Greece in 13th place globally in arrivals for 2018, World Tourism Organisation reports

France had top spot with 93.2 million tourists (+7.2% compared to 2017), followed by Spain (82.8 million, +1.2%), the United States (82.2 million, +6.7%), China (62.9 million, +3.6% ) and Italy (62.1 million, +6.5%).

Greece is reported to have had 30.1 million tourists last year, up 10.8% compared to 2017 (the Bank of Greece data). Turkey, with 45.8 million arrivals and almost 22% in 2017, occupies the 6th place in the world.
In 2018, the World Tourism Organization recorded 1.4 trillion arrivals worldwide (+5.6% more than 2017). More than 60% of the world’s tourist traffic is directed to 20 countries.

The largest increase in tourist flows in 2018 was recorded in Tajikistan (+190%, 1.2 million arrivals, from 431,000 in 2017), mainly due to the opening of the border with Uzbekistan, followed by Ecuador by 51%, and Egypt with an increase of 36.8%.
Among the “losers” in 2018 was the United Kingdom, which, compared with 2017, had a 7.4% decline in the number of foreign arrivals.
In Paraguay, the number of tourists fell by 24.3% and in Chile by 11.3%.