Countries by International Tourism Expenditure
Understanding international tourism expenditure is crucial for gauging a country's economic influence in the global tourism market. This expenditure represents the money spent by tourists from a specific country while traveling abroad, excluding any domestic travel costs. Analyzing these figures helps in understanding travel patterns, economic impact, and the global influence of traveling citizens. According to the United Nations tourism database, the data presented is the most recent and is for the year 2023. This data provides insights into which countries' citizens are spending the most while traveling, showcasing economic prosperity and cultural exploration tendencies.
List of Countries by Tourism Expenditure
- Germany leads the chart with international tourism expenditure of around 88 billion dollars, reflecting its citizens' high travel frequency and spending habits.
- France follows closely, with an expenditure of approximately 48 billion dollars, indicating its residents' strong presence in the global travel scene, supported by their penchant for cultural experiences and leisure travel.
- The United States, with an international tourism expenditure of about 47 billion dollars, demonstrates the spending power of American travelers who explore diverse destinations across the world.
- The United Kingdom, with a tourism expenditure of roughly 41 billion dollars, highlights British travelers' consistent interest in exploring international destinations and contributing significantly to the global tourism economy.
| Country | International Tourism Expenditure (Million $) | International Departures (1000 departures) | Expenditure per Outgoing Tourist ($/person) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Germany |
88,252 | 86,623 | 1,018.806 | 2022 |
 France |
47,822 | 39,484 | 1,211.174 | 2022 |
 United States of America |
47,074 | 60,550 | 777.44 | 2020 |
 United Kingdom |
41,458 | 50,872 | 814.947 | 1998 |
 Canada |
41,247 | 61,911 | 666.231 | 2011 |
 Italy |
32,383 | 46,695 | 693.5 | 2022 |
 India |
31,822 | 21,600 | 1,473.241 | 2022 |
 Brazil |
22,229 | 10,628 | 2,091.551 | 2018 |
 United Arab Emirates |
21,600 | 7,454 | 2,897.773 | 2021 |
 China |
21,360 | 28,853 | 740.304 | 2004 |
 South Korea |
21,311 | 6,554 | 3,251.602 | 2022 |
 Australia |
20,227 | 5,226 | 3,870.455 | 2022 |
 The Netherlands |
20,165 | 23,146 | 871.209 | 2022 |
 Ukraine |
19,830 | 15,539 | 1,276.144 | 2022 |
 Saudi Arabia |
18,662 | 24,264 | 769.123 | 2022 |
 Switzerland |
18,331 | 15,846 | 1,156.822 | 2022 |
 Qatar |
18,165 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Belgium |
17,705 | 20,428 | 866.703 | 2022 |
 Singapore |
15,288 | 5,154 | 2,966.24 | 2022 |
 Norway |
14,762 | 7,040 | 2,096.875 | 2022 |
 Sweden |
13,973 | -- | -- | 2010 |
 Philippines |
11,681 | 5,703 | 2,048.22 | 2016 |
 Austria |
11,466 | 11,871 | 965.883 | 2022 |
 Russian Federation |
9,731 | 12,361 | 787.234 | 2020 |
 Israel |
9,698 | 8,432 | 1,150.142 | 2022 |
 Mexico |
9,634 | 41,891 | 229.978 | 2022 |
 Iran |
9,271 | 7,243 | 1,279.994 | 2018 |
 Romania |
8,822 | 17,265 | 510.976 | 2022 |
 Denmark |
8,453 | 6,043 | 1,398.809 | 2022 |
 Poland |
8,226 | 33,748 | 243.748 | 2022 |
 Iraq |
7,453 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Argentina |
7,410 | 7,891 | 939.044 | 2022 |
 Kuwait |
7,267 | 2,649 | 2,743.299 | 2007 |
 Indonesia |
7,230 | 3,541 | 2,041.796 | 2022 |
 Spain |
7,119 | -- | -- | 1998 |
 Nigeria |
6,885 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Japan |
5,058 | 2,772 | 1,824.675 | 2022 |
 Colombia |
5,012 | 4,931 | 1,016.427 | 2022 |
 Finland |
4,937 | 6,780 | 728.171 | 2022 |
 Portugal |
4,867 | 20,989 | 231.883 | 2007 |
 Turkey |
4,706 | 7,267 | 647.585 | 2022 |
 Czech Republic |
