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Countries with Most Tourists with Exceptions

Name the non-European countries that receive the most international tourists.
For 2023, according to the UN World Tourism Organization
Color-coded by continent
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Rank
# Arrivals
Country
3
66.5 m
United States
5
55.2 m
Turkey
6
41.9 m
Mexico
10
32.2 m
India
12
28.2 m
Thailand
13
28.1 m
United Arab Emirates
14
27.4 m
Saudi Arabia
16
25.1 m
Japan
17
24.8 m
China
19
21.1 m
Singapore
Rank
# Arrivals
Country
21
20.1 m
Malaysia
23
18.3 m
Canada
25
14.9 m
Egypt
26
14.5 m
Morocco
27
14.0 m
Indonesia
29
12.6 m
Vietnam
30
11.0 m
South Korea
33
9.37 m
Tunisia
34
8.48 m
South Africa
35
8.06 m
Dominican Republic
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109 Recent Comments
Jerry928
+18
Level 76
Jan 21, 2017
Saudi Arabia??? But tourist visas are all-but-impossible to obtain to visit there. I wonder if religious pilgrimages to Mecca are counted as "tourism" in these statistics?
relessness
+18
Level 46
Jan 22, 2017
I was always under the impression that a tourist was anyone who visited a country for less than a year. Anyone who stayed longer was considered an immigrant. But I don't know where I got those term definitions from.
brandybuck96
+5
Level 83
Nov 7, 2024
I mean I worked in France for 6 months and wouldn't consider that a tourist visit, I feel like there is an in-between stage somewhere.
Cristopia6
+1
Level 47
Oct 8, 2025
yeah its more like 3 months is the limit imo
ubsaral
+17
Level 85
Feb 25, 2017
Yes, the pilgramage counts as tourism, you can look here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Saudi_Arabia#Religious_tourism

kalbahamut
+2
Level 80
Apr 27, 2017
Yes this is an error in my opinion. Saudi Arabia has no tourists, they only have pilgrims. I don't think they should count.
akbadry
+30
Level 52
Apr 27, 2017
Pilgrims are still visitors/tourists to the country, so of course with Mecca being in Saudi I knew they'd be included in this list ...doesn't matter what the reason is for these ppl visiting
kalbahamut
+11
Level 80
Apr 27, 2017
Visitors, okay. Tourists? I think not. I made it clear that this was an opinion. And I think it matters a lot. Is a businessman attending a meeting a tourist? Is someone commuting to work a tourist? Is a reporter doing an investigative report from another country a tourist? Is a soldier invading a country a tourist? There are many reasons that you could go to another country that don't fall under "tourism." Fulfilling a religious obligation with strictly prescribed ritualized things to do and places to go to is, in my opinion, definitely one of those reasons.
Supertramp
+6
Level 65
Apr 27, 2017
Thank you for the insightful comments, kal. This is one of the reasons why I enjoy reading the comments section.
kalbahamut
+3
Level 80
Aug 25, 2017
Saudi doesn't even issue tourist visas. There are hajj visas, umrah visas (both pilgrimage), transit visas, business visas, work visas, family visit visas... but tourism visas are not a thing in Saudi Arabia.
smartguy2
+4
Level 68
Sep 21, 2017
Soldiers invading a country are tourists? Then we're missing out on alot!
akbadry
+5
Level 52
Jan 21, 2024
Invading involves attacking people and areas with weapons to take control...visiting involves peacefully exploring the country's culture, landmarks, food, shops, etc...not exactly the same thing XD
Djilas
+8
Level 86
Sep 26, 2017
Tourists in lets say wider sense include all temporary visitors (I'm sure there's a nice definition by WTO that excludes the military) - tourists, travellers, businessmen, pilgrims, shoppers, health treatment, family visits etc. The limit between them is not so clear as the "non-tourists" would sometimes like to claim. Maybe you go on business trip to discuss contracts, visit factories, negotiate etc, but you may also go to sauna, play golf, fine dining etc. Or you're a pilgrim to Rome, Jerusalem, Lourdes or on foot to Santiago, but besides prayer and mediation you go sightseeing, buy souvenirs, take selfies etc. I have similar issues with pretentious backpackers ...
kalbahamut
+3
Level 80
Jan 7, 2018
There is nothing in the Christian religion like the duty for hajj in Islam. It's different. "Pilgrims" going to visit the Vatican are not similar to Muslims going to circumambulate the kabaa, IMO. And actually if you go on hajj or umrah visa usually you are not technically allowed to visit other areas of the country besides Jeddah (the port of arrival) and Mecca.
samiamco
+5
Level 68
Jan 25, 2018
I agreed that either the quiz should be changed to "visitors" or Saudi Arabia should be removed. If a country doesn't even issue tourist visas, how can they have tourists?
CardinalSin
+4
Level 81
Sep 25, 2019
Samiamco, there's a simple answer to that - just let people in without any visa at all. Avanti Populo!
TomatosRaafatos
+8
Level 75
Feb 11, 2020
Okay, as a muslim, I once again feel the need to insert the clarifying caveat that Umrahs and the Hajj are not equivalent. Hajj is compulsory. Umrahs are voluntary, short trips to Mecca to perform certain rituals and prayers. Yes, they are technically pilgrimages, but are just the same as trips to Santiago, the Vatican, or Jerusalem. I consider an Umrah visa a touritst visa, by the general definition. The Hajj one, admittedly, I would not.

