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World Tourism Monitor

How the world travelled in June 2022
July 2026Complete71 countries reportedA complete issue. Nearly every country that counts July has published it.August 202633 of 86 inFilling in, early editionIt becomes the main issue once most countries have reported. Open the early edition
September 2026First figures19 countries in so farThe quickest countries publish within a few weeks of a month ending; most follow a month or so later.
October 2026Under wayStill happeningNo country can count a month before it ends. The first figures arrive about three weeks after it closes.Today
Of the 123 countries counted monthly, 19 publish within a month of it ending and 55 within two.Why is the latest issue July?So a month is judged on most countries, not a fewCountries count visitors at borders and in hotels, then check the figures before publishing. The Monitor waits until most are in. Statistics offices and banks work to the same calendar.
World editionArchive issue91 countriesTrust index 9517 min read

World+445.4% on a year, 62.5% of 2019

Growing84 of 84 countries compared

Records1 country had their best June on file

Asia Pacificled the regions at +1,495.9%

Biggest gainerMauritius +22,402.9%

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World Tourism Climbs 158.8% In June, Reaches 78.0% Of 2019

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Fifty-one countries reported June figures, with forty-nine posting growth and the aggregate up 158.8% on a year earlier. Activity stood at 78.0% of the same month in 2019. Kosovo registered a record monthly high. Asia Pacific rose 2858.8% on the year, the largest regional gain, while Europe, with thirty-seven reporting countries, reached 94.8% of its June 2019 level.

MoversMauritius led the table with arrivals up 22402.9% from a year earlier.
RecordsKosovo posted a record monthly high for international arrivals.
RegionsEurope stood at 94.8% of its June 2019 level, with Asia Pacific at 19.2% and the Americas at 77.3%.

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    0501002019 = 10074.9% of 2019January 2015April 20200.9% of 2019Back past 2019February 2024104.5%July 2026201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
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    July 2022Countries on holiday

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    10Eid al-AdhaIndia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Nepal and more7
    09Eid al-Adha (estimated)Jordan, Maldives, Uganda, Kosovo4
    09Eid al-AdhaPhilippines, Suriname, Turkey3

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    USD1.0566+0.1%
    GBP0.8576-0.9%
    JPY141.5686-3.8%
    CNY7.0734+0.1%
    KRW1,351.4677-0.8%
    AUD1.5044-0.3%
    THB36.9277-1.5%
    INR82.5112-0.9%

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    Cayman Islands77100C63
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    Kenya79100C64
    Tanzania80100C64
    Gambia98100C69
    New Zealand98100C69
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