Number of Arrivals
Paris has to be the most beautiful city in the world, as the statistics infer that France has the highest number of tourists in the world with around 89 million visits in 2018. Interestingly, France has secured the first spot for more than two decades. Paris being the second most visited cities in the world with 19.1 million as in 2019[1].
The Eiffel tower, Disneyland Paris, The Louvre and art, Palace Versailles The Kings Palace, The Tour de France, are some of the most famous attraction places in France. One among the main reasons can be the fact that France shares borders with 8 different countries.
Therefore the number of people travelling to Spain, Portugal, UK, who happen to stay for a night are also counted. Spain stands second in the list and gives a close match for France with 81.8 million as in 2019. The United States of America stands third with 76.9 million visits as in 2019. As of 2019, 1.5 Billion international Tourists Arrivals were recorded, globally[2].
Comparing the top 5 Countries, France has always had the highest number of visitors from 1996. But the share of visitors in France has decreased from 11% of the total number of Arrivals through 1995 to 2003, to 6% in 2018.
The second spot, however, varies between Spain and USA with a very small difference. But Spain is currently the country with the second highest number of arrivals.
As of 2018, France, Spain and USA each contribute 6% of the total Number of Arrivals in the world. France has a constant increase of Number of Arrivals from 1995 until the present.