How many tourists visited France in 2017?

There were 207.3 million international arrivals in France in 2017 (both day visitors and overnight). 89.3 million overnight arrivals in France in 2018 – a 3% jump from 2017. The global number of tourists to France has more than doubled in the past 15 years. France is now targeting 100 million foreign tourists for 2020.



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All told, France received 82.6 million international tourists in 2016, or 2.2% fewer than in 2015. Source: DGE and Banque de France, EVE survey of visitors from abroad.

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Here's why. You might think a large country like the United States is the most visited in the world, but you'd be wrong — France takes that honor.

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Paris remains most-visited city in the world, with 44 million tourists in 2022. Tourism in Paris and the Île-de-France region climbed again in 2022 with over 44 million visitors calculated.

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For the first time ever, Greater Paris exceeded 23 million hotel arrivals (23.6 million - an increase of 11% on 2016 and 5% on 2014). The total number of visitors to Greater Paris, all accommodation combined, exceeded a record 40 million tourists, according to our estimates.

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“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.

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1. France - Europe. It is no surprise that the 'city of love' (Paris) is amongst the most visited cities in the world. In 2019 it was recorded that 89 million international travelers visited France, making it the most traveled-to country 2019.

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Hong Kong. Hong Kong has become the most visited city in the world, surpassing Bangkok in recent times. Hong Kong welcomed 26.6 million visitors! With over 5 million more visitors annually than its closest rival, Hong Kong is expected to host at least 31 million tourists in the near future.

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According to the latest report by GlobalData, 'Tourism Destination Market Insight: Western Europe (2022)', France held the title of most visited country in the world prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, welcoming 88.1 million visitors in 2019. However, it was overtaken by Spain in 2021.

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