{"id": 1146092, "name": "International tourist arrivals by region of origin", "unit": "arrivals", "createdAt": "2026-02-05T14:43:38.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-04-11T08:56:51.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "1995-2024", "datasetId": 7346, "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "inbound_tourism_by_region", "catalogPath": "grapher/tourism/2026-01-21/unwto/unwto#inbound_tourism_by_region", "descriptionShort": "Global number of arrivals by people travelling from abroad and staying overnight, broken down by the region where visitors reside. Data for the latest years is preliminary because not all countries have reported arrivals by region of origin yet.", "descriptionProcessing": "We calculate this indicator by summing the arrivals from each UNWTO region across all destination countries for each year. Because each destination country reports arrivals from each region separately, a tourist who visits multiple countries on a single trip is counted once for each country visited.", "type": "int", "grapherConfigIdETL": "019d7bc2-1bfe-716d-9c0c-8155eef1eaee", "dataChecksum": "13984831211396397014", "metadataChecksum": "4152496690979690242", "datasetName": "UN Tourism Statistics Database", "updatePeriodDays": 365, "datasetVersion": "2026-01-21", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"unit": "arrivals", "tolerance": 2, "numDecimalPlaces": 0}, "schemaVersion": 2, "presentation": {"topicTagsLinks": ["Tourism"]}, "descriptionKey": ["Each trip by the same person is counted separately.", "When an individual visits a country multiple times within a year, each visit is counted as a separate arrival.", "Similarly, if a person travels to multiple countries during a single trip, their arrival in each country is recorded individually.", "As a result, the number of arrivals does not necessarily reflect the number of individuals traveling, as one person can generate multiple arrivals.", "The country linked to the departure should correspond to the visitor's country of residence.", "However, some countries deviate from UN Tourism recommendations and classify their nationals residing abroad as a distinct category, rather than as residents of those countries."], "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 1995}, {"id": 1996}, {"id": 1997}, {"id": 1998}, {"id": 1999}, {"id": 2000}, {"id": 2001}, {"id": 2002}, {"id": 2003}, {"id": 2004}, {"id": 2005}, {"id": 2006}, {"id": 2007}, {"id": 2008}, {"id": 2009}, {"id": 2010}, {"id": 2011}, {"id": 2012}, {"id": 2013}, {"id": 2014}, {"id": 2015}, {"id": 2016}, {"id": 2017}, {"id": 2018}, {"id": 2019}, {"id": 2020}, {"id": 2021}, {"id": 2022}, {"id": 2023}, {"id": 2024}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 370179, "name": "Africa (UNWTO)", "code": null}, {"id": 370186, "name": "Americas (UNWTO)", "code": null}, {"id": 370185, "name": "East Asia and the Pacific (UNWTO)", "code": null}, {"id": 370180, "name": "Europe (UNWTO)", "code": null}, {"id": 370182, "name": "Middle East (UNWTO)", "code": null}, {"id": 370181, "name": "South Asia (UNWTO)", "code": null}]}}, "origins": [{"id": 12453, "title": "UN Tourism Statistics Database", "description": "UN World Tourism Organization collects data from countries through annual questionnaires that follow the International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics (IRTS 2008) standard, a framework approved by the United Nations. The data covers various aspects of tourism, such as inbound tourism (including arrivals by region, main purpose, and mode of transport, as well as accommodation and tourism expenditure in the country), domestic tourism (including trips and accommodation), outbound tourism (including departures and tourism expenditure in other countries), tourism industries (such as accommodation in hotels and similar establishments), and employment (including the number of employees in tourism industries).", "producer": "UN Tourism", "citationFull": "\"World Tourism Organization (2025). UN Tourism Statistics Database, Madrid. Data updated on 23 December 2025. More information: https://www.untourism.int/tourism-statistics/tourism-statistics-database\"", "urlMain": "https://www.untourism.int/tourism-statistics/tourism-statistics-database", "urlDownload": "https://pre-webunwto.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2025-12/UN_Tourism_bulk_data_download_12_2025.zip", "dateAccessed": "2026-01-21", "datePublished": "2025-12-29", "license": {"url": "https://www.unwto.org/copyright", "name": "\u00a9 UNWTO, 92844/14/23"}}]}