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International tourist arrivals in Portugal

International tourist arrivals in Portugal was 28.97 million in 2024, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. That is up 9.3% from 2023.

2024, count28,969,900
Change on 2023+9.3%
Series high28,969,9002024
Series low6,480,1002020

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International tourist arrivals in Portugal, 2016 to 2024

5M10M15M20M25M30M201620182020202220242016: 18,213,800 count2017: 21,234,506 count2018: 22,816,839 count2019: 24,627,456 count2020: 6,480,100 count2021: 9,616,700 count2022: 22,254,200 count2023: 26,504,000 count2024: 28,969,900 count010M20M30M2016201920242016: 18,213,800 count2017: 21,234,506 count2018: 22,816,839 count2019: 24,627,456 count2020: 6,480,100 count2021: 9,616,700 count2022: 22,254,200 count2023: 26,504,000 count2024: 28,969,900 count
count. Source: OECD, OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident overnight visitors (tourists), tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-12.
All 9 values
Periodcount
202428,969,900
202326,504,000
202222,254,200
20219,616,700
20206,480,100
201924,627,456
201822,816,839
201721,234,506
201618,213,800

Portugal compared with nearby places

Denmark: 14,999,739 countEstonia: 2,656,590 countSpain: 93,759,297 countFinland: 4,475,000 countHungary: 12,344,754 countIreland: 6,591,600 countItaly: 57,725,148 countLithuania: 2,383,300 countMalta: 3,563,618 countPoland: 19,723,000 countPortugal: 28,969,900 count
  • Under 3.6M
  • 3.6M to 6.6M
  • 6.6M to 15M
  • 15M to 29M
  • 29M and over
  • No data
International tourist arrivals, 2024, count. Portugal is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Non-resident visitors who stay at least one night (tourists) arriving in the country. Spain and its regions: INE FRONTUR, by main destination region. Other countries, yearly: OECD inbound tourism table, from frontier statistics or visitor surveys.

Same-day visitors are not included; overnight and same-day visitors together are international_visitor_arrivals. The OECD series for Spain repeats FRONTUR. Countries count arrivals in different ways, so gaps between countries partly reflect method.

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OECD. OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident overnight visitors (tourists), tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_TOURISM_INTER%40DF_INBOUND&df[ag]=OECD.CFE.TOU. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2026). OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident overnight visitors (tourists), tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND) (International tourist arrivals, Portugal, 2016 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_TOURISM_INTER%40DF_INBOUND&df[ag]=OECD.CFE.TOU

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OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident overnight visitors (tourists), tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND), International tourist arrivals, Portugal, 2016 to 2024. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 12 Oct. 2026, https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_TOURISM_INTER%40DF_INBOUND&df[ag]=OECD.CFE.TOU. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/international-tourists/portugal. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2026. OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident overnight visitors (tourists), tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND). International tourist arrivals, Portugal, 2016 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_TOURISM_INTER%40DF_INBOUND&df[ag]=OECD.CFE.TOU. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/international-tourists/portugal.

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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2026) OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident overnight visitors (tourists), tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND), International tourist arrivals, Portugal, 2016 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ&df[id]=DSD_TOURISM_INTER%40DF_INBOUND&df[ag]=OECD.CFE.TOU, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/international-tourists/portugal (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  author = {{Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development}},
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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/international-tourists/portugal. Publisher attribution: OECD. OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident overnight visitors (tourists), tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD\_TOURISM\_INTER@DF\_INBOUND). https://data-explorer.oecd.org/vis?df[ds]=dsDisseminateFinalDMZ\&df[id]=DSD\_TOURISM\_INTER\%40DF\_INBOUND\&df[ag]=OECD.CFE.TOU. Accessed 2026-10-12. Data reuse terms and downstream attribution: https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html.},
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What is the international tourist arrivals in Portugal?

International tourist arrivals in Portugal was 28.97 million in 2024, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. That is up 9.3% from 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident overnight visitors (tourists), tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest international tourist arrivals in Portugal?

28.97 million in 2024, the highest value since 2016 in this series.

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