Monthly number of international tourist arrivals in Italy 2018-2024
In January 2024, the number of international tourist arrivals in Italy - including visitors who stayed overnight and same-day travelers - grew by 7.4 percent compared to the previous year, totaling around 5.1 million. Despite the annual increase, this figure remained slightly below the volume of visitors reported in January 2020, before the impact of COVID-19.
How much do inbound travelers spend in Italy?
In 2022, Italy ranked fifth on the list of the countries with the highest number of international tourist arrivals worldwide, with just under 50 million arrivals. While the number of travelers did not catch up yet with pre-pandemic levels, the total international tourist expenditure in Italy equaled the figure from 2019, exceeding 44 billion euros.
What are the leading inbound travel markets in Italy?
Both before and after the impact of the health crisis, Germany represented the leading inbound travel market in Italy based on tourist arrivals, ahead of France, Austria, and Switzerland in 2022. While Germany was also the country with the highest inbound tourist expenditure in Italy that year, the United States ranked second in that case, followed by France and the United Kingdom.
