10 Most Visited Countries in the World in 2024

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2. Spain

Number of Arrivals: 83.7m

Spain was the the second most visited country globally in 2019 for the seventh consecutive year. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, tourist numbers drastically declined to 18.9 million. Spain’s tourism industry has demonstrated resilience, with consistent top rankings in the biannual Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index by the World Economic Forum, leading among 140 countries in 2019, 2017, and 2015.

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