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 37 countries in 2016, at 203.04 million. Iceland had the lowest, at 2.1 million. The median was 15.12 million. Source: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Map of countries, 2016
- Under 5M
- 5M to 8M
- 8M to 16M
- 16M to 28M
- 28M to 46M
- 46M and over
- No data
All countries, 2016
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2016 | Change on 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 203,042,247 | -0.1% |
| 2 | United States | 175,261,885 | -0.9% |
| 3 | Spain | 115,561,077 | +5.2% |
| 4 | Mexico | 94,853,116 | +8.9% |
| 5 | Italy | 84,924,545 | +4.8% |
| 6 | Poland | 80,476,000 | +3.5% |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 39,128,869 | +6.4% |
| 8 | Czechia | 32,518,778 | +9.8% |
| 9 | Türkiye | 30,906,680 | -24.8% |
| 10 | Canada | 30,142,291 | +9.4% |
| 11 | Portugal | 28,305,100 | |
| 12 | Denmark Series break | 28,121,485 | +1.3% |
| 13 | Greece | 28,070,833 | +7.5% |
| 14 | Japan | 24,039,700 | +21.8% |
| 15 | Hungary | 21,444,000 | +6.2% |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 20,887,060 | -4.3% |
| 17 | Slovakia | 17,376,100 | +16.3% |
| 18 | South Korea | 17,241,823 | +30.3% |
| 19 | South Africa | 15,121,000 | +8.4% |
| 20 | Indonesia | 11,519,275 | +12.6% |
| 21 | Bulgaria | 10,604,396 | +13.8% |
| 22 | Romania | 10,222,889 | +9.6% |
| 23 | Argentina | 9,986,321 | -7.2% |
| 24 | Australia | 8,268,900 | +11% |
| 25 | Finland | 7,705,000 | +2.4% |
| 26 | Latvia | 6,796,999 | -0.7% |
| 27 | Chile | 6,712,334 | +22.3% |
| 28 | Estonia | 5,941,673 | +4.3% |
| 29 | Egypt | 5,398,934 | -42.1% |
| 30 | Lithuania | 5,321,800 | +5.4% |
| 31 | Peru | 4,718,052 | +7.7% |
| 32 | New Zealand | 3,494,336 | +11.7% |
| 33 | Colombia | 3,387,203 | +10.5% |
| 34 | Costa Rica | 3,203,691 | +10.5% |
| 35 | Israel | 3,069,800 | -1.2% |
| 36 | Malta | 2,533,834 | +9.5% |
| 37 | Iceland | 2,095,891 | +35% |
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. 2 countries with data in other periods have no value for 2016 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), 2016) [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), 2016. 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=2016. 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), 2016. 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=2016.
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), 2016 [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=2016 (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 203.04 million in 2016, 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 2.1 million in 2016.
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. 2 countries have no value for 2016 and are not ranked.