Tourism has massively increased in recent decades. Aviation has opened up travel from domestic to international. The number of international visits has more than doubled since 2000.
Tourism can be important for both the travellers and the people in the countries they visit.
For visitors, travelling can increase their understanding of and appreciation for people in other countries and their cultures.
And in many countries, a lot of people rely on tourism for their income. In some, it is one of the largest industries.
But tourism also has externalities: it contributes to global carbon emissions, and can encroach on local environments and cultures.
On this page, you can find data and visualizations on the history and current state of tourism across the world.
Interactive charts on Tourism
International tourist arrivals by region
Air passengers carried
Air passengers per fatality
Fatal airliner accidents and hijacking incidents
Fatal airliner accidents per million commercial flights
Fatalities from airliner accidents and hijackings
GDP from tourism as a share of total GDP
International tourist arrivals
International tourist departures per 1000 people
International tourist departures per 1000 people vs. GDP per capita
International tourist departures vs. GDP per capita
Monitoring of the economic and environmental aspects of tourism
Monthly CO2 emissions from domestic and international flights
Monthly CO2 emissions from international and domestic flights
Number of aviation fatalities per million passengers
Per capita CO2 emissions from domestic flights
Per capita CO₂ emissions from aviation, tourism-adjusted
Per capita CO₂ emissions from international flights, tourism-adjusted
Per capita CO₂ emissions from international flights, tourism-adjusted
Ratio of inbound to outbound tourists