So, when it comes to international inbound tourists as a percentage of population, there are 51 countries where tourists outnumber local residents, according to the numbers crunched by London’s The Daily Telgraph.
Andorra, a small country nestled between Spain and France in the Pyrenees Mountains, took the top spot, which received more than 2.36 million international tourists in 2014, despite having a population of fewer than 70,000.
That works out at 33.5 tourists per resident.
Andorra was followed by Macau, the world’s largest casino hub (24.8 tourists per resident) and then three Caribbean destinations: the British Virgin Islands (12.8 tourists per resident), Turks and Caicos (10.4 tourists per resident), and Aruba (10.3 tourists per resident).
Using 2014 figures from the World Bank, the newspaper divided each country’s total number of international inbound tourists by its population to come up with the list.
Note: Please keep in mind that the Vatican City is not included in the list. As it doesn’t appear in the World Bank’s database, the newspaper points out, but with population of only 842 and annual international inbound tourists numbering around 5 million, it gets 6,000 tourists per citizen.
51 Countries Where International Tourists Outnumber Local Residents
Andorra – 33.53057199 annual tourists per resident
Macao – 24.78871897
British Virgin Islands – 12.81668161
Turks and Caicos Islands – 10.42546376
Aruba – 10.31870554
Monaco – 8.719620471
Northern Mariana Islands – 8.353005266
Guam – 7.905347735
Bahrain – 7.589107757
Saint Maarten – 7.142857143
Palau – 6.622516556
Cayman Islands – 6.386846099
US Virgin Islands – 5.812269488
Malta – 3.91808649
Hong Kong – 3.801141574
The Bahamas – 3.67765496
Bermuda – 3.433739557
Iceland – 3.01671891
Maldives – 2.945036575
Austria – 2.937027237
Curacao – 2.860035434
Croatia – 2.751394043
Antigua and Barbuda – 2.711886558
Seychelles – 2.508073197
San Marino – 2.35990057
Estonia – 2.224088756
Montenegro – 2.169064956
Singapore – 2.143449993
Cyprus – 2.094739552
Greece – 2.035619507
St. Kitts and Nevis – 2.033398114
Ireland – 1.899065723
Barbados – 1.833119293
St. Lucia – 1.827036903
Luxembourg – 1.822088345
Denmark – 1.808843619
Georgia – 1.499320468
Liechtenstein – 1.438810583
Spain – 1.400203011
Qatar – 1.264228724
Grenada – 1.254388018
France – 1.253839619
Hungary – 1.233152586
Slovenia – 1.16825147
Albania – 1.156388675
Slovak Republic – 1.149510052
Dominica – 1.114474408
Switzerland – 1.105107581
United Arab Emirates – 1.090973066
Bulgaria – 1.018530115
Czech Republic – 1.006234446
51 Countries Where International Tourists Outnumber Local Residents
Dr. Amarendra Bhushan Dhiraj is the CEO and editorial director at CEOWORLD magazine, the leading global business magazine written strictly for CEOs, CFOs, top managers, company directors, investors, senior executives, business leaders, high net worth individuals, and the most globally powerful men and women.