Gesamteinnahmen aus internationalen Tourismuseinnahmen nach Ländern im Jahr 2024 (USD) [OC]

Source: [Mapped: Countries that Earn the Most from Tourism](https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/countries-that-earn-the-most-from-tourism/)

This metric is based on how much money each country makes from international tourism in a year, which is basically the total amount of how much foreign tourists spend in each country while there, ranging from accommodations, eating, shopping, transit, sightseeing, etc. hence why it yeilds a different list than the most visited countries board.

**The top 10 countries with the highest total foreign tourist receipts are:**

1. USA ($215 billion)

2. Spain ($106.5 billion)

3. UK ($82.5 billion)

4. France ($77 billion)

5. Italy ($58.7 billion)

6. UAE ($57 billion)

7. Turkey ($56.3 billion)

8. Japan ($54.7 billion)

9. Australia ($52 billion)

10. Canada ($49.9 billion)

By region

**Americas:**

1. USA ($215 billion)

2. Canada ($49.9 billion)

3. Mexico ($33 billion)

4. Dominican Republic ($11 billion)

5. Colombia ($8.7 billion)

**Europe:**

1. Spain ($106.5 billion)

2. UK ($82.5 billion)

3. France ($77 billion)

4. Italy ($58.7 billion)

5. Germany ($40.1 billion)

**Asia-Pacific:**

1. Japan ($54.7 billion)

2. Australia ($52 billion)

3. Thailand ($42.7 billion)

4. China ($39.7 billion)

5. India ($35 billion)

**Middle East-North Africa:**

1. UAE ($57 billion)

2. Turkey ($56.3 billion)

3. Saudi Arabia ($41 billion)

4. Egypt ($15 billion)

5. Morocco ($11.3 billion)

**Sub-Saharan Africa:**

1. South Africa ($6.4 billion)

2. Tanzania ($3.9 billion)

3. Uganda ($1.5 billion)

4. Ethiopia ($1.2 billion)

5. Ghana ($1.1 billion)

This *needs* to be displayed as a percentage basis, not raw dollars, to communicate the actual relative value of tourism to each nation’s economy.