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Average length of stay of international visitors by country

Average number of days tourists stay in hotels and similar accommodation establishments.

Countries reporting
147
Highest
23 days
Madagascar
Lowest
0.6 days
Mali
Median
3 days
Years covered
30
1995–2024
Data points
2,911

What the numbers show

Average length of stay of international visitors is currently reported for 147 countries. The highest value is 23 days in Madagascar; the lowest is 0.6 days in Mali.

The median across all reporting countries is 3 days, and the mean is 4.76 days.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 38.

Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Madagascar (up 475.0%), and the largest decrease in Niger (down 77.0%).

Average length of stay of international visitors: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Madagascar 23 days 2021 up 475.0% volatile
2 Papua New Guinea 21.3 days 2015 up 21.0% rising
3 French Polynesia 17.1 days 2022 up 46.2% rising
4 Ghana 14 days 2022 up 16.7% rising
4 Solomon Islands 14 days 2008 — falling
6 Costa Rica 13.55 days 2022 up 16.8% rising
7 Nepal 13.1 days 2022 up 7.7% rising
8 Kenya 13 days 2017 up 7.4% rising
9 Tanzania 12 days 2007 up 60.0% rising
10 Armenia 11 days 2022 up 10.0% rising
11 Malawi 10.8 days 2018 up 28.6% rising
12 Dominica 10.29 days 2022 up 20.9% rising
13 Seychelles 9.9 days 2022 down 2.9% falling
14 Dominican Republic 9.55 days 2021 up 7.2% falling
15 Curacao 9.5 days 2022 up 8.0% rising
16 Sri Lanka 9.3 days 2022 down 7.0% rising
17 Grenada 9.27 days 2022 up 1.5% rising
18 Vanuatu 9.2 days 2007 up 24.3% rising
19 Reunion 9 days 2019 up 36.4% rising
20 Saint Lucia 8.9 days 2022 up 2.3% falling
21 South Africa 8.7 days 2013 down 9.4% falling
22 El Salvador 8.5 days 2022 up 41.7% rising
22 Niue 8.5 days 2010 up 21.4% rising
24 Uganda 8.3 days 2019 up 38.3% rising
25 Maldives 8 days 2022 up 19.4% falling
25 Panama 8 days 2022 up 207.7% volatile
25 Sudan 8 days 2011 unchanged flat
25 Turkmenistan 8 days 2007 up 60.0% rising
30 Saudi Arabia 7.69 days 2024 up 92.2% rising
31 Venezuela 7.55 days 2017 down 61.1% rising
32 Bhutan 7.5 days 2011 up 7.1% flat
33 Barbados 7.4 days 2007 up 12.1% rising
34 Vietnam 7.02 days 2019 down 8.8% volatile
35 Comoros 7 days 2021 unchanged flat
35 Gambia 7 days 2009 down 45.1% falling
35 Kiribati 7 days 2001 down 63.2% falling
35 Nigeria 7 days 2022 up 40.0% falling
35 Sierra Leone 7 days 2021 unchanged rising
40 British Virgin Islands 6.7 days 2015 down 25.6% falling
41 Belize 6.26 days 2020 down 14.5% falling
42 Cayman Islands 6.1 days 2020 down 2.4% rising
43 Jamaica 6.05 days 2022 down 11.0% falling
44 Palau 6 days 2004 — falling
45 Brunei 5.8 days 2021 up 163.6% rising
46 Benin 5.51 days 2020 up 10.2% rising
47 United Kingdom 5.46 days 2022 up 152.6% rising
48 Philippines 5.05 days 2022 up 103.6% volatile
49 Singapore 5.04 days 2022 up 42.4% volatile
50 Lesotho 5 days 2014 down 30.6% rising
51 Bermuda 4.9 days 2012 down 24.6% falling
52 Bahamas 4.88 days 2004 up 3.4% flat
53 Cyprus 4.82 days 2024 down 16.6% falling
54 Cape Verde 4.8 days 2022 down 20.0% rising
55 Tunisia 4.7 days 2022 down 25.4% falling
56 Uruguay 4.47 days 2019 down 17.2% falling
58 United States Virgin Islands 4.4 days 2010 down 2.2% falling
59 Greece 4.22 days 2022 down 3.0% flat
60 Oman 4.22 days 2024 — volatile
61 United Arab Emirates 4 days 2021 up 23.5% rising
61 Democratic Republic of Congo 4 days 2011 down 42.9% falling
61 Georgia 4 days 2016 down 42.9% falling
61 Myanmar 4 days 2008 unchanged rising
65 Zambia 3.8 days 2019 down 24.0% falling
66 Montenegro 3.59 days 2024 — flat
67 Paraguay 3.5 days 2022 unchanged rising
67 Senegal 3.5 days 2007 down 12.5% falling
69 Spain 3.27 days 2024 down 2.7% falling
70 Croatia 3.27 days 2024 down 10.0% falling