In any case, the Saudi government recently overhauled their whole system and are now issuing tourist visas and widely advertising to the western countries.

kalbahamut
+1
Level 80
May 12, 2021
^true. But I'm sure the number of actual tourists they now receive is still tiny compared to the number of religious pilgrims performing a duty.
FlabberBapper
+11
Level 76
Mar 16, 2017
I know Turkey is mostly in Asia, but I didn't type it in as an answer, because Turkey is considered to be a European country. So, why is it on the list?
Corrode
+32
Level 60
Apr 27, 2017
Turkey isn't considered to be a European country by anybody.
akbadry
+31
Level 52
Apr 27, 2017
Turkey is a transcontinental country so it's both European and Asian...whether or not the quizmaker wanted to include them in this quiz was up to him/her
Fishes
+5
Level 65
Aug 31, 2023
But it certainly is not "non-European". It's definitely in Europe, just also somewhere else.
Supertramp
+7
Level 65
Apr 27, 2017
I concur with Correde's opinion. Nobody considers Turkey an European country.
akbadry
+5
Level 52
Jan 21, 2024
Speak for yourself, if it's a transcontinental country then it is technically semi-European and that is how I view them as well...go argue with the UN if you disagree XD
jmellor13
+19
Level 68
Jan 7, 2018
If you subscribe to purely cultural boundaries, then yes, Turkey is entirely Asian, but if you subscribe to geographic boundaries, then Turkey has land in both Asia and Europe, and, significantly, Istanbul is in Europe. "Continents" are terms of convenience and organization. Why is Panama considered North American while Colombia is South American? There's no real reason. So I think it's a mistake to categorize continents in absolute terms. Many people think part of Turkey is in Europe.
Ereswent
+2
Level 32
Jan 7, 2018
Only a small part of turkey, connected to Bulgaria is in Europe.
enessaglik
+5
Level 63
Feb 11, 2020
yes but that part has more population and has more land than some of the european countries
Fishes
+8
Level 65
Aug 31, 2023
The European part is also the part where, you know, most of the tourists go. Which seems more than slightly relevant to this quiz.
ItzIngenious
+1
Level 66
Dec 5, 2022
There are also countries in Europe that you can’t even really see on a map, so that’s not saying much.
precisioncontrol
+2
Level 65
Apr 27, 2017
All 20 with 1:54 remaining....proud of myself!
sumguy
+11
Level 87
Apr 27, 2017
I'm a bit skeptical about Turkey. Turkey qualifies because most of the country is in Asia, so all visitors to the country count, including the European part of Turkey. There's nothing that can be done about it -- I assume there are no statistics for people who went to Turkey but didn't go to Istanbul, for instance -- but it somehow doesn't feel right to include tourists who went to Europe in a quiz for tourists of non-European countries.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 80
Apr 27, 2017
A very large percentage of Turkey's visitors go to Antalya. The rest mostly go to Istanbul with small numbers visiting Ankara and other cities. Istanbul straddles Europe and Asia. It would be unusual I think to only visit the European side... though that is where the airport and most of the tourist attractions are.
kalbahamut
+6
Level 80
Apr 27, 2017
Antalya, Ankara, Izmir, Bursa, Trabzon, Hattusa, Alanya, Mersin, Konya... all in Asia.
JWatson24
+5
Level 71
Aug 15, 2021
What about Cappadocia and Pamukkale? Those are pretty big tourist attractions as well, and both on the Asian side
Quizmaster
+10
Level ∞
Apr 27, 2017
@sumguy. Turkey definitely makes the list. They have 39.8 million tourists. I am 100% certain that at least 6.87 million of those tourists go to the Asian part.
HelveticaBold
+10
Level 71
May 7, 2019
Hmmm, but the Canary Islands receive on average 9 million tourists a year. Part of Spain but technically in Africa....
CreATive
+2
Level 48
Apr 27, 2017
We should have a quiz with "Countries with Least Tourists per capita" or just "Countries with Least Tourists".
ruudsje
+4
Level 68
Apr 27, 2017
Go on then! You can do it, I know you can!
kalbahamut
+1
Level 80
Aug 25, 2017
I think it's been done.
Eigengrau
+3
Level 61
Apr 27, 2017
What?I missed Turkey just because it said outside of Europe. Turkey has some part IN Europe. Gotta fix that.
kapulani3
+3
Level 75
Apr 27, 2017
On the flip side, I guessed Russia since part of it is in Asia (just in case) and I guessed Turkey because it is in both Europe and Asia. I've gotten so many right throughout many questions just by typing the answers that I didn't think it could possibly be but wasn't getting the right answers otherwise.
ItzIngenious
+6
