51 Countries Where International Tourists Outnumber Local Residents

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

1. Andorra – 33.53057199 annual tourists per resident
2. Macao – 24.78871897
3. British Virgin Islands – 12.81668161
4. Turks and Caicos Islands – 10.42546376
5. Aruba – 10.31870554
6. Monaco – 8.719620471
7. Northern Mariana Islands – 8.353005266
8. Guam – 7.905347735
9. Bahrain – 7.589107757
10. Saint Maarten – 7.142857143
11. Palau – 6.622516556
12. Cayman Islands – 6.386846099
13. US Virgin Islands – 5.812269488
14. Malta – 3.91808649
15. Hong Kong – 3.801141574
16. The Bahamas – 3.67765496
17. Bermuda – 3.433739557
18. Iceland – 3.01671891
19. Maldives – 2.945036575
20. Austria – 2.937027237
21. Curacao – 2.860035434
22. Croatia – 2.751394043
23. Antigua and Barbuda – 2.711886558
24. Seychelles – 2.508073197
25. San Marino – 2.35990057
26. Estonia – 2.224088756
27. Montenegro – 2.169064956
28. Singapore – 2.143449993
29. Cyprus – 2.094739552
30. Greece – 2.035619507
31. St. Kitts and Nevis – 2.033398114
32. Ireland – 1.899065723
33. Barbados – 1.833119293
34. St. Lucia – 1.827036903
35. Luxembourg – 1.822088345
36. Denmark – 1.808843619
37. Georgia – 1.499320468
38. Liechtenstein – 1.438810583
39. Spain – 1.400203011
40. Qatar – 1.264228724
41. Grenada – 1.254388018
42. France – 1.253839619
43. Hungary – 1.233152586
44. Slovenia – 1.16825147
45. Albania – 1.156388675
46. Slovak Republic – 1.149510052
47. Dominica – 1.114474408
48. Switzerland – 1.105107581
49. United Arab Emirates – 1.090973066
50. Bulgaria – 1.018530115
51. Czech Republic – 1.006234446

51 Countries Where International Tourists Outnumber Local Residents