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How the world travelled in December 2023

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.

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World+34.4% on a year, 94.9% of 2019

Growing78 of 87 countries compared

Records11 countries had their best December on file

Asia Pacificled the regions at +113.4%

Biggest gainerHong Kong +2,377.5%

Biggest loserIsrael -80.2%

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World Travel Volumes Climb 16.6% in December

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International arrivals rose 16.6% in December 2023 across 51 reporting countries, with 45 of the 49 measured against a year earlier showing growth. Volumes stood at 101.9% of the same month in 2019. The Dominican Republic, Mauritius and Malaysia each recorded their best December on record. Hong Kong led the year-on-year risers at 2377.5%, followed by South Africa at 227.8%.

RegionsAsia Pacific arrivals rose 54.6% from a year earlier, reaching 89.3% of December 2019 volumes.

MoversJapan rose 99.6% on the year, with Kosovo up 69.6% and Albania 47.9%.

CurrenciesThe yen gained 2.9% against the euro over the month, while the US dollar fell 0.9%.

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2020April 2020 falls to 0.9% of 2019, the deepest month on record.

2024February 2024 passes 2019 again, at 102.5%.

2026July 2026 stands at 104.5% of 2019.

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140	August 2026Early	33	+1.8%	102.3%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
139	July 2026Latest	71	+4.0%	104.5%	62 pages · 3.4 MB	Read PDF Listen
138	June 2026Back issue	84	-1.1%	98.3%	60 pages · 3.4 MB	Read PDF Listen
137	May 2026Back issue	84	+2.7%	108.1%	59 pages · 3.4 MB	Read PDF Listen
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135	March 2026Back issue	85	+3.5%	100.8%	60 pages · 3.4 MB	Read PDF Listen
134	February 2026Back issue	85	+6.9%	110.1%	61 pages · 3.4 MB	Read PDF Listen
133	January 2026Back issue	84	+3.8%	112.0%	62 pages · 3.4 MB	Read PDF Listen
132	December 2025Back issue	90	+6.6%	110.8%	65 pages · 3.5 MB	Read PDF Listen
131	November 2025Back issue	91	+5.9%	107.2%	65 pages · 3.5 MB	Read PDF Listen
130	October 2025Back issue	91	+7.1%	107.6%	61 pages · 3.5 MB	Read PDF Listen
129	September 2025Back issue	92	+5.8%	103.6%	64 pages · 3.5 MB	Read PDF Listen
128	August 2025Back issue	90	+5.8%	103.9%	65 pages · 3.5 MB	Read PDFAudio
127	July 2025Back issue	91	+7.9%	102.2%	43 pages · 3.2 MB	Read PDFAudio
126	June 2025Back issue	91	+5.0%	100.8%	44 pages · 3.3 MB	Read PDFAudio
125	May 2025Back issue	93	+5.7%	108.2%	46 pages · 3.3 MB	Read PDFAudio
124	April 2025Back issue	92	+12.8%	105.4%	44 pages · 3.3 MB	Read PDFAudio
123	March 2025Back issue	92	-0.4%	100.4%	44 pages · 3.3 MB	Read PDFAudio
122	February 2025Back issue	91	+3.9%	106.6%	44 pages · 3.2 MB	Read PDFAudio
121	January 2025Back issue	90	+13.4%	109.8%	43 pages · 3.2 MB	Read PDFAudio
120	December 2024Back issue	97	+10.8%	104.9%	44 pages · 3.3 MB	Read PDFAudio
119	November 2024Back issue	96	+13.2%	103.2%	44 pages · 3.3 MB	Read PDFAudio
118	October 2024Back issue	95	+10.8%	101.9%	45 pages · 3.3 MB	Read PDFAudio
117	September 2024Back issue	98	+5.2%	99.9%	45 pages · 3.3 MB	Read PDFAudio
116	August 2024Back issue	97	+9.7%	99.7%	45 pages · 3.3 MB	Read PDFAudio
115	July 2024	95	+3.1%	95.7%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
114	June 2024	98	+10.1%	97.0%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
113	May 2024	98	+14.7%	104.6%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
112	April 2024	97	+7.2%	94.2%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
111	March 2024	97	+21.1%	102.0%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
110	February 2024	96	+23.5%	102.5%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
109	January 2024	95	+23.8%	98.7%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
108	December 2023	95	+34.4%	94.9%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
107	November 2023	94	+34.8%	92.2%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
106	October 2023	93	+41.1%	93.4%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
105	September 2023	96	+52.0%	96.2%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
104	August 2023	97	+55.0%	91.7%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
103	July 2023	96	+59.4%	94.1%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
102	June 2023	96	+66.9%	89.6%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
101	May 2023	98	+61.0%	92.5%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
100	April 2023	97	+77.2%	89.4%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
99	March 2023	96	+123.0%	84.7%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
98	February 2023	94	+175.4%	86.3%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
97	January 2023	95	+263.0%	86.4%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
96	December 2022	89	+212.6%	79.3%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
95	November 2022	91	+192.5%	76.9%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
94	October 2022	90	+200.5%	75.4%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
93	September 2022	91	+221.0%	73.0%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
92	August 2022	92	+223.4%	69.1%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
91	July 2022	91	+271.3%	69.4%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
90	June 2022	91	+445.4%	62.5%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
89	May 2022	90	+598.5%	58.5%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
88	April 2022	88	+796.0%	51.5%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
87	March 2022	87	+536.6%	40.7%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
86	February 2022	87	+440.6%	33.0%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
85	January 2022	88	+284.1%	28.1%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
84	December 2021	86	+282.0%	29.5%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
83	November 2021	85	+314.5%	30.4%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
82	October 2021	82	+236.2%	30.1%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
