Tourism Statistics Database

Tourism Statistics Database

Methodological Notes

Detailed information on the metadata, country notes and methodologies used in the compilation of these data can be found in the Methodological Notes

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Publications on tourism statistics

UN Tourism's flagship annual publications in the field of tourism statistics are the Compendium of Tourism Statistics and the Yearbook of Tourism Statistics. 

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UN Tourism systematically collects tourism statistics from countries and territories around the world in an extensive database that provides the most comprehensive repository of statistical information available on the tourism sector. 

Data are collected from countries by UN Tourism through a series of yearly questionnaires that are in line with the International Recommendations for Tourism Statistics (IRTS 2008) standard led by UN Tourism and approved by the United Nations.

The latest update took place in 31 January 2024.
 

Domestic

Which comprises the activities of a resident visitor within the country of reference either as part of a domestic tourism trip or part of an outbound tourism trip

Domestic
Inbound

Which comprises the activities of a non-resident visitor within the country of reference on an inbound tourism trip

Inbound
Outbound

Which comprises the activities of a resident visitor outside the country of reference, either as part of an outbound tourism trip or
as part of a domestic tourism trip

Outbound
Accommodation

As far as overnight tourism is concerned, accommodation statistics are an important statistical source of information on domestic and inbound visitors.

Accommodation
Macroeconomic

The Tourism Satellite Account approach by which tourism statistics are linked within the mainstream of macroeconomic analysis is introduced

Macroeconomic
Employment

Employment is a crucial aspect of the analysis of the importance of tourism for a national economy

Employment
SDGs

Data on the economic contribution of tourism and the implementation of relevant standards, such as the Tourism Satellite Account (TSA) and the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA).

SDGs

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UN Standards for Measuring Tourism

System of Tourism Statistics is embedded in the National Statistical System, providing of reliable, consistent and appropriate statistical information on the socio-economic aspects related to tourism, integrated within the economic and social statistics related to other fields

Capacity Building & Events

UN Tourism’s Statistics, Standards and Data Department has coordinated important developments relating to the conceptualization of tourism and its measurement, progressively building consensus amongst the international statistical community

UN Tourism Committee on Statistics

The United Nations recognizes UN Tourism as the appropriate organization to collect, to analyze, to publish, to standardize and to improve the statistics of tourism, and to promote the integration of these statistics within the sphere of the United Nations system