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EU countries by international tourist arrivals

France had the highest international tourist arrivals of 14 EU countries in 2013, at 83.63 million. Latvia had the lowest, at 1.54 million. The median was 8.74 million. Source: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

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Highest83,633,672France
Lowest1,536,011Latvia
Median8,744,27314 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2013

Czechia: 10,299,788 countDenmark: 8,454,546 countEstonia: 3,111,181 countSpain: 60,675,489 countFrance: 83,633,672 countHungary: 9,034,000 countIreland: 6,393,000 countItaly: 47,703,913 countLithuania: 2,011,900 countLatvia: 1,536,011 countMalta: 1,582,153 countPoland: 15,800,000 countSweden: 11,138,752 countSlovakia: 4,290,719 count
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count, 2013. 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, 2013

France: 83,633,672 countFrance83,633,672Spain: 60,675,489 countSpain60,675,489Italy: 47,703,913 countItaly47,703,913Poland: 15,800,000 countPoland15,800,000Sweden: 11,138,752 countSweden11,138,752Czechia: 10,299,788 countCzechia10,299,788Hungary: 9,034,000 countHungary9,034,000Denmark: 8,454,546 countDenmark8,454,546Ireland: 6,393,000 countIreland6,393,000Slovakia: 4,290,719 countSlovakia4,290,719Estonia: 3,111,181 countEstonia3,111,181Lithuania: 2,011,900 countLithuania2,011,900Malta: 1,582,153 countMalta1,582,153Latvia: 1,536,011 countLatvia1,536,011France: 83,633,672 countFrance83,633,672Spain: 60,675,489 countSpain60,675,489Italy: 47,703,913 countItaly47,703,913Poland: 15,800,000 countPoland15,800,000Sweden: 11,138,752 countSweden11,138,752Czechia: 10,299,788 countCzechia10,299,788Hungary: 9,034,000 countHungary9,034,000Denmark: 8,454,546 countDenmark8,454,546Ireland: 6,393,000 countIreland6,393,000Slovakia: 4,290,719 countSlovakia4,290,719Estonia: 3,111,181 countEstonia3,111,181Lithuania: 2,011,900 countLithuania2,011,900Malta: 1,582,153 countMalta1,582,153Latvia: 1,536,011 countLatvia1,536,011
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 countries2013
count		Change on 2012
1France83,633,672+2%
2Spain60,675,489+5.6%
3Italy47,703,913+2.9%
4Poland15,800,000+6.5%
5Sweden11,138,752-10%
6Czechia10,299,788+1.7%
7Hungary9,034,000+5%
8Denmark Estimated8,454,546-0.8%
9Ireland6,393,000+5.9%
10Slovakia Series break4,290,719-31.2%
11Estonia3,111,181+5.2%
12Lithuania2,011,900+5.9%
13Malta1,582,153+9.6%
14Latvia1,536,011+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. 2 EU countries with data in other periods have no value for 2013 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

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, 2013) [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, 2013. 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=2013. 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, 2013. 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=2013.

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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, 2013 [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=2013 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which EU country has the highest international tourist arrivals?

France, with 83.63 million in 2013, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Which EU country has the lowest international tourist arrivals?

Latvia, with 1.54 million in 2013.

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. 2 EU countries have no value for 2013 and are not ranked.

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