Countries by International Tourism Income
International tourism income is a significant indicator of a country's economic health and cultural allure, as it reflects the spending of foreign tourists who visit its attractions, stay at its accommodations, and enjoy its hospitality. This data does not include revenue from domestic travel, focusing solely on the economic impact of international visitors. As of 2025, the latest data from 2023, provided by the United Nations tourism database, highlights the economic contributions of foreign tourists across the globe, offering insights into the most sought-after travel destinations.
List of Countries by Tourism Income
- United States of America: With a staggering tourism income of around 84 billion USD, the USA remains a top destination, known for its diverse attractions ranging from natural wonders like the Grand Canyon to culturally significant cities such as New York and San Francisco.
- Spain: Attracting visitors with its rich history, famous festivals, and beautiful beaches, Spain generates approximately 72 billion USD in tourism income. The country's vibrant culture and architectural marvels, like the Sagrada Familia, make it a favorite among tourists.
- United Kingdom: The UK earns around 68 billion USD from international tourists. Visitors flock to experience its iconic landmarks such as Buckingham Palace and the Tower of London, along with its countryside castles and rolling hills.
- Turkey: Boasting a tourism income of around 58 billion USD, Turkey is celebrated for its unique blend of Eastern and Western cultures, historical sites like the Hagia Sophia, and stunning coastline along the Mediterranean Sea.
| Country | International Tourism Income (Million $) | International Arrivals (1000 people) | Income per Incoming Tourist ($ / person) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States of America |
84,171 | 66,594 | 1,263.943 | 2021 |
 Spain |
72,097 | 104,968 | 686.847 | 2022 |
 United Kingdom |
67,587 | 31,244 | 2,163.199 | 2022 |
 Turkey |
57,849 | 51,388 | 1,125.73 | 2022 |
 Italy |
44,848 | 74,317 | 603.469 | 2022 |
 France |
44,665 | 141,297 | 316.107 | 2021 |
 United Arab Emirates |
34,440 | 12,784 | 2,693.992 | 2021 |
 Germany |
31,257 | 28,463 | 1,098.163 | 2022 |
 Mexico |
30,398 | 65,995 | 460.611 | 2022 |
 Saudi Arabia |
26,517 | 18,256 | 1,452.509 | 2022 |
 Qatar |
25,046 | 2,560 | 9,783.594 | 2022 |
 Canada |
24,241 | 17,924 | 1,352.432 | 2022 |
 Australia |
24,214 | 3,694 | 6,554.954 | 2022 |
 India |
22,410 | 14,330 | 1,563.852 | 2022 |
 Greece |
20,094 | 29,876 | 672.58 | 2022 |
 Switzerland |
19,225 | 9,160 | 2,098.799 | 2022 |
 Austria |
