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EU 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 16 EU countries in 2017, at 207.27 million. Malta had the lowest, at 2.84 million. The median was 18.89 million. Source: the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

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Highest207,274,458France
Lowest2,840,312Malta
Median18,888,31316 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2017

Bulgaria: 11,596,167 countCzechia: 34,701,416 countDenmark: 29,766,000 countEstonia: 6,145,293 countSpain: 121,717,286 countFinland: 8,314,000 countFrance: 207,274,458 countGreece: 30,161,033 countHungary: 22,371,081 countItaly: 89,931,469 countLithuania: 5,590,300 countLatvia: 7,725,814 countMalta: 2,840,312 countPoland: 83,804,000 countRomania: 10,925,597 countSlovakia: 15,405,545 count
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count, 2017. 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, 2017

France: 207,274,458 countFrance207,274,458Spain: 121,717,286 countSpain121,717,286Italy: 89,931,469 countItaly89,931,469Poland: 83,804,000 countPoland83,804,000Czechia: 34,701,416 countCzechia34,701,416Greece: 30,161,033 countGreece30,161,033Denmark: 29,766,000 countDenmark29,766,000Hungary: 22,371,081 countHungary22,371,081Slovakia: 15,405,545 countSlovakia15,405,545Bulgaria: 11,596,167 countBulgaria11,596,167Romania: 10,925,597 countRomania10,925,597Finland: 8,314,000 countFinland8,314,000Latvia: 7,725,814 countLatvia7,725,814Estonia: 6,145,293 countEstonia6,145,293Lithuania: 5,590,300 countLithuania5,590,300Malta: 2,840,312 countMalta2,840,312France: 207,274,458 countFrance207,274,458Spain: 121,717,286 countSpain121,717,286Italy: 89,931,469 countItaly89,931,469Poland: 83,804,000 countPoland83,804,000Czechia: 34,701,416 countCzechia34,701,416Greece: 30,161,033 countGreece30,161,033Denmark: 29,766,000 countDenmark29,766,000Hungary: 22,371,081 countHungary22,371,081Slovakia: 15,405,545 countSlovakia15,405,545Bulgaria: 11,596,167 countBulgaria11,596,167Romania: 10,925,597 countRomania10,925,597Finland: 8,314,000 countFinland8,314,000Latvia: 7,725,814 countLatvia7,725,814Estonia: 6,145,293 countEstonia6,145,293Lithuania: 5,590,300 countLithuania5,590,300Malta: 2,840,312 countMalta2,840,312
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 countries2017
count		Change on 2016
1France207,274,458+2.1%
2Spain121,717,286+5.3%
3Italy89,931,469+5.9%
4Poland83,804,000+4.1%
5Czechia34,701,416+6.7%
6Greece30,161,033+7.4%
7Denmark Series break29,766,000+5.8%
8Hungary22,371,081+4.3%
9Slovakia15,405,545-11.3%
10Bulgaria11,596,167+9.4%
11Romania10,925,597+6.9%
12Finland8,314,000+7.9%
13Latvia7,725,814+13.7%
14Estonia6,145,293+3.4%
15Lithuania5,590,300+5%
16Malta2,840,312+12.1%

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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 EU countries are compared on one definition. 3 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 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), 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 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), 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-visitor-arrivals/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 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), 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-visitor-arrivals/eu-countries?period=2017.

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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), 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-visitor-arrivals/eu-countries?period=2017 (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 207.27 million in 2017, 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 2.84 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 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 2017 and are not ranked.

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