Tourist departures - Country rankings

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Tourist departures, 2020:

The average for 2020 based on 31 countries was 5489 thousand tourists. The highest value was in the United Kingdom: 23827 thousand tourists and the lowest value was in Moldova: 75 thousand tourists. The indicator is available from 1995 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: thousand tourists; Source: World Tourism Organization
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Countries Tourist departures, 2020 Global rank Available data
UK 23827 1 1995 - 2020
Italy 21448 2 1997 - 2020
France 21287 3 2006 - 2020
Hungary 12727 4 1995 - 2020
Russia 12361 5 1995 - 2020
Ukraine 11251 6 2007 - 2020
Romania 9510 7 1995 - 2020
Spain 6236 8 2007 - 2020
Sweden 6081 9 2017 - 2020
Belgium 5850 10 1996 - 2020
Denmark 4230 11 1996 - 2020
Bulgaria 3973 12 1995 - 2020
Austria 3964 13 2000 - 2020
Albania 2907 14 2001 - 2020
Belarus 2810 15 2000 - 2020
Finland 2690 16 2005 - 2020
Czechia 2399 17 2003 - 2020
Ireland 2326 18 1995 - 2020
Greece 2324 19 2008 - 2020
Turkey 2243 20 1995 - 2020
Slovenia 1892 21 2005 - 2020
Norway 1690 22 1995 - 2020
Lithuania 1643 23 2006 - 2020
Luxembourg 1460 24 1997 - 2020
Latvia 690 25 1995 - 2020
Portugal 680 26 2012 - 2020
Croatia 678 27 2008 - 2020
Estonia 558 28 1995 - 2020
Malta 218 29 2008 - 2020
Iceland 130 30 1995 - 2020
Moldova 75 31 2009 - 2020


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Definition: International outbound tourists are the number of departures that people make from their country of usual residence to any other country for any purpose other than a remunerated activity in the country visited. The data on outbound tourists refer to the number of departures, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips from a country during a given period is counted each time as a new departure.

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1. UK
2. Italy
3. France
4. Hungary
5. Russia
6. Ukraine
7. Romania
8. Spain
9. Sweden
10. Belgium
11. Denmark
12. Bulgaria
13. Austria
14. Albania
15. Belarus
16. Finland
17. Czechia
18. Ireland
19. Greece
20. Turkey
21. Slovenia
22. Norway
23. Lithuania
24. Luxembourg
25. Latvia
26. Portugal
27. Croatia
28. Estonia
29. Malta
30. Iceland
31. Moldova
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