4,354 | 11,891 | 366.159 | 2010 |
 South Africa |
4,247 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Thailand |
4,233 | 33 | 128,272.727 | 2021 |
 Vietnam |
3,830 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Malaysia |
3,822 | 30,761 | 124.248 | 2004 |
 Greece |
3,559 | 5,094 | 698.665 | 2022 |
 Egypt |
3,486 | 6,180 | 564.078 | 2014 |
 Luxembourg |
3,469 | 2,819 | 1,230.578 | 2022 |
 Hungary |
3,092 | 18,013 | 171.654 | 2022 |
 Peru |
2,953 | 2,119 | 1,393.582 | 2022 |
 Venezuela |
2,920 | 1,530 | 1,908.497 | 2016 |
 Uzbekistan |
2,790 | 8,437 | 330.686 | 2019 |
 Serbia |
2,629 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 New Zealand |
2,567 | 1,629 | 1,575.813 | 2022 |
 Ireland |
2,524 | 2,276 | 1,108.963 | 2021 |
 Kazakhstan |
2,520 | 7,670 | 328.553 | 2022 |
 Morocco |
2,494 | 2,020 | 1,234.653 | 2022 |
 Chile |
2,333 | 2,366 | 986.052 | 2022 |
 Pakistan |
2,305 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Albania |
1,937 | 5,882 | 329.31 | 2022 |
 Lebanon |
1,872 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Bulgaria |
1,833 | 7,252 | 252.758 | 2022 |
 Slovenia |
1,830 | 4,727 | 387.138 | 2022 |
 Syria |
1,598 | 6,259 | 255.312 | 2010 |
 Slovakia |
1,549 | 1,562 | 991.677 | 2021 |
 Dominican Republic |
1,545 | 780 | 1,980.769 | 2022 |
 Croatia |
1,490 | 2,004 | 743.513 | 2022 |
 Estonia |
1,392 | 1,090 | 1,277.064 | 2022 |
 Bangladesh |
1,389 | 1,564 | 888.107 | 2019 |
 Armenia |
1,378 | 1,139 | 1,209.833 | 2022 |
 Jordan |
1,367 | 1,745 | 783.381 | 2016 |
 Iceland |
1,336 | 460 | 2,904.348 | 2007 |
 Guatemala |
1,270 | 1,411 | 900.071 | 2022 |
 Ecuador |
1,225 | 1,338 | 915.546 | 2022 |
 Costa Rica |
1,175 | 934 | 1,258.03 | 2022 |
 Panama |
1,141 | 851 | 1,340.776 | 2022 |
 Georgia |
1,124 | 3,780 | 297.354 | 2019 |
 Mongolia |
1,086 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Oman |
1,083 | 1,949 | 555.67 | 2021 |
 Azerbaijan |
1,062 | 1,490 | 712.752 | 2022 |
 Latvia |
1,021 | 3,398 | 300.471 | 2007 |
 Ghana |
946 | 188 | 5,031.915 | 2020 |
 Nepal |
886 | 1,197 | 740.184 | 2017 |
 Cyprus |
882 | 514 | 1,715.953 | 2021 |
 Tunisia |
869 | 3,314 | 262.221 | 2022 |
 Bahrain |
844 | 752 | 1,122.34 | 2020 |
 Bolivia |
777 | 821 | 946.407 | 2022 |
 Paraguay |
764 | 1,291 | 591.789 | 2022 |
 Zambia |
740 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Cameroon |
722 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Belarus |
644 | 2,616 | 246.177 | 2021 |
 Lithuania |
643 | -- | -- | 2004 |
 El Salvador |
632 | 1,862 | 339.42 | 2022 |
 Jamaica |
595 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Honduras |
558 | 703 | 793.741 | 2018 |
 Cambodia |
535 | 970 | 551.546 | 2022 |
 Moldova |
508 | 325 | 1,563.077 | 2022 |
 Kyrgyzstan |
460 | 3,734 | 123.192 | 2022 |
 Bermuda |
459 | 192 | 2,390.625 | 2008 |
 Algeria |
444 | 2,865 | 154.974 | 2022 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
436 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Mauritius |
434 | 229 | 1,895.197 | 2022 |
 Sri Lanka |
424 | 1,128 | 375.887 | 2022 |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
422 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Uganda |
419 | 397 | 1,055.416 | 2022 |
 Macedonia |
333 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Lesotho |
332 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 The Bahamas |
331 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Rwanda |
299 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Libya |
286 | 650 | 440 | 1997 |
 Malta |
284 | -- | -- | 2007 |
 Uruguay |
276 | 93 | 2,967.742 | 2021 |
 Senegal |
263 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Laos |
260 | 707 | 367.751 | 2020 |
 Mali |
249 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Gabon |
239 | 236 | 1,012.712 | 2003 |
 Nicaragua |
237 | 699 | 339.056 | 2022 |
