Countries by International Tourism Income
International tourism income is a vital component of the global economy, reflecting the spending of foreign tourists in a country. This data is crucial for understanding economic impacts and guiding policies to enhance tourism sectors. The figures represent income from foreign tourists only, excluding domestic travel earnings. According to the United Nations tourism database, this page provides insights into the year 2023, the latest available data as of 2025, offering a glimpse into which countries are leading in attracting international visitors and maximizing tourism revenues.
List of Countries by Tourism Income
- United States of America: With a staggering tourism income of around $84 billion, the USA remains a dominant force in global tourism, attracting visitors with its diverse attractions ranging from iconic landmarks to vibrant cities.
- Spain: A popular destination with stunning landscapes and rich history, Spain generates approximately $72 billion in tourism income, drawing millions search for their cultural festivals, architectural marvels, and sunny beaches.
- United Kingdom: Renowned for its historic sites, vibrant culture, and world-class museums, the UK boasts a tourism income of around $68 billion, appealing to those interested in its royal heritage and dynamic urban centers.
- Turkey: Known for its rich history, unique culture, and stunning coastlines, Turkey attracts tourists generating roughly $58 billion. Visitors are enchanted by its blend of Eastern and Western influences.
| 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 |
