 Namibia |
294 | 528 | 556.818 | 2022 |
 Mozambique |
290 | 879 | 329.92 | 2022 |
 Rwanda |
284 | 511 | 555.773 | 2021 |
 Botswana |
275 | 338 | 813.609 | 2021 |
 Bangladesh |
273 | 135 | 2,022.222 | 2021 |
 Mongolia |
261 | 301 | 867.11 | 2022 |
 Cayman Islands |
260 | 660 | 393.939 | 2020 |
 Laos |
227 | 886 | 256.208 | 2020 |
 San Marino |
225 | 1,354 | 166.174 | 2021 |
 Algeria |
219 | 1,398 | 156.652 | 2022 |
 Benin |
203 | 354 | 573.446 | 2020 |
 Mali |
191 | 168 | 1,136.905 | 2021 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
171 | 210 | 814.286 | 2022 |
 Togo |
151 | 482 | 313.278 | 2020 |
 Vietnam |
149 | 157 | 949.045 | 2021 |
 Burkina Faso |
145 | 106 | 1,367.925 | 2021 |
 Bermuda |
143 | 86 | 1,662.791 | 2021 |
 Anguilla |
140 | 96 | 1,458.333 | 2022 |
 Madagascar |
118 | 8 | 14,750 | 2021 |
 Yemen |
116 | 398 | 291.457 | 2015 |
 Haiti |
110 | 148 | 743.243 | 2021 |
 Libya |
99 | 760 | 130.263 | 2008 |
 Tajikistan |
99 | 296 | 334.459 | 2021 |
 Niger |
97 | 85 | 1,141.176 | 2020 |
 Dominica |
91 | 235 | 387.234 | 2022 |
 Gambia |
80 | 643 | 124.417 | 2008 |
 Moldova |
79 | 23.6 | 3,347.458 | 2003 |
 Afghanistan |
75 | -- | -- | 2020 |
 Comoros |
72 | 29 | 2,482.759 | 2021 |
 Zimbabwe |
66 | 639 | 103.286 | 2020 |
 Suriname |
61 | 279 | 218.638 | 2017 |
 Samoa |
57.6 | 51 | 1,129.412 | 2022 |
 Eritrea |
48 | 142 | 338.028 | 2016 |
 Djibouti |
46 | 145 | 317.241 | 2022 |
 Cook Islands |
43 | 26 | 1,653.846 | 2021 |
 Palau |
41 | 18 | 2,277.778 | 2020 |
 Vanuatu |
31.5 | 65 | 484.615 | 2022 |
 Central African Republic |
31 | 35 | 885.714 | 2020 |
 Brunei |
30 | 110 | 272.727 | 2021 |
 Malawi |
29 | 432 | 67.13 | 2021 |
 Mauritania |
28 | 24 | 1,166.667 | 1999 |
 Guyana |
26 | 158 | 164.557 | 2021 |
 South Sudan |
25 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Chad |
25 | 149 | 167.785 | 2002 |
 Federated States of Micronesia |
25 | 31 | 806.452 | 2015 |
 Angola |
24 | 130 | 184.615 | 2022 |
 Sierra Leone |
23 | 44 | 522.727 | 2021 |
 Guinea-Bissau |
19 | 52 | 365.385 | 2019 |
 Equatorial Guinea |
14 | -- | -- | 2001 |
 Gabon |
13 | 526 | 24.715 | 2005 |
 East Timor |
12 | 6 | 2,000 | 2021 |
 Swaziland |
12 | 503 | 23.857 | 2022 |
 Guinea |
10.6 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Lesotho |
10 | 279 | 35.842 | 2021 |
 Tonga |
10 | 22 | 454.545 | 2022 |
 Niue |
8.3 | 11.6 | 715.517 | 2017 |
 Solomon Islands |
7 | 4 | 1,750 | 2020 |
 São Tomé and Príncipe |
6.2 | 7.7 | 805.195 | 2001 |
 Congo-Brazzaville |
6 | -- | -- | 2020 |
 Marshall Islands |
4.3 | 2 | 2,150 | 2020 |
 Liberia |
4 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Kiribati |
3.2 | 12 | 266.667 | 2019 |
 Burundi |
3 | 299 | 10.033 | 2017 |
 Papua New Guinea |
2 | 17 | 117.647 | 2021 |
 Montserrat |
1.9 | 1.6 | 1,187.5 | 2021 |
 Nauru |
1.6 | -- | -- | 2018 |
 Tuvalu |
1.5 | 0.24 | 6,250 | 2022 |
 Bhutan |
0.2 | 20.9 | 9.569 | 2022 |
