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Five Countries With the Most Tourists by Continent

For each continent, which five countries received the most international visitors in 2023?
Source: UN World Tourism Organization
Quiz by tmaster52
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First submittedApril 24, 2018
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Average score90.0%
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Africa
14.9 m
Egypt
14.5 m
Morocco
9.4 m
Tunisia
8.5 m
South Africa
2.2 m
Algeria
 
 
Asia
55.2 m
Turkey
32.2 m
India
28.2 m
United Arab Emirates
28.2 m
Thailand
27.4 m
Saudi Arabia
Europe
100 m
France
85.2 m
Spain
57.2 m
Italy
37.2 m
United Kingdom
34.8 m
Germany
 
 
North America
66.5 m
United States
41.9 m
Mexico
18.3 m
Canada
8.1 m
Dominican Republic
4.3 m
Cuba
Oceania
8.0 m
New Zealand
7.2 m
Australia
0.93 m
Fiji
0.17 m
Samoa
0.16 m
Papua New Guinea
 
 
South America
7.3 m
Argentina
5.9 m
Brazil
5.6 m
Colombia
3.8 m
Uruguay
3.7 m
Chile
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74 Comments
IsleAuHaulte
+14
Level 90
Dec 12, 2018
28/30 = 93% = better than 30%. I feel like an underachieving elite.
Penguin
+2
Level 43
Dec 12, 2018
me 29, only Dominican Republic left
MavsFanForLife25
+2
Level 75
Feb 10, 2019
SAME
jf15
+2
Level 63
Feb 10, 2019
Same.
YouLoveEagle
+1
Level 49
Jun 8, 2022
not same but I do feel like underachiever a little bit
DLamers
+5
Level 65
Sep 28, 2024
Always remember that the people that play the quizzes here are all nerds and doesnt represent at all the average of how well people do outside of this site
PauloMX
+3
Level 66
Dec 21, 2018
Perfect score!
redsplat
+2
Level 73
Dec 24, 2018
Me too! And I know I have JetPunk to thank.
tmaster52
+11
Level 64
Jan 24, 2019
Thanks everyone for getting this featured!
cornflakesfu
+8
Level 87
Feb 10, 2019
Congrats on the feature!
tmaster52
+7
Level 64
Feb 13, 2019
Thanks for playing!
tmaster52
+4
Level 64
Feb 5, 2019
If you liked this quiz check out Global Terrorism Index by Continent
cornflakesfu
+10
Level 87
Feb 10, 2019
I spent a long time not getting #5 for Europe and thinking that it must be some unexpected country with an intriguing reason for being on the list.

It was not.

maur85
+7
Level 72
Feb 10, 2019
Quite surprised not to see Saudi Arabia, given the amount of people going there on pilgrimage every year
AchillesFirstStand
+5
Level 78
Feb 10, 2019
According to Wikipedia, there are only about 2.35 million pilgrims per year, 600,000 of which are Saudi citizens and not international tourists. I'm kinda surprised that this number isn't higher.
Wistful
+1
Level 72
Nov 9, 2022
As far as I'm aware, Saudi Arabia doesn't let many people in.
rocamorar
+5
Level 78
Feb 10, 2019
Does the data for Turkey includes the tourists that Istanbul without going to Anatolia?
Wistful
+2
Level 72
Nov 9, 2022
Yeah, Jetpunk always considers Turkey fully Asian for some reason.
stromae
+1
Level 71
Feb 10, 2019
wow Morocco beating Egypt surprises me
vonRundstedt
+1
Level 35
Feb 12, 2019
A lot of Moroccans who live in Europe go to Morocco and of course many other tourists.
tmaster52
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Level 64
Feb 13, 2019
Egyptian tourism dropped within the last four years as a result of heightened security concerns.
ALA02
+5
Level 65
Sep 18, 2019
EU citizens get visa free travel to Morocco. Plus lots of French people go there as they speak French.
LincolnIsTheBestOne
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Level 62
Feb 10, 2019
Got them all with 1:06 remaining at 11:48:39 PM on February 10, 2019, increasing my point total by 5 to 796. I was surprised India was not on the list, though the remaining answers were not surprising. Turkey was the last answer I guessed.
Algarve
+1
Level 71
Feb 10, 2019
Me too! With 4 seconds left only!
NNacho
+1
Level 39
Dec 17, 2024
Well, it is on the list now, at number 2 lol. Crazy how things change.
divantilya
+1
Level 36
Feb 10, 2019
Missed Papua New Guinea.
martay
+2
Level 70
Feb 11, 2019
Interesting to see Cuba rounding out the top 5 in North America given that the 300 million Americans 90 miles to its north have such limited or onerous travel access.

