Latin America & Caribbean 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.
- Latin America & Caribbean tourism statistics for 2019 was 104,584,816,431.26, a 2.72% increase from 2018.
- Latin America & Caribbean tourism statistics for 2018 was 101,815,368,841.86, a 3.46% increase from 2017.
- Latin America & Caribbean tourism statistics for 2017 was 98,412,826,249.62, a 4.88% increase from 2016.
- Latin America & Caribbean tourism statistics for 2016 was 93,835,317,530.75, a 6.36% increase from 2015.
| Similar Country Ranking |
| Country Name |
Spending ($) |
| World |
1,863,068,555,520.54 |
| OECD members |
997,063,700,763.72 |
| European Union |
432,150,008,319.40 |
| Euro Area |
355,218,744,907.19 |
| North America |
305,557,753,783.12 |
| Latin America & Caribbean |
104,584,816,431.26 |
| South Asia |
41,884,000,000.00 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |
34,919,262,972.84 |
| Latin America & Caribbean Tourism Statistics - Historical Data |
| Year |
Spending ($) |
% of Exports |
| 2019 |
104,584,816,431.26 |
6.95 |
| 2018 |
101,815,368,841.86 |
7.42 |
| 2017 |
98,412,826,249.62 |
7.63 |
| 2016 |
93,835,317,530.75 |
7.96 |
| 2015 |
88,225,390,374.25 |
7.24 |
| 2014 |
85,047,338,480.80 |
6.10 |
| 2013 |
78,411,113,783.06 |
5.42 |
| 2012 |
74,098,949,813.44 |
5.09 |
| 2011 |
68,745,665,395.78 |
4.94 |
| 2010 |
63,893,459,858.33 |
5.51 |
| 2009 |
60,683,397,614.24 |
6.55 |
| 2008 |
66,138,108,401.69 |
5.62 |
| 2007 |
61,795,379,923.52 |
6.02 |
| 2006 |
55,975,354,667.34 |
6.08 |
| 2005 |
51,567,172,209.87 |
6.57 |
| 2004 |
46,050,442,083.64 |
7.04 |
| 2003 |
40,457,788,122.18 |
7.56 |
| 2002 |
36,976,005,879.02 |
7.47 |
| 2001 |
38,234,590,489.84 |
7.76 |
| 2000 |
38,615,438,788.15 |
7.66 |
| 1999 |
35,440,720,363.58 |
8.28 |
| 1998 |
34,539,763,010.63 |
8.43 |
| 1997 |
32,498,786,273.20 |
9.15 |
| 1996 |
30,137,636,202.51 |
9.34 |
| 1995 |
27,496,284,323.33 |
9.27 |
