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International tourist trips

What you should know about this indicator.

• 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.
• Note that before 2006, the US counted same-day trips from Canada only. After 2006, day trips from Mexico were also included.

Sources and processing

This data is based on the following sources, unwto – 145 key tourism statistics.

The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) 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).

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