 Myanmar |
214 | -- | -- | 2019 |
 Tanzania |
214 | 371 | 576.819 | 2021 |
 Maldives |
211 | 123 | 1,715.447 | 2008 |
 San Marino |
209 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Turks and Caicos Islands |
194 | -- | -- | 1998 |
 South Sudan |
193 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Andorra |
192 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Kenya |
183 | -- | -- | 2001 |
 Malawi |
168 | 244 | 688.525 | 2019 |
 Fiji |
161 | 109 | 1,477.064 | 2022 |
 Zimbabwe |
157 | 993 | 158.107 | 2020 |
 Cayman Islands |
155 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Burkina Faso |
152 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Mozambique |
142 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Brunei |
129 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Vanuatu |
116 | 18 | 6,444.444 | 2022 |
 Papua New Guinea |
112 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Angola |
110 | 3 | 36,666.667 | 1996 |
 Botswana |
104 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Namibia |
98 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Benin |
97 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
97 | 273 | 355.311 | 2010 |
 Comoros |
97 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Suriname |
91 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Haiti |
83 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Chad |
80 | -- | -- | 2002 |
 Montenegro |
79 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Madagascar |
79 | 39 | 2,025.641 | 1995 |
 Cape Verde |
73 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Guinea-Bissau |
70 | -- | -- | 2021 |
 Seychelles |
70 | 51 | 1,372.549 | 2022 |
 Central African Republic |
67 | 38 | 1,763.158 | 2010 |
 Bhutan |
67 | 72 | 930.556 | 2019 |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
64 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Belize |
62 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Togo |
61 | 269 | 226.766 | 2019 |
 East Timor |
61 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Yemen |
56 | -- | -- | 2016 |
 Swaziland |
56 | 711 | 78.762 | 2022 |
 Saint Lucia |
53 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Barbados |
51 | -- | -- | 2017 |
 Liberia |
51 | -- | -- | 2009 |
 Mauritania |
51 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
50 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Burundi |
49 | -- | -- | 2011 |
 Afghanistan |
49 | -- | -- | 2020 |
 Sudan |
43 | 195 | 220.513 | 1995 |
 British Virgin Islands |
40 | -- | -- | 1995 |
 Niger |
39 | 10 | 3,900 | 1998 |
 Grenada |
36 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Solomon Islands |
33.3 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Equatorial Guinea |
30 | -- | -- | 2001 |
 Guyana |
30 | -- | -- | 2003 |
 Ethiopia |
30 | 133 | 225.564 | 1996 |
 Djibouti |
30 | -- | -- | 2012 |
 Federated States of Micronesia |
29 | -- | -- | 2014 |
 Tajikistan |
24.2 | 31 | 780.645 | 2018 |
 Marshall Islands |
23.8 | -- | -- | 2020 |
 Cook Islands |
22 | 5 | 4,400 | 2021 |
 Palau |
21 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Tonga |
21 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
17 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Sierra Leone |
13 | 25 | 520 | 2021 |
 Tuvalu |
12.8 | 1.4 | 9,142.857 | 2022 |
 Dominica |
11 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Kiribati |
8.6 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Gambia |
8 | 307 | 26.059 | 2006 |
 Nauru |
7.1 | -- | -- | 2018 |
 Anguilla |
7 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Samoa |
5.8 | 25 | 232 | 2022 |
 Montserrat |
4.3 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Guinea |
0.5 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 São Tomé and Príncipe |
0.3 | 10.3 | 29.126 | 2008 |