19,175 | 26,215 | 731.451 | 2022 |
 The Netherlands |
18,583 | 16,063 | 1,156.882 | 2022 |
 Poland |
16,419 | 71,814 | 228.632 | 2022 |
 Ireland |
14,808 | 10,951 | 1,352.205 | 2019 |
 South Korea |
14,501 | 3,198 | 4,534.396 | 2022 |
 Croatia |
13,628 | 50,023 | 272.435 | 2022 |
 Egypt |
13,625 | 11,724 | 1,162.146 | 2022 |
 Singapore |
11,794 | 6,306 | 1,870.282 | 2022 |
 Japan |
10,633 | 3,832 | 2,774.791 | 2022 |
 Portugal |
10,487 | 22,588 | 464.273 | 2006 |
 Morocco |
10,415 | 10,968 | 949.581 | 2022 |
 China |
9,583 | 25,250 | 379.525 | 2022 |
 Thailand |
9,378 | 10,751 | 872.291 | 2001 |
 Sweden |
9,231 | 19,945 | 462.823 | 2014 |
 Hungary |
8,984 | 46,343 | 193.859 | 2022 |
 Denmark |
8,912 | 31,530 | 282.651 | 2022 |
 Belgium |
8,737 | 8,220 | 1,062.895 | 2022 |
 Dominican Republic |
8,406 | 8,489 | 990.223 | 2022 |
 Malaysia |
7,816 | 19,016 | 411.022 | 2022 |
 Panama |
7,388 | 1,946 | 3,796.506 | 2022 |
 Colombia |
7,321 | 4,686 | 1,562.313 | 2022 |
 Indonesia |
7,036 | 5,889 | 1,194.77 | 2022 |
 Jordan |
6,913 | 5,049 | 1,369.182 | 2022 |
 Norway |
6,565 | 6,693 | 980.876 | 2011 |
 Israel |
6,266 | 2,851 | 2,197.825 | 2022 |
 Russian Federation |
6,029 | 6,359 | 948.105 | 2020 |
 Luxembourg |
5,737 | 1,013 | 5,663.376 | 2022 |
 Finland |
5,418 | 7,636 | 709.534 | 2012 |
 Iran |
5,252 | 7,295 | 719.945 | 2018 |
 Philippines |
5,239 | 2,654 | 1,974.002 | 2022 |
 Romania |
5,036 | 12,697 | 396.629 | 2022 |
 Brazil |
4,968 | 3,630 | 1,368.595 | 2022 |
 South Africa |
4,793 | 7,342 | 652.819 | 2022 |
 Maldives |
4,513 | 1,675 | 2,694.328 | 2022 |
 New Zealand |
4,096 | 1,434 | 2,856.346 | 2022 |
 Bahrain |
3,886 | 9,949 | 390.592 | 2022 |
 Ethiopia |
3,883 | 897 | 4,328.874 | 2022 |
 Georgia |
3,782 | 4,704 | 803.997 | 2022 |
 Bulgaria |
3,701 | 10,888 | 339.916 | 2022 |
 Argentina |
3,694 | 7,503 | 492.336 | 2022 |
 Jamaica |
3,621 | 3,331 | 1,087.061 | 2022 |
 The Bahamas |
3,524 | 7,001 | 503.357 | 2022 |
 Czech Republic |
3,358 | 10,014 | 335.331 | 2021 |
 Slovakia |
3,350 | 16,086 | 208.256 | 2019 |
 Costa Rica |
3,256 | 2,497 | 1,303.965 | 2022 |
 Albania |
3,255 | 7,544 | 431.469 | 2022 |
 Cyprus |
3,251 | 4,117 | 789.653 | 2019 |
 Lebanon |
3,162 | 890 | 3,552.809 | 2021 |
 Serbia |
3,074 | 1,773 | 1,733.785 | 2022 |
 Peru |
2,938 | 2,279 | 1,289.162 | 2022 |
 Tunisia |
2,529 | 6,038 | 418.847 | 2011 |
 Armenia |
2,513 | 1,666 | 1,508.403 | 2022 |
 Myanmar |
2,501 | 4,364 | 573.098 | 2019 |
 Slovenia |
2,464 | 61,293 | 40.2 | 2007 |
 El Salvador |
2,235 | 2,541 | 879.575 | 2022 |
 Chile |
1,907 | 2,269 | 840.458 | 2022 |
 Andorra |
1,893 | 5,422 | 349.133 | 2021 |
 Syria |
1,816 | 6,476 | 280.42 | 2011 |
 Ecuador |
