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EU countries by international visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day), 2018

France had the highest international visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day) of 16 EU countries in 2018, at 212 million. Malta had the lowest, at 3.15 million. The median was 22.69 million. Source: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

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Highest211,997,551France
Lowest3,152,891Malta
Median22,694,29416 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2018

Bulgaria: 12,368,363 countCzechia: 36,268,459 countDenmark: 30,089,073 countEstonia: 6,032,823 countSpain: 124,455,667 countFinland: 8,530,000 countFrance: 211,997,551 countGreece: 33,072,157 countHungary: 55,461,747 countItaly: 93,228,621 countLithuania: 6,115,300 countLatvia: 7,775,228 countMalta: 3,152,891 countPoland: 85,947,000 countRomania: 11,720,425 countSlovakia: 15,299,514 count
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count, 2018. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: OECD, OECD Inbound tourism: arrivals of non-resident visitors, overnight and same-day, tourism demand surveys and frontier statistics (DSD_TOURISM_INTER@DF_INBOUND). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2018

France: 211,997,551 countFrance211,997,551Spain: 124,455,667 countSpain124,455,667Italy: 93,228,621 countItaly93,228,621Poland: 85,947,000 countPoland85,947,000Hungary: 55,461,747 countHungary55,461,747Czechia: 36,268,459 countCzechia36,268,459Greece: 33,072,157 countGreece33,072,157Denmark: 30,089,073 countDenmark30,089,073Slovakia: 15,299,514 countSlovakia15,299,514Bulgaria: 12,368,363 countBulgaria12,368,363Romania: 11,720,425 countRomania11,720,425Finland: 8,530,000 countFinland8,530,000Latvia: 7,775,228 countLatvia7,775,228Lithuania: 6,115,300 countLithuania6,115,300Estonia: 6,032,823 countEstonia6,032,823Malta: 3,152,891 countMalta3,152,891France: 211,997,551 countFrance211,997,551Spain: 124,455,667 countSpain124,455,667Italy: 93,228,621 countItaly93,228,621Poland: 85,947,000 countPoland85,947,000Hungary: 55,461,747 countHungary55,461,747Czechia: 36,268,459 countCzechia36,268,459Greece: 33,072,157 countGreece33,072,157Denmark: 30,089,073 countDenmark30,089,073Slovakia: 15,299,514 countSlovakia15,299,514Bulgaria: 12,368,363 countBulgaria12,368,363Romania: 11,720,425 countRomania11,720,425Finland: 8,530,000 countFinland8,530,000Latvia: 7,775,228 countLatvia7,775,228Lithuania: 6,115,300 countLithuania6,115,300Estonia: 6,032,823 countEstonia6,032,823Malta: 3,152,891 countMalta3,152,891
count. Source: OECD, 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.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2018
count		Change on 2017
1France211,997,551+2.3%
2Spain124,455,667+2.2%
3Italy93,228,621+3.7%
4Poland85,947,000+2.6%
5Hungary Series break55,461,747+147.9%
6Czechia36,268,459+4.5%
7Greece33,072,157+9.7%
8Denmark Estimated30,089,073+1.1%
9Slovakia15,299,514-0.7%
10Bulgaria12,368,363+6.7%
11Romania11,720,425+7.3%
12Finland8,530,000+2.6%
13Latvia7,775,228+0.6%
14Lithuania6,115,300+9.4%
15Estonia6,032,823-1.8%
16Malta3,152,891+11%

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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 EU countries are compared on one definition. 3 EU countries with data in other periods have no value for 2018 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 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.html

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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) (EU countries by international visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day), 2018) [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), EU countries by international visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day), 2018. 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/eu-countries. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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). EU countries by international visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day), 2018. 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/eu-countries.

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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), EU countries by international visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day), 2018 [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/eu-countries (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which EU country has the highest international visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day)?

France, with 212 million in 2018, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Which EU country has the lowest international visitor arrivals (non-residents, overnight and same-day)?

Malta, with 3.15 million in 2018.

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 EU countries have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.

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