International arrivals in hotels of Rome 2019-2021, by country of origin
The number of international arrivals in hotel establishments of the Italian municipality of Rome declined sharply in 2020 over the previous year, due to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, before partially bouncing back in 2021. While U.S. travelers recorded the highest figure in 2019, with nearly 1.3 million arrivals, they only reported around 80 thousand arrivals in hotel establishments in 2020. Meanwhile, the number of arrivals by Chinese visitors dropped from roughly 503 thousand in 2019 to approximately 46 thousand in 2020. Overall, tourists from the United States recorded the highest number of arrivals in Rome's hotels in 2021, with 180 thousand arrivals.
