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The world's most visited countries, 1995 to 2024
Tourist arrivals a year in today's top 8 countries
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Guess the number: tourist arrivals in France, 2024
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Source: UN Tourism (Tourism Highlights 2025; earlier years via Our World in Data) · Jan 2026
- 1France102 M
- 2Spain93.8 M
- 3USA72.4 M
- 4Turkey60.6 M
- 5Italy57.7 M
- 6Mexico45 M
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The takeaway
Spain cut the gap to France from 27M to 8M, while Turkey's arrivals grew more than eightfold.
The data
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2024
- France: 102M
- Spain: 93.8M
- USA: 72.4M
- Turkey: 60.6M
- Italy: 57.7M
- Mexico: 45M
- UK: 41.8M
- Germany: 37.5M
2024
1995
| # | Period | Rank | Name | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1995 | 1 |  France | 60M |
| 2 | 1995 | 2 |  USA | 43.3M |
| 3 | 1995 | 3 |  Spain | 33M |
| 4 | 1995 | 4 |  Italy | 31.1M |
| 5 | 1995 | 5 |  UK | 21.7M |
| 6 | 1995 | 6 |  Mexico | 20.2M |
| 7 | 1995 | 7 |  Germany | 14.8M |
| 8 | 1995 | 8 |  Turkey | 7.1M |
| 9 | 2000 | 1 | France | 77.2M |
| 10 | 2000 | 2 | USA | 51.2M |
| 11 | 2000 | 3 | Spain | 46.4M |
| 12 | 2000 | 4 | Italy | 41.2M |
| 13 | 2000 | 5 | UK | 23.2M |
| 14 | 2000 | 6 | Mexico | 20.6M |
| 15 | 2000 | 7 | Germany | 19M |
| 16 | 2000 | 8 | Turkey | 9.6M |
| 17 | 2005 | 1 | France | 75M |
| 18 | 2005 | 2 | Spain | 55.9M |
| 19 | 2005 | 3 | USA | 49.2M |
| 20 | 2005 | 4 | Italy | 36.5M |
| 21 | 2005 | 5 | UK | 28M |
| 22 | 2005 | 6 | Mexico | 21.9M |
| 23 | 2005 | 7 | Germany | 21.5M |
| 24 | 2005 | 8 | Turkey | 20.3M |
| 25 | 2010 | 1 | France | 76.6M |
| 26 | 2010 | 2 | USA | 60M |
| 27 | 2010 | 3 | Spain | 52.7M |
| 28 | 2010 | 4 | Italy | 43.6M |
| 29 | 2010 | 5 | Turkey | 31.4M |
| 30 | 2010 | 6 | UK | 28.9M |
| 31 | 2010 | 7 | Germany | 26.9M |
| 32 | 2010 | 8 | Mexico | 23.3M |
| 33 | 2015 | 1 | France | 84.5M |
| 34 | 2015 | 2 | USA | 77.8M |
| 35 | 2015 | 3 | Spain | 68.2M |
| 36 | 2015 | 4 | Italy | 50.7M |
| 37 | 2015 | 5 | Turkey | 39.5M |
| 38 | 2015 | 6 | UK | 35.1M |
| 39 | 2015 | 7 | Germany | 35M |
| 40 | 2015 | 8 | Mexico | 32.1M |
| 41 | 2019 | 1 | France | 90.9M |
| 42 | 2019 | 2 | Spain | 83.5M |
| 43 | 2019 | 3 | USA | 79.4M |
| 44 | 2019 | 4 | Italy | 64.5M |
| 45 | 2019 | 5 | Turkey | 51.2M |
| 46 | 2019 | 6 | Mexico | 45M |
| 47 | 2019 | 7 | Germany | 39.6M |
| 48 | 2019 | 8 | UK | 39.4M |
| 49 | 2020 | 1 | France | 41.7M |
| 50 | 2020 | 2 | Italy | 25.2M |
| 51 | 2020 | 3 | Mexico | 24.3M |
| 52 | 2020 | 4 | USA | 19.2M |
| 53 | 2020 | 5 | Spain | 18.9M |
| 54 | 2020 | 6 | Turkey | 15.9M |
| 55 | 2020 | 7 | Germany | 12.4M |
| 56 | 2020 | 8 | UK | 10.7M |
| 57 | 2024 | 1 | France | 102M |
| 58 | 2024 | 2 | Spain | 93.8M |
| 59 | 2024 | 3 | USA | 72.4M |
| 60 | 2024 | 4 | Turkey | 60.6M |
| 61 | 2024 | 5 | Italy | 57.7M |
| 62 | 2024 | 6 | Mexico | 45M |
| 63 | 2024 | 7 | UK | 41.8M |
| 64 | 2024 | 8 | Germany | 37.5M |
- 1France102M
- 2Spain93.8M
- 3United States72.4M
- 4Türkiye60.6M
- 5Italy57.7M
- 6Mexico45M
- 7United Kingdom41.8M
- 8Germany37.5M
Re-checked against its sources on Oct 18, 2026: nothing had changed.
- Wikipedia, citing UN Tourism International Tourism Highlights 2025Secondary2024: France 102M, Spain 93.8M, USA 72.4M, Turkey 60.6M, Italy 57.7M, Mexico 45M, UK 41.8M, Germany 37.5M
Top 10 most visited destinations by international tourist arrivals in 2024 (UN Tourism)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Tourism_rankings - blue News (UN Tourism data)News report2024: France about 102M, Spain 93.8M, USA 72.4M, Turkey 60.6M, Italy 57.7M, Mexico 45M
France is in first place with 102 million tourist arrivals
bluewin.ch/en/news/these-are-the-most-visited-countries-in-the-world-2781168.htm - Our World in Data, from UN Tourism (2025)Research or own measurement1995-2020 arrivals of overnight tourists for every country shown
Number of trips by visitors who arrive from abroad and stay overnight.
ourworldindata.org/grapher/international-tourist-trips - UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, statistical annex (May 2021)Primary source2019 and 2020: Spain 83.5M/19.0M, USA 79.4M/19.4M, Italy 64.5M/25.2M, Turkey 51.2M/15.9M, Mexico 45.0M/24.3M, Germany 39.6M/12.4M
Spain TF 82,808 83,509 18,958
wto.org/english/tratop_e/envir_e/unwto_barom21.pdf - UNWTO Tourism Highlights 2017 EditionNews report2010 and 2015: France 84.5M (2015), Spain 52.7M/68.5M, USA 60.0M/77.5M, Turkey 31.4M/39.5M
France TF 77,648 83,701 84,452 82,600
tourlib.net/wto/WTO_highlights_2017.pdf
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Source: UN Tourism (Tourism Highlights 2025; earlier years via Our World in Data). Covering Jan 2026.
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Transcript
102 million visitors a year. France has been the world's top destination for 30 years.
France leads from the very first year. In 2000, Turkey trailed them all. By 2019, Spain was second. In 2020, France lost more than half its visitors. By 2024, Turkey was fourth, Spain was right behind, and France still led with — 102 million.
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- PeriodCovering Jan 2026.
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