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    Total Money Made from International Tourism Receipts by Country in 2024 (USD) [OC]
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    Total Money Made from International Tourism Receipts by Country in 2024 (USD) [OC]

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    1. Fluid-Decision6262 on

      Source: [Mapped: Countries that Earn the Most from Tourism](https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/countries-that-earn-the-most-from-tourism/)

      This metric is based on how much money each country makes from international tourism in a year, which is basically the total amount of how much foreign tourists spend in each country while there, ranging from accommodations, eating, shopping, transit, sightseeing, etc. hence why it yeilds a different list than the most visited countries board.

      **The top 10 countries with the highest total foreign tourist receipts are:**

      1. USA ($215 billion)

      2. Spain ($106.5 billion)

      3. UK ($82.5 billion)

      4. France ($77 billion)

      5. Italy ($58.7 billion)

      6. UAE ($57 billion)

      7. Turkey ($56.3 billion)

      8. Japan ($54.7 billion)

      9. Australia ($52 billion)

      10. Canada ($49.9 billion)

    3. Fluid-Decision6262 on

      By region

      **Americas:**

      1. USA ($215 billion)

      2. Canada ($49.9 billion)

      3. Mexico ($33 billion)

      4. Dominican Republic ($11 billion)

      5. Colombia ($8.7 billion)

      **Europe:**

      1. Spain ($106.5 billion)

      2. UK ($82.5 billion)

      3. France ($77 billion)

      4. Italy ($58.7 billion)

      5. Germany ($40.1 billion)

      **Asia-Pacific:**

      1. Japan ($54.7 billion)

      2. Australia ($52 billion)

      3. Thailand ($42.7 billion)

      4. China ($39.7 billion)

      5. India ($35 billion)

      **Middle East-North Africa:**

      1. UAE ($57 billion)

      2. Turkey ($56.3 billion)

      3. Saudi Arabia ($41 billion)

      4. Egypt ($15 billion)

      5. Morocco ($11.3 billion)

      **Sub-Saharan Africa:**

      1. South Africa ($6.4 billion)

      2. Tanzania ($3.9 billion)

      3. Uganda ($1.5 billion)

      4. Ethiopia ($1.2 billion)

      5. Ghana ($1.1 billion)

    5. patrdesch on

      This *needs* to be displayed as a percentage basis, not raw dollars, to communicate the actual relative value of tourism to each nation’s economy.

    7. Legitimate-Net6717 on

      Always wild to see how concentrated tourism money really is. A few countries pull in massive revenue while most are fighting for scraps. Makes you realize how dependent some economies are on global travel flows.

    9. HardTacoKit on

      So a list of large, first world countries. Cool. Data needs to be normalized. What percentage of countries GDP?

    10. Bspammer on

      Crazy that turkey is so high. I mean I’ve been there and loved it, but it definitely stands out as punching above its weight on this map

    12. Proud-Cartographer12 on

      Im not sure how this is calculated but its hard to believe being an Australian as our tourist numbers are so low compared to most of these other countries. Our currency is also weak against the USD. šŸ¤«

    13. AnomalyNexus on

      How is Spain making so much money?

      Tourism from Latam maybe? It seemed nice enough but didn’t really strike me as a major tourism draw

    14. PopavaliumAndropov on

      The only explanation I can think of for Turkey being so high on the list is that bald men have a lot of disposable income.