Countries by international visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day)
France had the highest international visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day) of 36 countries in 2015, at 203.3 million. Iceland had the lowest, at 1.55 million. The median was 12 million. Source: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Map of countries, 2015
- Under 5M
- 5M to 8M
- 8M to 13M
- 13M to 25M
- 25M to 53M
- 53M and over
- No data
All countries, 2015
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2015 | Change on 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 203,302,405 | -1.6% |
| 2 | United States | 176,864,210 | -0.6% |
| 3 | Spain Series break | 109,834,050 | +2.1% |
| 4 | Mexico | 87,128,633 | +7.5% |
| 5 | Italy | 81,067,635 | +4.3% |
| 6 | Poland | 77,743,000 | +5.4% |
| 7 | Türkiye | 41,114,069 | -1.2% |
| 8 | United Kingdom | 36,792,219 | +4.1% |
| 9 | Czechia | 29,604,028 | +9% |
| 10 | Denmark Estimated | 27,763,738 | +0.6% |
| 11 | Canada | 27,554,943 | +7.8% |
| 12 | Greece | 26,114,228 | +7.6% |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 21,834,119 | -5.1% |
| 14 | Hungary | 20,189,000 | +17% |
| 15 | Japan | 19,737,409 | +47.1% |
| 16 | Slovakia | 14,935,596 | +29.2% |
| 17 | South Africa | 13,952,000 | -4% |
| 18 | South Korea | 13,231,651 | -6.8% |
| 19 | Argentina | 10,763,989 | +0.6% |
| 20 | Indonesia | 10,230,775 | +8.4% |
| 21 | Romania | 9,331,056 | +10.5% |
| 22 | Egypt | 9,327,804 | -5.6% |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 9,316,624 | -1% |
| 24 | Finland Series break | 7,528,000 | |
| 25 | Australia | 7,449,200 | +7.6% |
| 26 | Latvia | 6,841,685 | +9.5% |
| 27 | Estonia | 5,695,724 | -1.9% |
| 28 | Chile | 5,487,218 | +19.3% |
| 29 | Lithuania | 5,048,600 | -3.2% |
| 30 | Peru | 4,381,185 | +7.9% |
| 31 | New Zealand | 3,129,312 | +9.7% |
| 32 | Israel | 3,108,600 | -4.4% |
| 33 | Colombia | 3,064,916 | +6.9% |
| 34 | Costa Rica | 2,899,257 | +5.1% |
| 35 | Malta | 2,313,150 | +9.4% |
| 36 | Iceland | 1,552,110 | +27.2% |
Other periods
About this ranking
Arrivals of non-resident visitors in the country in the year: tourists who stay at least one night and same-day visitors together, from frontier statistics or visitor surveys reported to the OECD. Each arrival counts, so a visitor who comes twice counts twice.
Overnight visitors alone are international_tourists. Countries count arrivals in different ways, at the border or from visitor surveys, and by country of residence or by nationality. Use the series to follow one country over time; gaps between countries partly reflect method. Only demand-side counts (frontier statistics and visitor surveys) are served; the OECD also lists guests registered at accommodation, which are a different measure.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. 3 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2015 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 visitors, overnight and same-day, 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.htmlCitation styles
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. (2026). OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident visitors, overnight and same-day, tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND) (Countries by international visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day), 2015) [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 visitors, overnight and same-day, tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND), Countries by international visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day), 2015. 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-visitor-arrivals/countries?period=2015. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
Chicago (author-date)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 2026. OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident visitors, overnight and same-day, tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND). Countries by international visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day), 2015. 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-visitor-arrivals/countries?period=2015.
Harvard
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (2026) OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident visitors, overnight and same-day, tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND), Countries by international visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day), 2015 [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-visitor-arrivals/countries?period=2015 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
BibTeX
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Which country has the highest international visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day)?
France, with 203.3 million in 2015, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Which country has the lowest international visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day)?
Iceland, with 1.55 million in 2015.
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 visitors, overnight and same-day, tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 3 countries have no value for 2015 and are not ranked.