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EU countries by international tourist arrivals

France had the highest international tourist arrivals of 15 EU countries in 2017, at 86.76 million. Latvia had the lowest, at 1.95 million. The median was 12.43 million. Source: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

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Highest86,758,178France
Lowest1,949,491Latvia
Median12,425,76415 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2017

Czechia: 13,665,344 countDenmark: 12,425,764 countEstonia: 3,243,903 countSpain: 81,868,522 countFinland: 5,012,000 countFrance: 86,758,178 countHungary: 14,101,502 countIreland: 8,722,000 countItaly: 58,253,030 countLithuania: 2,523,300 countLatvia: 1,949,491 countMalta: 2,273,837 countPoland: 18,258,000 countPortugal: 21,234,506 countSlovakia: 5,545,996 count
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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 EU countries, 2017

France: 86,758,178 countFrance86,758,178Spain: 81,868,522 countSpain81,868,522Italy: 58,253,030 countItaly58,253,030Portugal: 21,234,506 countPortugal21,234,506Poland: 18,258,000 countPoland18,258,000Hungary: 14,101,502 countHungary14,101,502Czechia: 13,665,344 countCzechia13,665,344Denmark: 12,425,764 countDenmark12,425,764Ireland: 8,722,000 countIreland8,722,000Slovakia: 5,545,996 countSlovakia5,545,996Finland: 5,012,000 countFinland5,012,000Estonia: 3,243,903 countEstonia3,243,903Lithuania: 2,523,300 countLithuania2,523,300Malta: 2,273,837 countMalta2,273,837Latvia: 1,949,491 countLatvia1,949,491France: 86,758,178 countFrance86,758,178Spain: 81,868,522 countSpain81,868,522Italy: 58,253,030 countItaly58,253,030Portugal: 21,234,506 countPortugal21,234,506Poland: 18,258,000 countPoland18,258,000Hungary: 14,101,502 countHungary14,101,502Czechia: 13,665,344 countCzechia13,665,344Denmark: 12,425,764 countDenmark12,425,764Ireland: 8,722,000 countIreland8,722,000Slovakia: 5,545,996 countSlovakia5,545,996Finland: 5,012,000 countFinland5,012,000Estonia: 3,243,903 countEstonia3,243,903Lithuania: 2,523,300 countLithuania2,523,300Malta: 2,273,837 countMalta2,273,837Latvia: 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

RankEU countries2017
count		Change on 2016
1France86,758,178+4.9%
2Spain81,868,522+8.7%
3Italy58,253,030+11.2%
4Portugal21,234,506+16.6%
5Poland18,258,000+4.5%
6Hungary14,101,502+4.7%
7Czechia13,665,344+6.7%
8Denmark Series break12,425,764+15.3%
9Ireland8,722,000+3.5%
10Slovakia5,545,996-3.3%
11Finland5,012,000+9%
12Estonia3,243,903+3.6%
13Lithuania2,523,300+9.9%
14Malta2,273,837+15.7%
15Latvia1,949,491+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 EU countries are compared on one definition. 1 EU 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) (EU 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), EU 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/eu-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). EU 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/eu-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), EU 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/eu-countries?period=2017 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which EU 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 EU 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 EU countries have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.

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