In 2023, the number of inbound tourist arrivals in Ecuador increased to nearly *** million. This represented an increase of roughly ** percent over the previous year.

Historical chart and dataset showing Ecuador tourist spending by year from 1995 to 2020.

Key information about Ecuador Visitor Arrivals

• Ecuador Visitor Arrivals recorded 1,423,432 person in Dec 2023, compared with 1,237,445 person in the previous year
• Ecuador Visitor Arrivals data is updated yearly, available from Dec 1997 to Dec 2023
• The data reached an all-time high of 2,252,263 person in Dec 2018 and a record low of 349,363 person in Dec 1998

The United States accounted for almost ** percent of the international tourism volume in Ecuador in 2023. Meanwhile, Columbia was the second most popular nationality among foreign visitors in the Latin American country that year.

Ecuador EC: International Tourism: Expenditures data was reported at 1.034 USD bn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 994.000 USD mn for 2015. Ecuador EC: International Tourism: Expenditures data is updated yearly, averaging 675.000 USD mn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.034 USD bn in 2016 and a record low of 313.000 USD mn in 1996. Ecuador EC: International Tourism: Expenditures data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ecuador – Table EC.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

In 2023, the United States was the top international destination for Ecuadorians, representing nearly ** percent of all outbound tourism. Colombia ranked second as the most popular destination for Ecuadorian travelers.

Ecuador EC: International Tourism: Receipts: for Travel Items data was reported at 1.443 USD bn in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.551 USD bn for 2015. Ecuador EC: International Tourism: Receipts: for Travel Items data is updated yearly, averaging 488.000 USD mn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.551 USD bn in 2015 and a record low of 255.000 USD mn in 1995. Ecuador EC: International Tourism: Receipts: for Travel Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ecuador – Table EC.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism receipts for travel items are expenditures by international inbound visitors in the reporting economy. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These receipts should include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

Ecuador is a country with a vast natural and cultural wealth, its diversity encompasses hundreds of thousands of species of flora and fauna. The Ecuadorian internal consumption of travel and tourism in 2019, which encompasses sector's revenues and government spending, increased during the past decade from 2.2 billion U.S. dollars in 2010 to nearly four billion dollars in 2019.

Ecuador EC: International Tourism: Expenditures: for Travel Items data was reported at 661.000 USD mn in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 639.000 USD mn for 2015. Ecuador EC: International Tourism: Expenditures: for Travel Items data is updated yearly, averaging 447.500 USD mn from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 661.000 USD mn in 2016 and a record low of 219.000 USD mn in 1996. Ecuador EC: International Tourism: Expenditures: for Travel Items data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ecuador – Table EC.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

Ecuador scored one point on the 2020 Gay Travel Index, placing it far from the safest countries for LGBT tourism, which accumulated up to 12 points. The Latin American nation is however also a great distance away from the most dangerous regions for LGBT tourists, whose scores go as low as -20. Ecuador was one of the few Latin American countries to receive the high score of three points for anti-discrimination legislation. The Gay Travel Index found five categories of concern in the nation including religious influence and HIV travel restrictions. In 2019, there were 47 thousand people among the Ecuadorian population living with HIV, up one thousand from the year prior.

Ecuador EC: International Tourism: Number of Departures data was reported at 1,551,000.000 Person in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,398,000.000 Person for 2015. Ecuador EC: International Tourism: Number of Departures data is updated yearly, averaging 698,500.000 Person from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,551,000.000 Person in 2016 and a record low of 271,000.000 Person in 1995. Ecuador EC: International Tourism: Number of Departures data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ecuador – Table EC.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International outbound tourists are the number of departures that people make from their country of usual residence to any other country for any purpose other than a remunerated activity in the country visited. The data on outbound tourists refer to the number of departures, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips from a country during a given period is counted each time as a new departure.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.; Gap-filled total;

Ecuador Tourist Arrival: Foreigner: Female: by Purpose of Travel: Tourism data was reported at 399,550.000 Person in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 332,897.000 Person for 2022. Ecuador Tourist Arrival: Foreigner: Female: by Purpose of Travel: Tourism data is updated yearly, averaging 365,434.000 Person from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2023, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 878,684.000 Person in 2018 and a record low of 115,989.000 Person in 2020. Ecuador Tourist Arrival: Foreigner: Female: by Purpose of Travel: Tourism data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics and Census. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ecuador – Table EC.Q005: Tourist Arrival: National Institute of Statistics and Census: by Purpose of Travel.

