Travel Essentials

In 2018, Europe received 672 million visitors who spent approximately 519 billion US dollars. Welcoming half of the world’s international tourist arrivals, Europe continues to stand as the most-visited region on the globe. Within Europe, the 28 countries of the European Union account for the bulk of the region’s international arrivals, some 81% of Europe’s total and 40% of the world’s figure. Even more interesting is Italy, Spain, France and England accounted for 55% of EU travel
with France being the number one tourist destination in the world in terms of arrivals.