Level 66
Dec 5, 2022
Nobody is visiting the Asian part of Russia. You’d turn into a popsicle.
Carry
+3
Level 63
Sep 1, 2017
Not that again... Just ask yourself: Are there more Russian/Turkish people living on the Asian or the European side of the country? Tadaaa.
loganite
+3
Level 93
Apr 27, 2017
I got them all, but very surprised Israel isn't on the list.
loganite
+4
Level 93
Sep 27, 2024
Less surprised now than I was in 2017... :(
TimFed
+6
Level 76
Apr 27, 2017
Very surprised not one South American country made the list. Just curious where Brazil places? I assume Brazil has the most international visitors in South America.
Lucas88
+2
Level 38
Apr 29, 2017
In fact, Argentina has more! Only in 2014 and 2016 Brazil received more tourist because of the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games. Argentina receives more over than a million people per year than Brazil.
TimFed
+2
Level 76
Apr 30, 2017
Interesting. Where does Argentina rank overall?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 31, 2017
Brazil had more than Argentina in 2015 as well.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 80
Aug 25, 2017
The major source countries for tourists include the USA, Canada, many countries in Western Europe, Russia, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Turkey, and some countries around the Persian Gulf. South America is just so far away from all of these countries. I think that's the major obstacle. Could also have something to do with out of control crime, but more likely it's just a question of geography.
Watpo54
+2
Level 61
Oct 10, 2023
Crime out of control? Countries like Argentina or Chile are arguably safer than the US.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 31, 2017
I updated the quiz to use new data. Brazil now appears.
danishclarinets
+2
Level 71
Sep 1, 2017
Minor note, South Africa with 10.4m is listed below Morocco with 10.3m. Typo perhaps?
smartguy2
+1
Level 68
Dec 4, 2017
Either that or the numbers are with the wrong country.
chondrichthyess
+2
Level 60
Dec 21, 2017
South Africa's decimal point was accidentally moved. According to the source it should be 10.04 instead of 10.4. Morocco being at 10.3 and on top is correct
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Dec 21, 2017
Fixed
levic
+6
Level 71
Jan 7, 2018
Brazil could receive so much more tourists, it's a shame :/
lilpeepot
+1
Level 47
Jan 8, 2018
20/20 with 20 seconds left, Illuminate confirmed
lilpeepot
+1
Level 47
Jan 8, 2018
Illuminati*
indecisivedoctor901
+3
Level 38
Jan 8, 2018
Live in the United States, forgot about United States until 0:05 remaining *facepalm*
QuizzerX
+2
Level 25
Jan 21, 2018
What about Egypt?
samiamco
+4
Level 68
Jan 25, 2018
I was surprised about that, too. Maybe it's only just fallen off the list in the last bunch of years due to civil unrest and government turnovers?
kalbahamut
+4
Level 80
Aug 16, 2018
Egypt used to be the #1 tourist destination in Africa ahead of Morocco and South Africa but it still hasn't recovered from the hit its tourism industry took following the 2010 revolution and subsequent turmoil. Russia's ban of flights going there also didn't help. A very large percentage of the tourists visiting beach resorts on the Sinai were Russian.
Findlay
+3
Level 80
Mar 12, 2018
Commenting on this topic for the second time today, but I feel something in the instructions should clearly exclude Turkey. I'm fine with it not being classed as a European country - 97% of its territory is outside Europe and 86% of its population - but it definitely caught me out. Especially given that a significant portion of those tourists would be visiting Istanbul - in Europe.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 80
Aug 16, 2018
See comments above.
GeoDude
+1
Level 47
Apr 30, 2019
That was surprisingly easy
Zefyrinus
+2
Level 73
May 29, 2019
I can't read that source. How many does Israel get?
BigFloppa
+2
Level 62
Jan 28, 2022
2,803 according to the source which you can't read for some reason
NauruPalau
+1
Level 49
Feb 11, 2020
Taiwan’s not a country 😡😡😡😡
Pharley
+9
Level 75
Feb 11, 2020
Why not?
amm14
+7
Level 65
Feb 11, 2020
Thanks Xi.
uHkOrHuTo
+15
Level 48
Feb 11, 2020
Ok Winnie Pooh
JackintheBox
+5
Level 82
Sep 28, 2020
It's a de facto independent country.
SpencerGT
+2
Level 68
Oct 12, 2021
On JetPunk it is.
Pharley
+1
Level 75
Feb 11, 2020
Surprised not to see Peru on the list.... Machu Picchu etc.
simonlindsay365
+4
Level 25
Feb 11, 2020
Thank goodness Cyprus didn't qualify...
tales
+3
Level 81
Feb 11, 2020
China numbers are skewed because they count people commuting from Hong Kong and Macao to mainland as tourists.

