France vs Spain: International one-day trips

France
92.90 million arrivals
in 2021
Spain
43.88 million arrivals
in 2024
France rank
1st
Spain rank
4th

International one-day trips over time

  • France
  • Spain
25.0M50.0M75.0M100.0M125.0M199520092024

How they compare

France currently reports 92.90 million arrivals against 43.88 million arrivals in Spain, a difference of 49.02 million arrivals.

That makes France's figure about 2.1 times Spain's.

Across all 20 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.

France ranks 1st and Spain ranks 4th of 136 countries.

France has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade France Spain Difference Ahead
1990s 88.41 million arrivals 21.96 million arrivals 66.45 million arrivals France
2000s 114.18 million arrivals 38.13 million arrivals 76.05 million arrivals France
2010s 119.79 million arrivals 41.56 million arrivals 78.23 million arrivals France
2020s 84.16 million arrivals 18.96 million arrivals 65.20 million arrivals France

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher international one-day trips, France or Spain?
France, at 92.90 million arrivals against 43.88 million arrivals in Spain as of 2021.
What is the difference in international one-day trips between France and Spain?
49.02 million arrivals, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Spain?
20 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2021.
How do France and Spain rank globally for international one-day trips?
France ranks 1st and Spain ranks 4th of 136 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as International one-day trips. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

France vs Spain: International one-day trips. Statizoid, drawing on UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 24 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/international-same-day-arrivals/france/spain/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/international-same-day-arrivals/france/spain/">France vs Spain: International one-day trips</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
International one-day trips
Unit
arrivals
Source
UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
136 places, 2,924 data points, 1995–2024
Last refreshed

Number of trips by visitors who arrive from abroad and depart within the same day.