Ecuador Tourist Arrival: Foreigner: Male: by Purpose of Travel: Tourism data was reported at 463,461.000 Person in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 391,899.000 Person for 2022. Ecuador Tourist Arrival: Foreigner: Male: by Purpose of Travel: Tourism data is updated yearly, averaging 458,205.000 Person from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2023, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,049,776.000 Person in 2018 and a record low of 140,508.000 Person in 2020. Ecuador Tourist Arrival: Foreigner: Male: by Purpose of Travel: Tourism data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics and Census. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ecuador – Table EC.Q005: Tourist Arrival: National Institute of Statistics and Census: by Purpose of Travel.

In 2022, the United States was the most common country of origin among international tourists in Colombia. That year, over *** thousand visitors from the North American country traveled to Colombian territory. That same year, Venezuela was the country of origin of nearly *** thousand foreigner travelers in its neighboring country, while Ecuador accounted for another *** thousand tourists to that same destination.

Ecuador Tourist Arrival: Foreigner: by Purpose of Travel: Tourism data was reported at 863,161.000 Person in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 724,881.000 Person for 2022. Ecuador Tourist Arrival: Foreigner: by Purpose of Travel: Tourism data is updated yearly, averaging 823,639.000 Person from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2023, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,928,612.000 Person in 2018 and a record low of 256,514.000 Person in 2020. Ecuador Tourist Arrival: Foreigner: by Purpose of Travel: Tourism data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics and Census. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ecuador – Table EC.Q005: Tourist Arrival: National Institute of Statistics and Census: by Purpose of Travel.

Ecuador EC: International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data was reported at 5.427 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 4.160 % for 2015. Ecuador EC: International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data is updated yearly, averaging 5.281 % from Dec 1995 (Median) to 2016, with 22 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.148 % in 1999 and a record low of 3.281 % in 2014. Ecuador EC: International Tourism: Expenditures: % of Total Imports data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ecuador – Table EC.World Bank.WDI: Tourism Statistics. International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries, including payments to foreign carriers for international transport. These expenditures may include those by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include expenditures for passenger transport items. Their share in imports is calculated as a ratio to imports of goods and services, which comprise all transactions between residents of a country and the rest of the world involving a change of ownership from nonresidents to residents of general merchandise, goods sent for processing and repairs, nonmonetary gold, and services.; ; World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, and IMF and World Bank imports estimates.; Weighted average;

Ecuador Exports of travel goods, handbags, brief-cases, spectacle cases, similar containers to Denmark was US$10 during 2019, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Ecuador Exports of travel goods, handbags, brief-cases, spectacle cases, similar containers to Denmark - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

Ecuador Imports from Spain of Articles of leather, animal gut, harness, travel good was US$1.43 Million during 2024, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Ecuador Imports from Spain of Articles of leather, animal gut, harness, travel good - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.

Ecuador Tourist Arrival: Foreigner: Undefined: by Purpose of Travel: Tourism data was reported at 150.000 Person in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 85.000 Person for 2022. Ecuador Tourist Arrival: Foreigner: Undefined: by Purpose of Travel: Tourism data is updated yearly, averaging 99.000 Person from Dec 2016 (Median) to 2023, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 152.000 Person in 2018 and a record low of 8.000 Person in 2021. Ecuador Tourist Arrival: Foreigner: Undefined: by Purpose of Travel: Tourism data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics and Census. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ecuador – Table EC.Q005: Tourist Arrival: National Institute of Statistics and Census: by Purpose of Travel.

Ecuador Imports of travel goods, handbags, brief-cases, spectacle cases, similar containers from Jordan was US$7 during 2021, according to the United Nations COMTRADE database on international trade. Ecuador Imports of travel goods, handbags, brief-cases, spectacle cases, similar containers from Jordan - data, historical chart and statistics - was last updated on July of 2025.