International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) - Country Ranking - Asia
Definition: International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
Source: World Tourism Organization, Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files.
See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 130,504,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 2 | Korea | 16,157,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 3 | India | 12,574,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 4 | Russia | 9,140,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 5 | Iran | 8,695,000,000.00 | 2018 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 8,533,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 7 | Singapore | 6,828,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 8 | Qatar | 6,742,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 9 | Kuwait | 6,696,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 10 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 5,520,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 11 | Japan | 5,448,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 12 | Malaysia | 4,820,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 13 | Philippines | 4,568,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 14 | Iraq | 4,172,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 15 | Thailand | 2,865,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 16 | Israel | 1,804,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 17 | Bahrain | 1,720,000,000.00 | 2019 |
| 18 | Lebanon | 1,671,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 19 | Indonesia | 1,653,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 20 | Turkey | 1,040,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 21 | Oman | 1,036,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 888,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 23 | Pakistan | 848,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 24 | Macao SAR, China | 845,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 25 | Kazakhstan | 826,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 26 | Syrian Arab Republic | 774,000,000.00 | 2011 |
| 27 | Mongolia | 550,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 28 | Sri Lanka | 449,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 29 | Azerbaijan | 412,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 30 | Bangladesh | 394,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 31 | Jordan | 381,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 32 | Armenia | 307,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 33 | Nepal | 263,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 34 | Lao PDR | 251,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 35 | Myanmar | 186,000,000.00 | 2019 |
| 36 | Georgia | 180,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 37 | Cambodia | 169,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 38 | Turkmenistan | 125,000,000.00 | 1997 |
| 39 | Brunei | 97,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 40 | Kyrgyz Republic | 89,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 41 | Timor-Leste | 54,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 42 | Bhutan | 50,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 43 | Yemen | 49,000,000.00 | 2016 |
| 44 | Afghanistan | 30,000,000.00 | 2020 |
| 45 | Tajikistan | 3,500,000.00 | 2020 |
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Aggregation method: Gap-filled total
Periodicity: Annual
