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Countries by international tourist arrivals

France had the highest international tourist arrivals of 34 countries in 2017, at 86.76 million. Latvia had the lowest, at 1.95 million. The median was 10.82 million. Source: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

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Highest86,758,178France
Lowest1,949,491Latvia
Median10,817,17234 countries

Map of countries, 2017

Argentina: 6,711,328 countBrazil: 6,588,770 countCanada: 20,883,164 countChile: 6,449,883 countCosta Rica: 2,959,869 countCzechia: 13,665,344 countDenmark: 12,425,764 countEstonia: 3,243,903 countEgypt: 8,156,580 countSpain: 81,868,522 countFinland: 5,012,000 countFrance: 86,758,178 countUnited Kingdom: 39,542,514 countHungary: 14,101,502 countIndonesia: 12,947,715 countIreland: 8,722,000 countIsrael: 3,613,200 countIceland: 2,224,603 countItaly: 58,253,030 countLithuania: 2,523,300 countLatvia: 1,949,491 countMorocco: 11,349,344 countMexico: 39,290,943 countNew Zealand: 3,554,896 countPeru: 4,032,339 countPoland: 18,258,000 countPortugal: 21,234,506 countSaudi Arabia: 16,108,968 countSlovakia: 5,545,996 countThailand: 35,591,978 countTürkiye: 37,601,246 countUnited States: 77,186,746 countSouth Africa: 10,285,000 count
  • Under 3.6M
  • 3.6M to 6.5M
  • 6.5M to 11M
  • 11M to 17M
  • 17M to 39M
  • 39M and over
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count, 2017. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: OECD, OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident overnight visitors (tourists), tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All countries, 2017

France: 86,758,178 countFrance86,758,178Spain: 81,868,522 countSpain81,868,522United States: 77,186,746 countUnited States77,186,746Italy: 58,253,030 countItaly58,253,030United Kingdom: 39,542,514 countUnited Kingdom39,542,514Mexico: 39,290,943 countMexico39,290,943Türkiye: 37,601,246 countTürkiye37,601,246Thailand: 35,591,978 countThailand35,591,978Portugal: 21,234,506 countPortugal21,234,506Canada: 20,883,164 countCanada20,883,164Poland: 18,258,000 countPoland18,258,000Saudi Arabia: 16,108,968 countSaudi Arabia16,108,968Hungary: 14,101,502 countHungary14,101,502Czechia: 13,665,344 countCzechia13,665,344Indonesia: 12,947,715 countIndonesia12,947,715Denmark: 12,425,764 countDenmark12,425,764Morocco: 11,349,344 countMorocco11,349,344South Africa: 10,285,000 countSouth Africa10,285,000Ireland: 8,722,000 countIreland8,722,000Egypt: 8,156,580 countEgypt8,156,580Argentina: 6,711,328 countArgentina6,711,328Brazil: 6,588,770 countBrazil6,588,770Chile: 6,449,883 countChile6,449,883Slovakia: 5,545,996 countSlovakia5,545,996Finland: 5,012,000 countFinland5,012,000Peru: 4,032,339 countPeru4,032,339Israel: 3,613,200 countIsrael3,613,200New Zealand: 3,554,896 countNew Zealand3,554,896Estonia: 3,243,903 countEstonia3,243,903Costa Rica: 2,959,869 countCosta Rica2,959,869Lithuania: 2,523,300 countLithuania2,523,300Malta: 2,273,837 countMalta2,273,837Iceland: 2,224,603 countIceland2,224,603Latvia: 1,949,491 countLatvia1,949,491France: 86,758,178 countFrance86,758,178Spain: 81,868,522 countSpain81,868,522United States: 77,186,746 countUnited States77,186,746Italy: 58,253,030 countItaly58,253,030United Kingdom: 39,542,514 countUnited Kingdom39,542,514Mexico: 39,290,943 countMexico39,290,943Türkiye: 37,601,246 countTürkiye37,601,246Thailand: 35,591,978 countThailand35,591,978Portugal: 21,234,506 countPortugal21,234,506Canada: 20,883,164 countCanada20,883,164Poland: 18,258,000 countPoland18,258,000Saudi Arabia: 16,108,968 countSaudi Arabia16,108,968Hungary: 14,101,502 countHungary14,101,502Czechia: 13,665,344 countCzechia13,665,344Indonesia: 12,947,715 countIndonesia12,947,715Denmark: 12,425,764 countDenmark12,425,764Morocco: 11,349,344 countMorocco11,349,344South Africa: 10,285,000 countSouth Africa10,285,000Ireland: 8,722,000 countIreland8,722,000Egypt: 8,156,580 countEgypt8,156,580Argentina: 6,711,328 countArgentina6,711,328Brazil: 6,588,770 countBrazil6,588,770Chile: 6,449,883 countChile6,449,883Slovakia: 5,545,996 countSlovakia5,545,996Finland: 5,012,000 countFinland5,012,000Peru: 4,032,339 countPeru4,032,339Israel: 3,613,200 countIsrael3,613,200New Zealand: 3,554,896 countNew Zealand3,554,896Estonia: 3,243,903 countEstonia3,243,903Costa Rica: 2,959,869 countCosta Rica2,959,869Lithuania: 2,523,300 countLithuania2,523,300Malta: 2,273,837 countMalta2,273,837Iceland: 2,224,603 countIceland2,224,603Latvia: 1,949,491 countLatvia1,949,491
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.

Full ranking

RankCountries2017
count		Change on 2016
1France86,758,178+4.9%
2Spain81,868,522+8.7%
3United States77,186,746+1%
4Italy58,253,030+11.2%
5United Kingdom39,542,514+5.8%
6Mexico39,290,943+12%
7Türkiye37,601,246+24.1%
8Thailand35,591,978+9.4%
9Portugal21,234,506+16.6%
10Canada20,883,164+4.6%
11Poland18,258,000+4.5%
12Saudi Arabia16,108,968-10.7%
13Hungary14,101,502+4.7%
14Czechia13,665,344+6.7%
15Indonesia12,947,715+16.9%
16Denmark Series break12,425,764+15.3%
17Morocco11,349,344+9.8%
18South Africa10,285,000+2.4%
19Ireland8,722,000+3.5%
20Egypt8,156,580+55.1%
21Argentina6,711,328+0.6%
22Brazil6,588,770+0.6%
23Chile6,449,883+14.3%
24Slovakia5,545,996-3.3%
25Finland5,012,000+9%
26Peru4,032,339+7.7%
27Israel3,613,200+24.6%
28New Zealand3,554,896+5.5%
29Estonia3,243,903+3.6%
30Costa Rica2,959,869+1.2%
31Lithuania2,523,300+9.9%
32Malta2,273,837+15.7%
33Iceland2,224,603+24.1%
34Latvia1,949,491+8.7%

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About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 1 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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) (Countries by international tourist arrivals, 2017) [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), Countries by international tourist arrivals, 2017. 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/rankings/international-tourists/countries?period=2017. 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). Countries by international tourist arrivals, 2017. 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/rankings/international-tourists/countries?period=2017.

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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), Countries by international tourist arrivals, 2017 [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/rankings/international-tourists/countries?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which country has the highest international tourist arrivals?

France, with 86.76 million in 2017, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Which country has the lowest international tourist arrivals?

Latvia, with 1.95 million in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: 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 2026-10-12. 1 countries have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.

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