China was the country with the highest outbound tourism expenditure worldwide in 2023, with Chinese travelers spending 196.5 billion U.S. dollars on outbound trips that year. While this figure represented a sharp annual increase, it remained below the outbound travel expenditure recorded in 2019, the year before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, the United States and Germany followed in the ranking in 2023.
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Both before and after the impact of the pandemic, Europe was theĀ global region with the highest number of international tourist arrivals. In 2023, the number of inbound arrivals in Europe surpassed 700 million. Comparatively, Asia and the Pacific, which recorded the second-highest figure that year, reported around 240 million inbound tourist arrivals.
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countries are ranked based on the highest tourism expenditure in 2023
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World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism). (June 4, 2024). Countries with the highest outbound tourism expenditure worldwide from 2019 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/273127/countries-with-the-highest-expenditure-in-international-tourism/
World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism). "Countries with the highest outbound tourism expenditure worldwide from 2019 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. June 4, 2024. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/273127/countries-with-the-highest-expenditure-in-international-tourism/
World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism). (2024). Countries with the highest outbound tourism expenditure worldwide from 2019 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/273127/countries-with-the-highest-expenditure-in-international-tourism/
World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism). "Countries with The Highest Outbound Tourism Expenditure Worldwide from 2019 to 2023 (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/273127/countries-with-the-highest-expenditure-in-international-tourism/
World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism), Countries with the highest outbound tourism expenditure worldwide from 2019 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/273127/countries-with-the-highest-expenditure-in-international-tourism/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Countries with the highest outbound tourism expenditure worldwide from 2019 to 2023 (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], World Tourism Organization (UN Tourism), June 4, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/273127/countries-with-the-highest-expenditure-in-international-tourism/