UAE Tourism Statistics 1995-2024

International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
  • UAE tourism statistics for 2020 was 24,615,400,390.63, a 35.92% decline from 2019.
  • UAE tourism statistics for 2019 was 38,413,300,781.25, a 10.99% increase from 2018.
  • UAE tourism statistics for 2018 was 34,609,500,000.00, a 16.51% increase from 2017.
  • UAE tourism statistics for 2017 was 29,705,500,000.00, a 3.66% increase from 2016.
Data Source: World Bank

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Similar Country Ranking
Country Name Spending ($)
United States 84,205,000,000.00
France 35,958,000,000.00
Australia 26,234,000,000.00
UAE 24,615,400,390.63
Italy 20,459,000,000.00
Austria 15,362,000,000.00
Qatar 14,318,000,000.00
South Korea 11,776,000,000.00
Japan 11,395,000,000.00
Netherlands 10,926,200,195.31
Portugal 10,522,000,000.00
Switzerland 9,994,000,000.00
Macao 9,442,000,000.00
Poland 8,379,000,000.00
Belgium 7,447,000,000.00
Greece 6,193,000,000.00
Saudi Arabia 5,960,000,000.00
Croatia 5,631,853,027.34
Luxembourg 4,454,000,000.00
Hungary 4,224,000,000.00
Ireland 4,160,000,000.00
Czech Republic 3,890,000,000.00
Puerto Rico 2,921,000,000.00
Israel 2,661,000,000.00
Norway 2,196,000,000.00
Panama 1,841,000,000.00
Finland 1,757,000,000.00
Argentina 1,702,000,000.00
Slovenia 1,418,000,000.00
Slovak Republic 1,303,000,000.00
Uruguay 1,085,000,000.00
Aruba 1,077,000,000.00
Chile 1,034,000,000.00
Bahamas 1,007,000,000.00
Estonia 865,000,000.00
Bahrain 724,000,000.00
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 686,000,000.00
Oman 669,000,000.00
Cyprus 663,000,000.00
Kuwait 524,000,000.00
Antigua and Barbuda 416,000,000.00
Curacao 282,000,000.00
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 243,000,000.00
Seychelles 228,000,000.00
Trinidad and Tobago 151,000,000.00
Bermuda 94,000,000.00
UAE Tourism Statistics - Historical Data
Year Spending ($) % of Exports
2020 24,615,400,390.63 0.00
2019 38,413,300,781.25 0.00
2018 34,609,500,000.00 0.00
2017 29,705,500,000.00 0.00
2016 28,657,400,390.63 0.00
2015 25,587,099,609.38 0.00
2014 15,221,000,000.00 0.00
2013 12,389,000,000.00 0.00
2012 10,924,000,000.00 0.00
2011 9,204,000,000.00 0.00
2010 8,577,000,000.00 0.00
2009 7,352,000,000.00 0.00
2008 7,162,000,000.00 0.00
2007 6,072,000,000.00 0.00
2006 4,972,000,000.00 0.00
2005 3,218,000,000.00 0.00
2004 1,593,000,000.00 0.00
2003 1,438,000,000.00 0.00
2002 1,332,000,000.00 0.00
2001 1,200,000,000.00 0.00
2000 1,063,000,000.00 0.00
1999 893,000,000.00 0.00
1998 859,000,000.00 0.00
1997 814,000,000.00 0.00
1996 743,000,000.00 0.00
1995 632,000,000.00 0.00