Where Is International Travel Growing? Arrivals by Region and Destination, US Inbound and Outbound Travel, Seasonality and Travel Costs from UN Tourism, National Statistics, NTTO, Eurostat and BEA Data, 2000–2026

International tourism passed its 2019 level in 2025, but the recovery was unevenly distributed. We combine UN Tourism aggregates with national arrival statistics for Spain, Japan, the United States, Türkiye, Thailand and Mexico, Eurostat accommodation data, National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) inbound and outbound counts, and Bureau of Economic Analysis spending data. World arrivals reached 1,544 million in 2025, 4.4% above 2019, but grew only 0.4% in the first half of 2026, when Middle East arrivals fell 22%. Relative to 2019, Spain received 15.9% more international tourists (96,803,894) and Japan 33.9% more (42,683,600), while the United States received 14.0% fewer visitors (68,287,793), with Canadian visits down 22.7% and Japanese and Chinese visits down 47.6% and 44.8%. Chinese arrivals rose 30.3% in Japan and fell 33.6% in Thailand in 2025. Foreign guest arrivals at EU accommodation were 14.1% above 2019. US citizens made 109,261,808 trips abroad in 2025, 10.1% more than in 2019, and overseas trips rose 25.3%. Seasonal concentration ranged from a peak-to-low ratio of 46.46 for foreign guest nights in Greece to 1.59 for overseas visitors to the US. US residents' spending on foreign travel reached USD 287.306 billion in 2025, 60.1% above 2019 in current dollars, or USD 840 per resident. The US government's foreign per diem averaged USD 446.1 a day across 47 cities. All inputs are public.