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 | 1,04,73,000 | 3,10,26,000 | 5,73,86,000 | 7,02,50,000 | 8,31,82,000 | 9,81,85,000 | 11,65,93,000 | 12,78,60,000 | 13,51,30,000 | 14,30,35,000 | 14,97,20,000 | 15,46,32,000 | 2,03,34,000 |
| France | 2,99,73,000 | 3,11,53,000 | 2,96,42,000 | 3,04,57,000 | 3,19,41,000 | 3,06,08,000 | 2,96,36,000 | 4,42,65,000 | 4,80,69,000 | 4,92,76,000 | 2,12,87,000 | ||
| Russian Federation | 1,83,71,000 | 2,84,16,000 | 3,93,23,000 | 4,37,26,000 | 4,78,13,000 | 5,40,69,000 | 4,58,89,000 | 3,45,50,000 | 3,16,59,000 | 3,96,29,000 | 4,19,64,000 | 4,53,30,000 | 1,23,61,000 |
| United Kingdom | 5,68,37,000 | 6,64,94,000 | 6,46,47,000 | 6,74,93,000 | 6,68,58,000 | 6,89,59,000 | 7,22,04,000 | 7,76,19,000 | 8,17,57,000 | 8,72,42,000 | 9,05,71,000 | 9,30,86,000 | 2,38,27,000 |
| United States of America | 8,79,73,000 | 7,92,15,000 | 12,15,74,000 | 11,40,89,000 | 11,63,29,000 | 11,89,68,000 | 12,16,99,000 | 13,03,64,000 | 14,15,26,000 | 14,80,45,000 | 15,84,45,406 | 17,09,30,094 | 6,05,49,898 |