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Most visited countries and tourism rankings

Who leads world tourism,
month by month

Every country ranked on official figures: most visited, fastest growing, furthest past 2019, longest stays, most dependent on one market. Rebuilt every hour from each country's own statistics office, with the call behind every table.

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8Rankings
112Countries ranked
Sep 2026Latest month
HourlyRebuilt
2019 = 100Recovery base
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Most visited: International arrivals in each country's latest month; counts of residents or of people passing through are left out

RankCountryRegionArrivalsCounted asMonthvs a year before12 monthsActions
1ItalyEurope12.3mGuests from abroad2026-07-0.8%
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2SpainEurope9.5mGuests from abroad2026-07+1.9%
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3FranceEurope9.2mGuests from abroad2026-07+3.1%
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4United StatesAmericas6.2mVisitors2026-07-0.1%
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5TurkeyEurope6.2mGuests from abroad2026-07-3.7%
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6GreeceEurope5.3mGuests from abroad2026-07+2.9%
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7GermanyEurope4.8mGuests from abroad2026-07+3.9%
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8CroatiaEurope4.1mGuests from abroad2026-07+2.2%
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9AustriaEurope3.9mGuests from abroad2026-07+10.4%
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10MalaysiaAsia Pacific3.8mVisitors2026-08-1.0%
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11CanadaAmericas3.1mVisitors2026-07+6.5%
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12JapanAsia Pacific3.1mVisitors2026-08-9.6%
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13NetherlandsEurope2.6mGuests from abroad2026-07+6.2%
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14South KoreaAsia Pacific2.2mVisitors2026-08+23.3%
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15PortugalEurope2.1mGuests from abroad2026-07-2.1%
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16ThailandAsia Pacific2mAt the border2026-09-10.5%
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17SwedenEurope1.9mGuests from abroad2026-07+11.3%
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18VietnamAsia Pacific1.8mVisitors2026-09+16.1%
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19NorwayEurope1.6mGuests from abroad2026-07+1.3%
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20SingaporeAsia Pacific1.6mVisitors2026-080.0%
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21BahrainMiddle East and Africa1.4mVisitors2025-12+0.2%
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22CzechiaEurope1.2mGuests from abroad2026-07+7.4%
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23TunisiaMiddle East and Africa1.1mAt the border2026-07+4.5%
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24PolandEurope1.1mGuests from abroad2026-07+11.4%
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25BelgiumEurope1.1mGuests from abroad2026-07+4.6%
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103 countries ranked; the top 25 shownDeveloper /v1/rank?measure=arrivals

Read these tables right

Counted asEach row says whether it counts guests from abroad, all guests including residents, arrivals at the border, or visitors
Like for likeMost nights compares every country the same way; counts of people passing through are left out
The latest month each hasEach country is ranked on its own latest month, shown beside it
Units travel with the figureThe series and its unit come back with every row in the API
Never estimatedA month an office withheld is left out, never filled in

The call

# the top 20 by arrivals
curl "https://api.tourismapi.com/v1/rank?measure=arrivals&limit=20" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $TOURISM_API_KEY"

By region

Asia Pacific43 countries, 23.3m in August
Americas41 countries, 14.9m in June
Europe54 countries, 74.9m in July
Middle East and Africa69 countries, 2.7m in June

Eight rankings, one API

Every table on this page is one call. Developer opens the latest month; Analyst and Intel add the history and the statistics behind the recovery and concentration tables.

Most visited

International arrivals in each country's latest month; counts of residents or of people passing through are left out

/v1/rank?measure=arrivalsDeveloper
Most nights

Nights spent at accommodation in each country's latest month: the like-for-like measure

/v1/rank?measure=nightsDeveloper
Fastest growing

Arrivals against the same month a year before, countries with 50,000 a month or more

/v1/growth?country=JP,ES,THDeveloper
Past 2019

Recovery index, the latest month against the same month of 2019

/v1/stats/recovery?country=JPAnalyst
Still recovering

The countries furthest below 2019

/v1/stats/recovery?country=THAnalyst
Longest stays

Nights per arrival, latest month

/v1/stats/stay-length?country=HRAnalyst
Most concentrated

Herfindahl index of origin markets, 0 to 10,000

/v1/stats/concentration?country=JPIntelligence
Biggest spenders

Visitor spend in the latest full year, in US dollars

/v1/spend?country=US,ES,FR&currency=USDDeveloper

Movers

The biggest climbs and falls against the same month a year before, among countries with at least 100,000 arrivals a month.

ClimbingChangeRank nowA year before
Bolivia+47.4%6270
Uganda+31.5%6367
South Korea+23.3%1416
Slovakia+23.0%4450
Jordan+21.4%3636
FallingChangeRank nowA year before
Jamaica-34.1%5744
Cambodia-24.7%5142
Colombia-16.4%4239
Lithuania-12.3%5853
Thailand-10.5%1614

What each plan gets

The rankings above are open to everyone. The API behind them is not.

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Developer ranks every country on the latest month. Analyst and Intel add the history and the statistics behind the tables.

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