I'm pretty sure the US numbers do not include people flying from Puerto Rico to the continental states. Two weights and two measures?

kalbahamut
+1
Level 80
Feb 11, 2020
and traveling from one EuroZone country to another also counts
EcceHomo
+3
Level 85
Nov 4, 2020
Not in this quiz.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 80
Oct 13, 2021
Pretty sure you are wrong, but, I don't feel like taking the time to read through the source linked above to find out if you actually are basing this on something or not, since most likely neither did you, and most likely I would have before leaving the first comment.
EcceHomo
+5
Level 85
Nov 1, 2021
You can take your normal stance - namely that you are right and everyone else is wrong (and you have, again) - or you can pay attention to the rubric.

"Name the non-European countries that receive the most international tourists"

kalbahamut
+1
Level 80
Mar 2, 2022
That is not and never has been my stance. Are you this angry, obnoxious, and unpleasant in real life, too? Is that what has led to you leading perhaps an empty, lonely existence, lashing out at strangers online almost constantly, as you have been doing, repeatedly, literally for years, presumably because I said something you disagreed with once or a couple of times 5-10 years ago?

I forgot that this quiz excluded European countries. Though the source it draws its data from does not, and does, of course, count traveling between them as international travel. Being "pretty sure" of something isn't the sort of thing a person says who believes they are always right and everyone else is always wrong.

I'm "pretty sure" that what I said about what led to this exchange (and literally dozens if not hundreds of others you have initiated around the site) is probably accurate. Please take some time to reconsider your life choices and reflect on if different ones could make you happier.