81	September 2021	84	+151.5%	27.0%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
80	August 2021	85	+135.4%	25.4%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
79	July 2021	84	+183.8%	22.9%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
78	June 2021	85	+303.9%	13.9%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
77	May 2021	84	+902.6%	10.2%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
76	April 2021	83	+873.8%	6.8%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
75	March 2021	84	-78.3%	7.1%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
74	February 2021	83	-93.3%	6.9%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
73	January 2021	83	-93.1%	8.0%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
72	December 2020	77	-92.5%	7.5%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
71	November 2020	78	-92.8%	7.2%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
70	October 2020	78	-88.9%	11.1%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
69	September 2020	77	-87.8%	12.2%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
68	August 2020	77	-87.6%	12.4%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
67	July 2020	77	-90.6%	9.4%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
66	June 2020	73	-96.0%	4.0%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
65	May 2020	68	-98.8%	1.2%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
64	April 2020	64	-99.1%	0.9%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
63	March 2020	84	-71.2%	28.8%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
62	February 2020	84	-6.3%	93.7%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
61	January 2020	84	+5.9%	105.9%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
60	December 2019	82	+5.3%	2019	In review	ReadPDFAudio
59	November 2019	82	+4.8%	2019	In review	ReadPDFAudio
58	October 2019	82	+5.5%	2019	In review	ReadPDFAudio
57	September 2019	83	+3.7%	2019	In review	ReadPDFAudio
56	August 2019	83	+5.3%	2019	In review	ReadPDFAudio
55	July 2019	83	+4.5%	2019	In review	ReadPDFAudio
54	June 2019	83	+7.9%	2019	In review	ReadPDFAudio
53	May 2019	83	+1.8%	2019	In review	ReadPDFAudio
52	April 2019	83	+8.5%	2019	In review	ReadPDFAudio
51	March 2019	83	+1.2%	2019	In review	ReadPDFAudio
50	February 2019	83	+4.4%	2019	In review	ReadPDFAudio
49	January 2019	83	+3.6%	2019	In review	ReadPDFAudio
48	December 2018	81	+7.0%	95.0%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
47	November 2018	80	+7.0%	95.4%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
46	October 2018	81	+6.8%	94.8%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
45	September 2018	81	+5.1%	96.4%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
44	August 2018	81	+5.4%	95.0%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
43	July 2018	81	+4.0%	95.7%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
42	June 2018	81	+6.6%	92.7%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
41	May 2018	81	+9.6%	98.3%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
40	April 2018	81	+2.2%	92.1%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
39	March 2018	81	+15.1%	98.8%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
38	February 2018	80	+8.7%	95.8%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
37	January 2018	81	+7.8%	96.5%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
36	December 2017	79	+7.9%	88.8%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
35	November 2017	78	+8.4%	88.6%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
34	October 2017	79	+6.8%	88.9%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
33	September 2017	79	+4.6%	91.5%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
32	August 2017	79	+7.3%	90.0%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
31	July 2017	79	+6.7%	91.9%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
30	June 2017	79	+12.0%	86.7%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
29	May 2017	78	+4.6%	89.5%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
28	April 2017	77	+17.7%	89.7%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
27	March 2017	78	+2.3%	85.9%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
26	February 2017	77	+5.5%	88.4%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
25	January 2017	78	+9.2%	89.6%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
24	December 2016	74	+10.8%	82.0%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
23	November 2016	73	+8.4%	81.6%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
22	October 2016	74	+8.2%	83.2%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
21	September 2016	73	+11.4%	86.9%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
20	August 2016	74	+7.5%	83.4%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
19	July 2016	74	+11.9%	85.7%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
18	June 2016	73	+7.2%	77.6%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
17	May 2016	74	+6.0%	85.1%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
16	April 2016	74	+3.0%	76.4%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
15	March 2016	74	+13.7%	84.3%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
14	February 2016	72	+11.0%	84.2%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
13	January 2016	74	+10.1%	82.4%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
12	December 2015	70	+6.4%	74.9%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
11	November 2015	69	+7.6%	76.1%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
10	October 2015	70	+7.5%	78.1%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
9	September 2015	70	+7.5%	79.5%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
8	August 2015	70	+6.6%	79.3%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
7	July 2015	70	+9.3%	78.2%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
6	June 2015	70	+1.8%	73.6%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
5	May 2015	70	+6.8%	81.1%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
4	April 2015	72	+3.5%	74.9%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
3	March 2015	71	+6.0%	74.4%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
2	February 2015	69	+8.6%	75.6%	In review	ReadPDFAudio
1	January 2015	71	+5.1%	74.9%	In review	ReadPDFAudio