The source of the data for this quiz stems from 2017. The updated 2018 report from the same publication doesn't have any data on Cuba for the subsequent year.

The Washington Post reported a 40% drop in American tourism from the year before. It seems like Cuba really experienced a spike in tourism in 2016 but that has since quickly abated at least in part due to the new administration in Washington.

tmaster52
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Level 64
Feb 13, 2019
Yep. Under the Obama administration, tourism greatly increased as relations were bettered. But under Trump, relations have soured and The US has increased travel restrictions.
ALA02
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Level 65
Sep 18, 2019
I imagine lots of Canadians still go there, plus I think it’s likely the most popular destination in the Caribbean for Europeans
pierrehommey
+1
Level 50
Jan 20, 2020
Frecnh people we go to our Caribean islands like Guadeloupe and Martinique
joshcw
+1
Level 46
Feb 11, 2019
I only got Turkey because I knew it was one of the most visited places in Europe, then it went on the Asia list and that threw me off a bit. Still got them all
kito
+1
Level 44
Feb 11, 2019
I only missed Samoa...
Zx4
+1
Level 40
Feb 11, 2019
Damn, 29/30, I completely forgot Hispaniola existed
elk123
+1
Level 39
Aug 13, 2019
got all of them with 31 seconds left
Moon101
+1
Level 37
Aug 13, 2019
got Tunisia last second.
Devvik2
+1
Level 74
Mar 28, 2020
Every quiz I say, please Dominican Republic not be an answer because it is so annoying to write
AbhishekNS
+8
Level 57
Nov 19, 2020
Just type in DR and it will be accepted.
mjb1484
+1
Level 68
Apr 16, 2020
Wow, interesting to see that Mexico receives more tourists then the top 5 South American countries combined. I guess it makes sense, but it is wild to think about.
PenguinTorpedo
+1
Level 49
Jan 5, 2021
Its only because of its border with the US. I would assume they receive about the same amount of old world tourists as the big south american nations.
PenguinTorpedo
+2
Level 49
Jan 5, 2021
I guessed every single island nation before guessing New Guinea....
Fishyyy
+2
Level 60
Jan 5, 2021
idk why but I guessed Somalia and Libya for Africa and guessed North Korea for Asia
FlickerP
+3
Level 74
Sep 2, 2021
We don't know why either
Findlay
+2
Level 81
Mar 28, 2021
Kinda surprised Peru is only fifth in South America. Although maybe it attracts a lot of intercontinental tourists, but not as many locally.
Bryfle
+4
Level 72
Sep 30, 2024
Amazed Uruguay has more tourists than Peru
ScalabrineGOAT
+1
Level 54
Dec 20, 2024
Uruguay is a super popular tourist destination for Argentinians since the beaches are a lot nicer than those in Argentina. It's actually quite common for people in Buenos Aires to have a condo in Punta del Este for the summer.
y4r4
+1
Level 41
Apr 6, 2021
South Korea?
FolgoreCZ
+3
Level 59
Apr 13, 2021
Interesting. I never would have guessed that Dominican Republic would have more tourists than any other Caribbean tourist destination like Bahamas or Jamaica. Luckily, there isn't that many countries to choose from, so guesswork did the trick.
ezee
+2
Level 69
Jun 12, 2021
Algeria? Who's going to Algeria? :O
FlickerP
+1
Level 74
Sep 2, 2021
Yep, that was the one that got me too. Maybe it is travellers from France but I certainly haven't known anybody who has visited
Lemonminer
+1
Level 53
Aug 10, 2021
I'm surprised the Dominican Republic is the least guessed. To me it seems obvious, it's like everyone goes on vacation there, maybe it's just us Canadians?
Froststar101
+1
Level 73
Nov 23, 2021
I'm pretty confused because none of the figures in this quiz match the figures in the source - is there a newer source than the one being linked that is used? Secondly, it seems that both France and the US (not even including Hawaii) have significantly more tourists in Oceania than Papua New Guinea and Samoa based on the source.
garcogait
+1
Level 67
Jan 31, 2022
i find it strange that argentina, peru and brazil doesn't easily beat the rest of south america with machu pichu and rio de janeiro for exanple
buck1017
+1
Level 78
Feb 17, 2022
Cuba? I'm shocked Cuba over Jamaica.
juxtaposition
+2
Level 51
Feb 22, 2022
i wouldn't have gotten the dr but I tried DRC for Africa so I got a freebie
perumalclan
+1
Level 21
Jun 12, 2023
I got 12 which is 40% but it's alright because I am only a kid and I cant type that fast
CatcoolH
+1
Level 66
Aug 9, 2023
Number 4 and 5 seem to be swapped for Europe, Oceania and South America. Great quiz nonetheless!
CatcoolH
+1
Level 66
Aug 9, 2023
Oh, and Egypt is in third place despite it having the highest number of tourists.
apreimer
+1
Level 53
Sep 29, 2023
30/30! nice quiz
misterawesome
+1
Level 88
Mar 9, 2024
For Oceania, it says 0.16 for 4th and 0.17 for 5th
poisongift
+2
Level 60
Mar 27, 2024
Brazil gets way fewer tourists than I would have expected.
mrputter
+1
Level 84
Oct 1, 2024
It's a long way from anywhere (which is to say: most places with large populations with lots of disposable income to spend on traveling), and expensive for most of the world to get to.