71 Bulgaria 3.17 days 2022 down 14.6% falling
72 Italy 3.1 days 2024 up 2.4% falling
73 Australia 3.09 days 2022 up 34.5% volatile
74 Lebanon 3.07 days 2022 up 9.3% rising
74 Qatar 3.07 days 2022 down 12.5% rising
76 Cuba 3 days 1999 — flat
76 Ethiopia 3 days 2003 down 31.8% falling
76 Chad 3 days 2005 up 50.0% rising
76 Zimbabwe 3 days 2022 unchanged falling
81 Andorra 2.93 days 2022 down 1.3% rising
82 Eritrea 2.9 days 2016 down 3.3% rising
82 Nicaragua 2.9 days 2022 up 52.6% falling
84 New Caledonia 2.8 days 2014 down 37.8% falling
85 Austria 2.79 days 2024 down 20.7% falling
86 Morocco 2.74 days 2022 down 8.7% falling
87 China 2.71 days 2013 up 1.9% rising
88 Portugal 2.6 days 2024 down 10.6% falling
89 Puerto Rico 2.6 days 2020 down 1.9% flat
90 Turkey 2.56 days 2022 down 23.6% falling
91 Congo 2.55 days 2018 down 15.0% falling
92 Monaco 2.52 days 2022 down 8.0% falling
93 Poland 2.51 days 2024 down 5.4% falling
94 French Guiana 2.5 days 2019 unchanged falling
95 Syria 2.44 days 2021 down 18.7% rising
96 Romania 2.44 days 2024 up 0.3% falling
97 Argentina 2.43 days 2024 up 1.2% rising
98 Bahrain 2.42 days 2024 up 64.9% rising
99 Slovakia 2.38 days 2024 down 18.1% falling
100 Slovenia 2.37 days 2024 down 9.4% falling
101 Israel 2.35 days 2022 down 13.6% falling
102 Albania 2.33 days 2024 down 4.0% flat
103 Czechia 2.33 days 2024 down 7.6% falling
104 Hungary 2.29 days 2024 down 9.7% falling
105 Palestine 2.27 days 2024 down 10.0% falling
106 Thailand 2.26 days 2019 up 22.8% flat
107 Serbia 2.26 days 2024 down 18.7% falling
108 Uzbekistan 2.21 days 2019 down 23.8% rising
109 Belarus 2.16 days 2024 down 15.0% falling
110 Burkina Faso 2.15 days 2024 up 3.5% falling
111 Canada 2.12 days 2024 — falling
112 Lithuania 2.11 days 2024 up 9.3% falling
113 Germany 2.09 days 2024 down 1.5% flat
114 Chile 2.06 days 2022 up 8.4% falling
115 Iran 2.04 days 2003 down 21.5% falling
116 Moldova 2.04 days 2024 down 24.0% falling
117 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.02 days 2024 — falling
118 Bolivia 2.02 days 2004 down 27.9% falling
119 Burundi 2 days 2006 up 61.3% rising
119 Cote d'Ivoire 2 days 2021 down 33.3% falling
119 Mozambique 2 days 2021 down 4.8% falling
122 Switzerland 1.99 days 2024 down 5.0% falling
123 Namibia 1.94 days 2006 up 7.8% rising
124 New Zealand 1.9 days 2018 unchanged falling
125 Netherlands 1.88 days 2022 up 8.7% falling
127 San Marino 1.87 days 2021 down 2.6% rising
128 Algeria 1.86 days 2024 up 10.3% falling
129 Denmark 1.86 days 2024 — flat
131 Macao 1.85 days 2022 up 32.1% rising
132 Niger 1.84 days 2020 down 77.0% volatile
133 Central African Republic 1.82 days 2021 down 14.6% falling
134 Cameroon 1.81 days 2021 up 31.2% rising
135 Botswana 1.8 days 2018 down 30.8% volatile
136 Finland 1.8 days 2024 up 2.6% falling
137 Belgium 1.79 days 2024 — flat
138 Latvia 1.75 days 2024 down 7.4% falling
139 Estonia 1.73 days 2022 down 8.9% flat
140 Norway 1.68 days 2024 up 4.3% flat
141 Sweden 1.67 days 2024 down 1.1% flat
142 Iceland 1.65 days 2021 down 5.2% falling
143 Indonesia 1.64 days 2022 down 15.0% falling
144 Azerbaijan 1.59 days 2022 down 39.5% falling
145 Eswatini 1.48 days 2022 up 16.5% rising
146 Japan 1.42 days 2024 up 6.5% rising
147 Kazakhstan 1.34 days 2024 — falling
148 Togo 1.3 days 2019 down 42.5% falling
149 Peru 1.29 days 2022 down 5.1% flat
150 Pakistan 1.27 days 2005 up 7.6% rising
151 Kuwait 1.15 days 2023 — falling
152 Mali 0.6 days 2012 down 70.0% falling

About this data

Indicator
Average length of stay of international visitors
Unit
days
Source
UN Tourism (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
152 places, 2,911 data points, 1995–2024
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Average number of days tourists stay in hotels and similar accommodation establishments.