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Asia Pacific+113.4%

Hong Kong led at +2,377.5%, Vanuatu trailed at -10.0%.

21 countries → Read the Asia Pacific edition Africa+107.2%

South Africa led at +227.8%, Angola trailed at -0.2%.

5 countries → Read the Africa edition Americas+17.7%

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines led at +50.9%, Saint Lucia trailed at -0.9%.

27 countries → Read the Americas edition Europe+11.6%

Albania led at +66.0%, Jersey trailed at -8.9%.

39 countries → Read the Europe edition Middle East-33.7%

Bahrain led at +9.9%, Israel trailed at -80.2%.

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January, and the money behind it

National holidays across the countries in this issue, and how the big source-market currencies moved against the euro. A stronger currency makes travel abroad cheaper for its people.

January 2024Countries on holiday

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01New Year's DayAntigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, Albania, Angola and more86

06EpiphanyAustria, Cyprus, Spain, Finland and more11

02New Year's DayAlbania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Romania and more7

CurrenciesAgainst the euro

Currency	Per euro	On the month
USD	1.0903	-0.9%
GBP	0.8617	+1.0%
JPY	157.2126	+2.9%
CNY	7.787	+0.3%
KRW	1,423.1263	-0.7%
AUD	1.6321	+1.9%
THB	38.1756	+0.4%
INR	90.8009	-0.9%

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Country	Complete	Stable	Grade	Score
Laos	58	100	C	57
Uganda	68	100	C	60
India	80	100	C	64
Ghana	83	100	C	65
New Zealand	98	100	C	69
Niue	98	100	C	69
Angola	100	100	B	70
Bahrain	100	100	B	70

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StableHow little the office revised its figures in the last year.

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