Tadeu
+4
Level 69
Jul 29, 2022
*michael jackson eating popcorn gif*
fjakob
+1
Level 65
May 13, 2020
I'm puzzled that turkey is higher than mexico
LaraGC
+1
Level 20
Jul 12, 2023
Probably because Turkey is closer to a lot of first-world countries and all. Mexico has USA, but i get the idea the average yank would rather vacation on the UK, France Caribean and Canada rather than Mexico
Xenobiologista
+1
Level 59
Jul 22, 2020
I guessed every island nation in asia BUT Taiwan.
Finnisme
+1
Level 59
Oct 14, 2020
one of the 1% who forgot America, 17/20.
gamergeo
+2
Level 50
Aug 4, 2021
non-Europeans and non-South Americans cz there's no way that ksa is getting more tourists than brazil
mrputter
+1
Level 87
Oct 1, 2024
Depends on what counts as a tourist. If they're counting people who go to KSA because of the Hajj, then yeah. It's definitely going to be way up on that list, way way higher than Brazil.
Jared0309
+1
Level 77
Oct 12, 2021
I'm a criminal in 7 of these countries
LuckyCat
+1
Level 71
Feb 19, 2023
I'll meet you in Japan.
chipguy8
+1
Level 48
Nov 30, 2021
where's north korea?
david2013
+9
Level 87
Dec 23, 2021
Between China and South Korea.
LuckyCat
+1
Level 71
Feb 19, 2023
Pretty sure you DON'T want to go to North Korea. You may not get out . . .

Anyways, got them all!

hampterGD
+1
Level 45
Mar 7, 2022
just missed malaysia and singapore
DabMK
+2
Level 50
Jul 27, 2022
Typed Seoul instead of South Korea
Junzhi
+1
Level 52
Aug 31, 2023
I missed 3 Asian countries.I typed north and south American countries thinking that I missed some
rabble
+2
Level 68
Dec 16, 2023
These numbers don't seem honest. Maybe a lot of this is people returning from working abroad.

Statista- Morocco tourist arrivals seem to be foreign Moroccans(?) at 65%, French nationals 13%, and Spain 2.7% - though I think this is post-Covid. Wiki doesn't list the numbers.. but says "[2016] 30% of the tourists were one of the 3.8 million Moroccans living abroad."

Statista: "2022, 2.2m inbound tourists to Saudi Arabia came from Bahrain, the origin country that sourced the highest number of tourists to Saudi Arabia. In contrast, inbound tourists from Iraq amounted to 0.5m people that year."

Indonesia- primarily Malaysia, Australia, Singapore, China, East timor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Indonesia

Thailand- China 10m, Malaysia 4.2m, India 2m, SK 1.9m, Laos, Jap, Rus, US, Singapore 1m

Japan- China 10m, ROK 5.6, Taiwan 4.9, Hong Kong 2.3, US 1.7, Thai 1.3, Aus 0.6

SA- Zimbabwe, Les, Moz, Esw

Probably not a good indicator of hidden gems for "tourists" in the true sense

tooch21
+7
Level 55
Feb 11, 2024
What is your point exactly?
jdmercia
+7
Level 87
Sep 27, 2024
That only Europeans and Americans count as ‘true’ tourists apparently
Pearlian
+2
Level 32
Aug 23, 2024
surprised that there's no brazil.. i always thought its a hotspot for tourism
Constantinos
+1
Level 74
Sep 27, 2024
I visited two that don't show up on this list - 🇵🇪🇹🇿
nations12345eat
+1
Level 47
Nov 25, 2024
you visiting those countries still wasn't enough for them to make the list
Nickelz
+1
Level 68
Oct 3, 2024
missed Tunisia
nations12345eat
+1
Level 47
Nov 25, 2024
dang it, i forgot singapore
Boss466
+1
Level 33
Nov 25, 2024
people who got democratic repub trying to get the d.r c
eurotec
+1
Level 56
May 13, 2025
me
Bletsch
+1
Level 71
Oct 13, 2025
Saudi Arabia has been opening up to tourism of late. I recall reading some time around 2010 that they were looking for well-heeled, well-behaved tourists, and that trend has continued.
Cellomaster12
+1
Level 38
Nov 16, 2025
The Bahamas have 11 million tourists
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