1,802 | 1,265 | 1,424.506 | 2022 |
 Kazakhstan |
1,734 | 4,729 | 366.674 | 2022 |
 Uzbekistan |
1,731 | 5,233 | 330.785 | 2022 |
 Kenya |
1,704 | 1,484 | 1,148.248 | 2022 |
 Iraq |
1,682 | 892 | 1,885.65 | 2013 |
 Mauritius |
1,652 | 1,003 | 1,647.059 | 2022 |
 Estonia |
1,630 | 3,497 | 466.114 | 2022 |
 Malta |
1,590 | 2,776 | 572.767 | 2022 |
 Cambodia |
1,529 | 2,277 | 671.498 | 2022 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1,464 | 915 | 1,600 | 2022 |
 Sri Lanka |
1,357 | 759 | 1,787.879 | 2022 |
 Tanzania |
1,324 | 1,027 | 1,289.192 | 2021 |
 Iceland |
1,303 | 717 | 1,817.294 | 2021 |
 Lithuania |
1,174 | 4,725 | 248.466 | 2022 |
 Nigeria |
1,142 | 1,271 | 898.505 | 2022 |
 Montenegro |
1,110 | 2,036 | 545.187 | 2022 |
 Saint Lucia |
1,080 | 714 | 1,512.605 | 2022 |
 Fiji |
1,069 | 652 | 1,639.571 | 2022 |
 Cuba |
1,050 | 1,614 | 650.558 | 2022 |
 Sudan |
1,043 | 836 | 1,247.608 | 2018 |
 Uganda |
1,030 | 815 | 1,263.804 | 2022 |
 Pakistan |
1,014 | 966 | 1,049.689 | 2012 |
 Guatemala |
992 | 1,845 | 537.669 | 2022 |
 Seychelles |
964 | 339 | 2,843.658 | 2022 |
 Azerbaijan |
942 | 1,602 | 588.015 | 2022 |
 Barbados |
929 | 898 | 1,034.521 | 2022 |
 Ghana |
895 | 915 | 978.142 | 2022 |
 Ukraine |
849 | 2,307 | 368.01 | 2022 |
 Kyrgyzstan |
827 | 6,901 | 119.838 | 2022 |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
818 | 642 | 1,274.143 | 2022 |
 Turks and Caicos Islands |
787 | 1,463 | 537.936 | 2018 |
 Latvia |
748 | 1,937 | 386.164 | 2021 |
 Kuwait |
708 | 1,606 | 440.847 | 2021 |
 Bolivia |
706 | 724 | 975.138 | 2022 |
 Belarus |
662 | 3,361 | 196.965 | 2021 |
 Nicaragua |
596 | 933 | 638.8 | 2022 |
 Uruguay |
587 | 234 | 2,508.547 | 2021 |
 Grenada |
569 | 335 | 1,698.507 | 2022 |
 Honduras |
552 | 1,911 | 288.854 | 2022 |
 Venezuela |
546 | 681 | 801.762 | 2016 |
 Cameroon |
545 | 539 | 1,011.132 | 2022 |
 Oman |
511 | 652 | 783.742 | 2021 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
506 | 253 | 2,000 | 2022 |
 British Virgin Islands |
484 | 922 | 524.946 | 2015 |
 Macedonia |
483 | 537 | 899.441 | 2022 |
 Paraguay |
475 | 1,548 | 306.848 | 2022 |
 Senegal |
470 | 1,376 | 341.57 | 2017 |
 Nepal |
433 | 615 | 704.065 | 2022 |
 Cape Verde |
400 | 785 | 509.554 | 2022 |
 Zambia |
393 | 554 | 709.386 | 2021 |
 Belize |
374 | 437 | 855.835 | 2021 |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
315 | 576 | 546.875 | 2021 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
302 | 589 | 512.733 | 2022 |
 Namibia |
294 | 528 | 556.818 | 2022 |
 Mozambique |
290 | 879 | 329.92 | 2022 |
 Rwanda |
284 | 511 | 555.773 | 2021 |
 Botswana |
275 | 338 | 813.609 | 2021 |
 Bangladesh |
