Most visited destinations by international tourist arrivals
In 2016, there were 1.235 billion international tourist arrivals worldwide, with a growth of 4% as compared to 1.186 billion in 2015. The top 10 international tourism destinations in 2016 were
Rank Destination International
tourist
arrivals
(2016)[1] International
tourist
arrivals
(2015)[1] Change
(2015 to
(%) Change
(2014 to
(%)
1 France 82.6 million 84.5 million Decrease 2.2 Increase 0.9
2 United States 75.6 million 77.5 million Decrease 2.4 Increase 3.3
3 Spain 75.6 million 68.5 million Increase 10.3 Increase 5.5
4 China 59.3 million 56.9 million Increase 4.2 Increase 2.3
5 Italy 52.4 million 50.7 million Increase 3.2 Increase 4.4
6 United Kingdom 35.8 million 34.4 million Increase 4.0 Increase 5.6
7 Germany 35.6 million 35.0 million Increase 1.7 Increase 6.0
8 Mexico 35.0 million 32.1 million Increase 8.9 Increase 9.4
9 Thailand 32.6 million 29.9 million Increase 8.9 Increase 20.6
10 Austria 28.1 million 26.7 million Increase 5.2 Increase 5.7