As a Canadian, I've thought about it many times, but have yet to make it down there, because every time I look at it, the travel costs preclude it. If you check my profile, you'll see I've been to a quite a few places all around the world, so I'm more willing to travel long distances than your average tourist, but Brazil just keeps on being too damn expensive.

(And further to that, yes I've been to Chile/Argentina. Because those flights are easier and cheaper from here than flying to Brazil is.)

Pholidoscelis
+5
Level 78
Sep 28, 2024
I'm surprised NZ got more visitors than Australia
orange3472
+1
Level 69
Sep 28, 2024
same
mookieblaylock
+2
Level 78
Sep 30, 2024
That's probably because most of those visitors to NZ are coming from Australia. There's probably similar proportions of people travelling between the two countries, but Australia's much larger population skews the numbers
Nickelz
+2
Level 67
Oct 3, 2024
i thought australia would have way more visitors, though i guess it is rather far from any first world countries besides new zealand
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 72
Oct 11, 2024
^
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 72
Oct 11, 2024
I'm tryna figure out how I got Saudi Arabia while typing for Samoa
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Nov 4, 2024
Ksa works for Saudi Arabia, so maybe you still had a k in your box before starting to type Samoa
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 72
Oct 11, 2024
Low key expected Australia to be above New Zealand
albanianlore
+1
Level 58
Dec 17, 2024
surprised to see maldives not on the list
Fifi567
+1
Level 31
Dec 17, 2024
Hi, I've translated the quiz to German, is it ok for you?
Mk160
+1
Level 26
Dec 17, 2024
Im shocked that japan is not on the list.

How????

saiyan325
+1
Level 30
Jan 15, 2025
me too, i was surprised to not see japan, nor south korea on this list
JantjeMokum
+1
Level 65
Dec 17, 2024
Shouldn't the US be in the Oceania list? Since Hawaii is Part of Oceania and recieves about 3 million international tourists a year?
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