This chart has 5 series. “Europe” went from 453 in 2005 to 707 in 2023. “Asia and the Pacific” went from 154 in 2005 to 237 in 2023. “Americas” went from 133 in 2005 to 200 in 2023.

International tourist arrivals worldwide from 2005 to 2023, by region (millions)
Year	Europe	Asia and the Pacific	Americas	Middle East	Africa
2005	453	154	133	33.7	34.8
2006	476	167	137	37.3	39
2007	500	184	144	43.1	42.9
2008	503	186	148	51.7	44.3
2009	477	184	141	53.6	46.2
2010	494	208	152	68.4	50.5
2011	526	222	157	59.1	50.8
2012	547	238	164	59.3	52.5
2013	571	254	170	58.2	54.9
2014	582	270	183	61.1	55.2
2015	612	285	194	58.9	53.9
2016	622	307	201	57.3	58.2
2017	678	326	211	61.3	63
2018	718	349	216	65.4	67.5
2019	742	363	219	71.6	69
2020	239	59	69.7	19.4	18.8
2021	301	26.6	81.8	30.5	19.9
2022	609	93.3	157	68	47
2023	707	237	200	93.5	66.4

Machine-translated from Persian by Namafar; the Persian original is authoritative. Read the original in Persian

About this data

The data on this page is global, collected by Namafar for comparison with Iran.

Iranian (Solar Hijri) years run from late March to March: 1404 = March 2025 to March 2026.

Details

Source: World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism)
Year: 1403 (2024/25)
Industry: Tourism
Published: Dec 29, 2024

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