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Country brief

GET/v1/countries/{iso}/brief

The country's latest month in a short written brief, checked against the figures, with the fact sheet behind it: the change on a year, against 2019 and year to date, the last six months, its rank in the region, its rivals, jet fuel, its currency, growth and the forecast for the next three months. Remade when a new month is published.

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Parameters

No parameters.

Request

# Where a country stands, written and in figures
curl "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/countries/{iso}/brief" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"

const res = await fetch("https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/countries/{iso}/brief", {
  headers: { "X-API-Key": process.env.TOURISM_API_KEY }
});
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Tourism API ${res.status}`);
const { meta, data } = await res.json();
console.log(meta.data_as_of, data);

import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/countries/{iso}/brief",
    headers={"X-API-Key": os.environ["TOURISM_API_KEY"]},
    timeout=10,
)
r.raise_for_status()
body = r.json()
print(body["meta"]["data_as_of"], body["data"])

$ch = curl_init("https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/countries/{iso}/brief");
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER     => ["X-API-Key: " . getenv("TOURISM_API_KEY")],
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
print_r($body["data"]);

Your API key

Ready

Example response

{
    "meta": {
        "request_id": "req_7f3a1c",
        "data_as_of": "2026-10-14T06:00:00Z",
        "count": 1,
        "next": null
    },
    "data": [
        {
            "country": "TH",
            "name": "Thailand",
            "month": "2026-08",
            "headline": "A stronger August, still short of 2019, with nearby rivals growing faster",
            "brief": [
                "Thailand recorded 2,714,880 visitor arrivals in August 2026, +6.4% on a year and 93.1% of the August 2019 level."
            ],
            "figures": {
                "value": 2714880,
                "yoy_pct": 6.4,
                "vs_2019_pct": 93.1,
                "ytd_yoy_pct": 4.9,
                "region_rank": {
                    "rank": 5,
                    "of": 12
                },
                "trust": {
                    "grade": "A",
                    "score": 96
                }
            },
            "last_six": [
                {
                    "month": "2026-08",
                    "value": 2714880,
                    "yoy_pct": 6.4,
                    "vs_2019_pct": 93.1,
                    "vs_3yr_avg_pct": 12.8
                }
            ],
            "outlook": [
                {
                    "month": "2026-09",
                    "value": 2410000,
                    "low": 2310000,
                    "high": 2520000,
                    "yoy_pct": 5.2
                }
            ],
            "context": {
                "jet_fuel": {
                    "month": "2026-08",
                    "usd_gallon": 3.724,
                    "yoy_pct": 17.8
                },
                "currency": {
                    "currency": "THB",
                    "per_eur": 37.12,
                    "yoy_pct": -2.1
                },
                "growth": {
                    "year": 2026,
                    "pct": 2.8,
                    "projected": true
                }
            },
            "rivals": [
                {
                    "country": "VN",
                    "name": "Vietnam",
                    "score": 86,
                    "shared_markets": [
                        "China",
                        "Korea",
                        "Taiwan"
                    ],
                    "month": "2026-08",
                    "yoy_pct": 18.2
                }
            ],
            "rival_for": [
                "KH",
                "LA",
                "LK"
            ]
        }
    ]
}

Response fields

Field	Type	Example
country	string	TH
name	string	Thailand
month	string	2026-08
headline	string	A stronger August, still short of 2019, with nearby rivals growing faster
brief	array	1 items
figures	object	object
last_six	array	1 items
outlook	array	1 items
context	object	object
rivals	array	1 items
rival_for	array	3 items