273 | 135 | 2,022.222 | 2021 |
 Mongolia |
261 | 301 | 867.11 | 2022 |
 Cayman Islands |
260 | 660 | 393.939 | 2020 |
 Laos |
227 | 886 | 256.208 | 2020 |
 San Marino |
225 | 1,354 | 166.174 | 2021 |
 Algeria |
219 | 1,398 | 156.652 | 2022 |
 Benin |
203 | 354 | 573.446 | 2020 |
 Mali |
191 | 168 | 1,136.905 | 2021 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
171 | 210 | 814.286 | 2022 |
 Togo |
151 | 482 | 313.278 | 2020 |
 Vietnam |
149 | 157 | 949.045 | 2021 |
 Burkina Faso |
145 | 106 | 1,367.925 | 2021 |
 Bermuda |
143 | 86 | 1,662.791 | 2021 |
 Anguilla |
140 | 96 | 1,458.333 | 2022 |
 Madagascar |
118 | 8 | 14,750 | 2021 |
 Yemen |
116 | 398 | 291.457 | 2015 |
 Haiti |
110 | 148 | 743.243 | 2021 |
 Libya |
99 | 760 | 130.263 | 2008 |
 Tajikistan |
99 | 296 | 334.459 | 2021 |
 Niger |
97 | 85 | 1,141.176 | 2020 |
 Dominica |
91 | 235 | 387.234 | 2022 |
 Gambia |
80 | 643 | 124.417 | 2008 |
 Moldova |
79 | 23.6 | 3,347.458 | 2003 |
 Afghanistan |
75 | -- | -- | 2020 |
 Comoros |
72 | 29 | 2,482.759 | 2021 |
 Zimbabwe |
66 | 639 | 103.286 | 2020 |
 Suriname |
61 | 279 | 218.638 | 2017 |
 Samoa |
57.6 | 51 | 1,129.412 | 2022 |
 Eritrea |
48 | 142 | 338.028 | 2016 |
 Djibouti |
46 | 145 | 317.241 | 2022 |
 Cook Islands |
43 | 26 | 1,653.846 | 2021 |
 Palau |
41 | 18 | 2,277.778 | 2020 |
 Vanuatu |
31.5 | 65 | 484.615 | 2022 |
 Central African Republic |
31 | 35 | 885.714 | 2020 |
 Brunei |
30 | 110 | 272.727 | 2021 |
 Malawi |
29 | 432 | 67.13 | 2021 |
 Mauritania |
28 | 24 | 1,166.667 | 1999 |
 Guyana |
26 | 158 | 164.557 | 2021 |
 South Sudan |
25 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Chad |
25 | 149 | 167.785 | 2002 |
 Federated States of Micronesia |
25 | 31 | 806.452 | 2015 |
 Angola |
24 | 130 | 184.615 | 2022 |
 Sierra Leone |
23 | 44 | 522.727 | 2021 |
 Guinea-Bissau |
19 | 52 | 365.385 | 2019 |
 Equatorial Guinea |
14 | -- | -- | 2001 |
 Gabon |
13 | 526 | 24.715 | 2005 |
 East Timor |
12 | 6 | 2,000 | 2021 |
 Swaziland |
12 | 503 | 23.857 | 2022 |
 Guinea |
10.6 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Lesotho |
10 | 279 | 35.842 | 2021 |
 Tonga |
10 | 22 | 454.545 | 2022 |
 Niue |
8.3 | 11.6 | 715.517 | 2017 |
 Solomon Islands |
7 | 4 | 1,750 | 2020 |
 São Tomé and Príncipe |
6.2 | 7.7 | 805.195 | 2001 |
 Congo-Brazzaville |
6 | -- | -- | 2020 |
 Marshall Islands |
4.3 | 2 | 2,150 | 2020 |
 Liberia |
4 | -- | -- | 2022 |
 Kiribati |
3.2 | 12 | 266.667 | 2019 |
 Burundi |
3 | 299 | 10.033 | 2017 |
 Papua New Guinea |
2 | 17 | 117.647 | 2021 |
 Montserrat |
1.9 | 1.6 | 1,187.5 | 2021 |
 Nauru |
1.6 | -- | -- | 2018 |
 Tuvalu |
1.5 | 0.24 | 6,250 | 2022 |
 Bhutan |
0.2 | 20.9 | 9.569 | 2022 |
