World Tourism Arrivals
Travelers made 2.40 billion international tourist arrivals in 2019 (2.34 billion a year earlier).
Updated July 12, 2026
World Tourism Arrivals
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DefinitionWorldwide international inbound tourist arrivals per year (UN Tourism data published in the WDI). One traveler making two trips counts twice.
LimitationsCounts arrivals, not people; day-trippers are treated differently by country. The series updates with a one-to-two-year lag.
Frequently Asked Questions
Travelers made 2.40 billion international tourist arrivals in 2019 (2.34 billion a year earlier).
World Tourism Arrivals rose 2.7% compared with 2018, reaching 2019's reading.
World Bank — World Development Indicators (ST.INT.ARVL), World aggregate. License: CC BY 4.0. StatsPanda charts the original series directly and cites it on every download.
The underlying series is released on a annual cadence. This page was last updated July 12, 2026, and refreshes with each source release.