Persons participating in tourism for personal purposes by activity status by country

Countries reporting
31
Highest
27.35 million Number
France
Lowest
5,589 Number
Luxembourg
Median
1.38 million Number
Years covered
13
2012–2024
Data points
389

What the numbers show

Persons participating in tourism for personal purposes by activity status is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 27.35 million Number in France; the lowest is 5,589 Number in Luxembourg.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.38 million Number, and the mean is 4.27 million Number.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4,893.

Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Luxembourg (up 111.7%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 54.3%).

Persons participating in tourism for personal purposes by activity sta: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 France 27.35 million Number 2024 up 9.6% rising
2 Spain 17.89 million Number 2024 up 10.5% rising
3 Germany 13.52 million Number 2024 down 15.9% falling
4 United Kingdom 13.45 million Number 2017 up 2.5% flat
5 Poland 13.28 million Number 2024 up 11.6% rising
6 Italy 13.13 million Number 2024 up 3.9% falling
7 Romania 4.63 million Number 2024 up 17.9% flat
8 Greece 3.42 million Number 2024 up 11.6% rising
9 Portugal 2.76 million Number 2024 up 5.4% rising
10 Czechia 2.66 million Number 2024 down 30.2% falling
11 Hungary 2.65 million Number 2024 down 7.9% flat
12 Netherlands 2.44 million Number 2024 down 26.3% flat
13 Sweden 2.08 million Number 2024 down 2.0% rising
14 Finland 1.56 million Number 2024 up 7.3% rising
15 Denmark 1.40 million Number 2024 up 31.0% rising
16 Bulgaria 1.38 million Number 2024 down 3.4% rising
17 Slovak Republic 1.22 million Number 2024 up 1.4% rising
18 Austria 1.14 million Number 2024 down 15.7% rising
19 Croatia 980,688 Number 2024 down 10.2% flat
20 Albania 919,086 Number 2022 up 8.2% flat
21 Norway 910,500 Number 2024 up 54.0% volatile
22 Lithuania 836,961 Number 2024 up 20.1% rising
23 Belgium 774,966 Number 2024 up 75.8% rising
24 Switzerland 542,538 Number 2024 down 16.5% rising
25 Ireland 496,593 Number 2024 down 28.7% rising
26 Latvia 343,003 Number 2024 down 13.0% falling
27 Slovenia 199,577 Number 2024 down 14.2% rising
28 Cyprus 164,590 Number 2024 up 3.0% flat
29 Estonia 128,789 Number 2024 down 54.3% falling
30 Malta 44,175 Number 2024 down 23.9% falling
31 Luxembourg 5,589 Number 2022 up 111.7% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Persons participating in tourism for personal purposes by activity status
Unit
Number
Source
Eurostat
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Eurostat)
Coverage
32 places, 389 data points, 2012–2024
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