Tourism Industry Data Brief

Last updated: 21 June 2021

Arrivals to the EU

Arrivals to Finland

Arrivals to Hawaii

Arrivals to Switzerland

EU Nights Spent

Global RPK

13.3

317.5

484.1

944.0

33.7

-65.4 +28.9pp-37.9%

mln in Mar 2021

+386.5%thousands in Apr 2021

+10,505.8%

thousands in Apr 2021

Year-over-year growth rate |+1,650.7%

thousands in Apr 2021

-42.7%

mln in Mar 2021

% YoY in Apr 2021

Link to a resource | Source name | Data frequency (annual, monthly) | Available time period

Key Tourism PublicationsForeign Trade in Travel & Tourism

Tourism Data

Exports & Imports| UNCTAD | A | 2005-2020

Trade in Services| OECD | A | 1972-2020| WTTC | A | 1995-2029

Business and leisure spending, outbound and domestic expenditures contribution to GDP.

Tourism Database| WTO | A,Q,M | 1995-2020

Arrivals of visitors, international tourism expenditure and receipts.

Travel services exports and imports for 199 countries worldwide.

Exports and imports of travel services by partner country and category for 40 countries.

Global Travel & Tourism Industry Statistics

The economic impact of the tourism industry including the direct and total GDP
impacts, employment, investment, and exports.

Merchandise Trade| UNSD | A | 2000-2019

International Trade| Eurostat | A | 2010-2019

Exports and imports of travel services by partner country and category for 198 countries.
Travel services export and import by partner country and category for 37 EU countries.

Tourist Flow
Arrivals by Country

European Tourism Data

| Eurostat | A | 1990-2019

Arrivals at tourist accommodation establishments of the EU by country of residence.

Arrivals| Eurostat | M | 1990-2021

Domestic Tourism| OECD | A | 2008-2020

Arrivals of residents and non-residents at tourist accommodation establishments.

Outbound Tourism| OECD | A | 2008-2020

Employed persons in tourism sector by sex, work time, and activity.

Domestic trips, nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments in 50 countries.
International departures by top destinations for 52 countries.

Employment| Eurostat | Q | 2008-2020

Expenditure| Eurostat | A | 2012-2016

Occupancy| Eurostat | M | 1990-2021

Inbound Tourism| OECD | A | 2008-2020

Average expenditure per night by category made by a visitor during his/her trip.

Destination Cities| MasterCard | A | 2011-2018

Net occupancy rate of bed places and bedrooms in hotels and similar accommodation.

International arrivals by top markets, nights spent in accommodation establishments.
100 cities worldwide ranked by overnight international visits and visitor spending.

| Eurostat | M | 1990-2021

Nights spent by residents and non-residents at tourist accommodation establishments.

World's Most Visited Cities

City-level data from the Global Destination Cities Index by MasterCard on thenumber of overnight international visitors and their spending.

Number of Trips| Eurostat | A | 1994-2019

Number of all, business, and personal trips by duration and partner.

Participation| Eurostat | A | 1994-2019

Number and percentage of population participating in tourism for personal purposes.

Tourism Performance
Tourism CompetitivenessNights Spent

Inner-city Mobility in EU| GoEuro | A | 2019

Cost of transportation in European cities and countries.

| WEF | A | 2011-2020

Travel & tourism competitiveness index and its sub-indices in 150 countries worldwide.

Country Brand ReportCountries Specific Tourism Data

| BC | A | 2015-2019

Country brand ranking in tourism for 209 countries around the world.

US Impact of Travel

Country Brand Report| USTA | A | 2000-2019

Impact of travel on states’ economies by means of expenditures, employment, and taxes.

Bloom Consulting publishes the Country Brand Ranking for both trade andtourism to analyze the brand performance of 192 countries worldwide.

Hawaii Visitors| DBEDT | A,M | 2007-2021

Hawaii visitors by accommodation, purpose, country of origin, and destination.

India| MOSPI | A,Q,M | 1981-2020

Finland| SF | M | 1995-2021

Egypt| CAPMSE | A | 2000-2019

International Mobility

Arrivals to India by country of origin, mode of travel, gender, visa type, airport.

Expat Insider

Arrivals and nights spent by country of origin and region of destination.

| IN | A | 2021

The top destinations for sustainable expats by energy supply, air quality, etc.

Passport Index| PI | A | 2015-2021

Total arrivals, nights spent, number of tourists by region or origin and arrival method.

Welcoming countries score, visa free score of passports of 199 countries globally.

Air Passenger Dataset| IATA | All | 2012-2021| Eurostat | A,Q,M | 1993-2021

Malaysia| DOSM | A,Q,M | 1998-2020

Tourist arrivals, receipts, hotel and room supply, hotel foreign guests.

Number of passengers and flights between the EU airports and partner countries.

The Most Welcoming Countries| DSSSL | A | 2010-2019

Tourist arrivals, tourist receipts, number of tourist establishments.

Revenue passenger kilometers, passenger load factor, available seat kilometers.

Air Transport

Sri LankaTurkey| KTB | A,M | 2003-2021

Number of incoming and outgoing visitors, average expenditure, tourism revenue in GDP.

The list of most and least welcoming countries globally based on the ranking ofpassports of 198 countries around the world.

Indonesia| BPS-ID | A,M | 2000-2021

Room occupancy rate, average length of stay in classified and non-classified hotels.

UK Overseas Travel| ONS | A,Q,M | 1980-2020

Estimates of completed international visits to and from the UK.

Bahamas| DSB | A,Q,M | 1971-2021

Foreign arrivals to the country by means of transportation and region of arrival.

Sources referenced and acronyms used:
BC– Bloom Consulting, BPS-ID - Statistics Indonesia, CAPMSE – Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics of Egypt, DBEDT – Department of Business, Economic Development &Tourism, State of Hawaii, DOSM - Department of Statistics, Malaysia, DSB - Department of Statistics of Bahamas, DSSSL – Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka, Eurostat, GoEuro,IATA – International Air Transport Association, IN – InterNations, KTB - Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Republic of Turkey, MasterCard, MOSPI – Ministry of Statistics and Programme
Implementation, Government of India, OECD – Organization for Economic Co–operation and Development, ONS - Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom, PI – Passport Index, RPK –revenue passenger kilometers, SF – Statistics Finland, UNCTAD – United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, UNSD – United Nations Statistics Division, USTA – U.S. Travel
Association, WEF – World Economic Forum, WTO – World Tourism Organization, WTTC– World Travel and Tourism Council.
Domestic tourism – visits within a country by residents of that country. Inbound tourism – visits to a country by not residents of that country. Outbound tourism – visits by residents of acountry outside that country.