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EU countries by international tourist arrivals

France had the highest international tourist arrivals of 15 EU countries in 2011, at 80.5 million. Malta had the lowest, at 1.42 million. The median was 8.5 million. Source: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

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Highest80,498,669France
Lowest1,415,018Malta
Median8,504,32215 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2011

Czechia: 9,018,563 countDenmark: 8,504,322 countEstonia: 2,822,700 countSpain: 56,176,884 countFinland: 4,192,000 countFrance: 80,498,669 countHungary: 8,643,000 countIreland: 6,021,000 countItaly: 46,118,843 countLithuania: 1,775,000 countLatvia: 1,493,200 countMalta: 1,415,018 countPoland: 13,350,000 countSweden: 11,566,770 countSlovakia: 5,960,657 count
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  • 6M to 8.8M
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  • 20M and over
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count, 2011. 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 EU countries, 2011

France: 80,498,669 countFrance80,498,669Spain: 56,176,884 countSpain56,176,884Italy: 46,118,843 countItaly46,118,843Poland: 13,350,000 countPoland13,350,000Sweden: 11,566,770 countSweden11,566,770Czechia: 9,018,563 countCzechia9,018,563Hungary: 8,643,000 countHungary8,643,000Denmark: 8,504,322 countDenmark8,504,322Ireland: 6,021,000 countIreland6,021,000Slovakia: 5,960,657 countSlovakia5,960,657Finland: 4,192,000 countFinland4,192,000Estonia: 2,822,700 countEstonia2,822,700Lithuania: 1,775,000 countLithuania1,775,000Latvia: 1,493,200 countLatvia1,493,200Malta: 1,415,018 countMalta1,415,018France: 80,498,669 countFrance80,498,669Spain: 56,176,884 countSpain56,176,884Italy: 46,118,843 countItaly46,118,843Poland: 13,350,000 countPoland13,350,000Sweden: 11,566,770 countSweden11,566,770Czechia: 9,018,563 countCzechia9,018,563Hungary: 8,643,000 countHungary8,643,000Denmark: 8,504,322 countDenmark8,504,322Ireland: 6,021,000 countIreland6,021,000Slovakia: 5,960,657 countSlovakia5,960,657Finland: 4,192,000 countFinland4,192,000Estonia: 2,822,700 countEstonia2,822,700Lithuania: 1,775,000 countLithuania1,775,000Latvia: 1,493,200 countLatvia1,493,200Malta: 1,415,018 countMalta1,415,018
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

RankEU countries2011
count		Change on 2010
1France80,498,669+5%
2Spain56,176,884+6.6%
3Italy46,118,843+5.7%
4Poland13,350,000+7.1%
5Sweden11,566,770n/a
6Czechia9,018,563+4.5%
7Hungary8,643,000+5.6%
8Denmark Series break8,504,322+3.1%
9Ireland6,021,000+5.7%
10Slovakia5,960,657+10.1%
11Finland4,192,000+14.2%
12Estonia2,822,700+12.4%
13Lithuania1,775,000+17.8%
14Latvia1,493,200+8.7%
15Malta1,415,018+5.7%

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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 EU countries are compared on one definition. 1 EU countries with data in other periods have no value for 2011 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) (EU countries by international tourist arrivals, 2011) [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), EU countries by international tourist arrivals, 2011. 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/eu-countries?period=2011. 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). EU countries by international tourist arrivals, 2011. 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/eu-countries?period=2011.

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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), EU countries by international tourist arrivals, 2011 [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/eu-countries?period=2011 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which EU country has the highest international tourist arrivals?

France, with 80.5 million in 2011, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Which EU country has the lowest international tourist arrivals?

Malta, with 1.42 million in 2011.

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 EU countries have no value for 2011 and are not ranked.

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