How many international tourists were there in 2016?
International tourist arrivals grew for the seventh consecutive year to reach 1.2 billion, a sequence of uninterrupted growth not recorded since the 1960s. The strongest growth was recorded in Africa and in the Asia and the Pacific region.
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The number of international tourist arrivals worldwide bounced back in 2022 after dropping sharply with the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Despite the significant annual increase, international tourism arrivals remained below pre-pandemic levels, totaling approximately 969 million in 2022.
International tourist arrivals grew by a remarkable 7% in 2017 to reach a total of 1,322 million, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer.
“The number of international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) in 2015 reached a total of 1186 million, an increase of 52 million over the previous year. (…) Demand was robust overall, although results were more mixed than usual across destinations.
According to the latest data in World Development Indicators (WDI), there were more than one billion international arrivals (overnight visitors) worldwide in 2012.
According to data from the UN World Tourism Organization, more than 1.2 billion people made an international trip in 2015— this is expected to increase 50 percent to more than 1.8 billion world travelers over the next 10 years.