In 2019, leisure or recreational travel comprised the largest share of international inbound tourism, accounting for 55 percent of all trips. In that year, business and professional travel consisted of 11 percent of global inbound tourism.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit the tourism industry hard, as governments implemented travel restrictions and stay-at-home measures to face the global health crisis. In the Netherlands, due to the pandemic, the number of inbound tourists from America fell sharply in 2020 over the previous year, declining from almost *** million to roughly *** thousand. Looking at the forecasts for 2021, a January 2021 study analyzed different scenarios. In the best-case scenario, assuming that intra-continental traveling will be possible from July on, American inbound tourists were forecast to reach *** thousand in 2021. In the worst-case scenario, with restrictions taking place until the end of 2021, the number of inbound tourists from America to the Netherlands was estimated to decrease to around ** thousand in 2021.

In 2022, the number of international visitors in Mexico who arrived by land amounted to around **** million, which was less than in the previous years. Before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, this number had gone up to roughly **** million.

The number of international tourists to the United States from 2017 to 2019 fluctuated across all modes of land transport. According to the data provided by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), ***** million inbound travelers visited the U.S. using road-based transportation in 2019.

Great Britain and the United States were the leading inbound tourism markets in Ireland in 2019. That year, the number of British tourists visiting the country reached around *** million, increasing by *** percent over 2018. In contrast, the number of U.S. travelers in Ireland dropped by *** percent over the same period. In 2019, Germany, France, and Spain followed on the ranking.

Following the sharp drop in inbound visits to the United Kingdom during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the volume of overseas visits continued to recover in 2024, reaching close to pre-pandemic levels. That year, there were over ** million overseas resident visits to the UK, while the figure for 2019 had been ***** million visits. In both years, the most common reason for making a trip to the UK had been for ********.

In 2021, Cuba recorded a strong decrease in the number of international arrivals from the four major world regions for the second consecutive year. For instance, the number of foreign visitor arrivals from the Americas in Cuba that year went down by ** percent versus the previous year. Meanwhile, European arrivals in the Caribbean country decreased by **** percent in the same period.

The monthly number of inbound tourist arrivals in Cuba between April and December of 2021 grew slightly when compared to the same interval in 2020, when the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic affected the tourism industry. However, the observed figures were still much lower than those of 2019.

Belize has registered the highest volume of international tourism relative to its population among all Central American countries in the past years. In 2021, the ratio for Belize was approximately *** inbound visitor per inhabitant. In the second place was Costa Rica, with one inbound traveler per three residents. Except in Nicaragua, the inbound tourism intensity in all listed countries was higher than in 2020.

Both in 2019 and 2023, Germany was the leading inbound travel market in France based on the share of tourist arrivals. In 2023, German travelers alone accounted for ** percent of all tourist arrivals in France. That year, the United Kingdom and Belgium followed in the ranking, representing ** percent and ** percent of international arrivals, respectively.

In 2024, the United States was the leading inbound travel market for the United Kingdom based on the number of visits. That year, the UK reported approximately 5.59 million inbound trips from the U.S., surpassing the figures recorded in the previous five years. In total, the number of inbound visits in the UK reach nearly 40 million in 2024.

The statistic illustrates the inbound tourism of visitors from Norway to the Netherlands from 2013 to 2019. Between 2018 and 2019 there was an increase of ***** Norwegian visitors traveling to the Netherlands.

In 2024, the United Kingdom was the leading inbound travel market in Berlin based on the number of arrivals. That year, tourist arrivals from the UK reached around *******. While this figure increased by **** percent over the previous year, it did not recover yet from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, the United States ranked second in 2024, with roughly ******* arrivals.

In 2019, over ** percent of non-resident tourists in Chile arrived to the South American country for holiday purposes. Visiting relatives or friends was the second most popular reason among non-resident tourists in Chile in 2019. In the past years, the majority of inbound tourists in the country arrived by land.

Italy registered nearly ** million international business travel arrivals in 2019, according to data published by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). In that same year, France reported over ** million inbound business traveler arrivals, while the United States' corporate travel tourism volume amounted to ***** million tourist arrivals.

This statistic shows the total number of overseas visits made to the United Kingdom (UK) in 2019, by method of transport. Air travel was the preferred method of getting to the UK, with over ********** international visitors choosing to fly. In total, around **** million inbound tourist visits were recorded in the UK in 2019.

In December 2024, the number of inbound travelers to Japan increased by **** percent, compared to figures from the same period in 2019. Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, entry restrictions and travel bans resulted in a sharp decline in tourism. Inbound tourism fully recovered by the end of 2023 and set records in 2024.

According to data from the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), the annual number of inbound tourist arrivals who did not travel by package tours in Thailand amounted to approximately **** thousand in 2019. The number of inbound tourists had gradually increased throughout the years.

Between 2012 and 2019, the number of inbound tourist visits to Ireland increased remarkably. In 2019, the number of visits from inbound travelers peaked at approximately ***** million, rising slightly over the previous year.

In 2024, Germany was the leading European inbound travel market in Italy based on the number of tourists. That year, the number of inbound German travelers reached **** million, staying stable over the previous year and remaining below the peak reported in 2019. France ranked second in 2024, with **** million arrivals.