International outbound tourists are the number of departures that people make from their country of usual residence to any other country for any purpose other than a remunerated activity in the country visited. The data on outbound tourists refer to the number of departures, not to the number of people traveling. Thus a person who makes several trips from a country during a given period is counted each time as a new departure.
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 10,473,000 | 31,026,000 | 57,386,000 | 70,250,000 | 83,182,000 | 98,185,000 | 116,593,000 | 127,860,000 | 135,130,000 | 143,035,000 | 149,720,000 | 154,632,000 | 20,334,000 |
| France | 29,973,000 | 31,153,000 | 29,642,000 | 30,457,000 | 31,941,000 | 30,608,000 | 29,636,000 | 44,265,000 | 48,069,000 | 49,276,000 | 21,287,000 | ||
| Russian Federation | 18,371,000 | 28,416,000 | 39,323,000 | 43,726,000 | 47,813,000 | 54,069,000 | 45,889,000 | 34,550,000 | 31,659,000 | 39,629,000 | 41,964,000 | 45,330,000 | 12,361,000 |
| United Kingdom | 56,837,000 | 66,494,000 | 64,647,000 | 67,493,000 | 66,858,000 | 68,959,000 | 72,204,000 | 77,619,000 | 81,757,000 | 87,242,000 | 90,571,000 | 93,086,000 | 23,827,000 |
| United States | 87,973,000 | 79,215,000 | 121,574,000 | 114,089,000 | 116,329,000 | 118,968,000 | 121,699,000 | 130,364,000 | 141,526,000 | 148,045,000 | 158,445,406 | 170,930,094 | 60,549,898 |