Italy vs Spain: Arrivals of tourists from abroad

Italy
57.73 million arrivals
in 2024
Spain
93.76 million arrivals
in 2024
Italy rank
3rd
Spain rank
1st

Arrivals of tourists from abroad over time

  • Italy
  • Spain
20.0M40.0M60.0M80.0M100.0M199520092024

How they compare

Spain currently reports 93.76 million arrivals against 57.73 million arrivals in Italy, a difference of 36.03 million arrivals.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.6 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1995 it was Spain ahead.

Italy ranks 3rd and Spain ranks 1st of 203 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Arrivals of tourists from abroad
Unit
arrivals
Source
UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
203 places, 5,187 data points, 1995–2024
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Number of trips by visitors who arrive from abroad and stay overnight.