Outbound tourism expenditure — all countries

Outbound tourism expenditure — Southern Asia

Outbound tourism expenditure in Southern Asia in 2020 — 18,956,000,000 US$. Since 1996, the indicator has risen by 841.7%.

2020 18.96B US$ −48.48% vs 2019
World rank
Period maximum 43.35B US$2018
Period minimum 1.5B US$1998

Trend over time

1996–2020 · US$

Outbound tourism expenditure — Southern Asia, 1996–2020020B40B60B1996199920022005200820112014201720201996: 2,013,000,000 US$1997: 1,773,000,000 US$1998: 1,502,000,000 US$1999: 1,975,000,000 US$2000: 5,954,000,000 US$2001: 6,566,000,000 US$2002: 9,746,000,000 US$2003: 10,698,000,000 US$2004: 13,018,000,000 US$2005: 15,380,000,000 US$2006: 17,347,000,000 US$2007: 21,893,000,000 US$2008: 24,887,000,000 US$2009: 11,875,000,000 US$2010: 14,532,000,000 US$2011: 15,121,000,000 US$2012: 27,449,000,000 US$2013: 29,157,000,000 US$2014: 33,668,599,998 US$2015: 34,138,000,000 US$2016: 37,517,000,000 US$2017: 42,724,000,000 US$2018: 43,348,000,000 US$2019: 36,797,000,000 US$2020: 18,956,000,000 US$
Change over the period: +16.94B (+841.68%) Average annual rate: 9.79 %
Outbound tourism expenditure — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year US$ Change Change, %
2020 18.96B −17.84B −48.48%
2019 36.8B −6.55B −15.11%
2018 43.35B +624M +1.46%
2017 42.72B +5.21B +13.88%
2016 37.52B +3.38B +9.9%
2015 34.14B +469M +1.39%
2014 33.67B +4.51B +15.47%
2013 29.16B +1.71B +6.22%
2012 27.45B +12.33B +81.53%
2011 15.12B +589M +4.05%
2010 14.53B +2.66B +22.37%
2009 11.88B −13.01B −52.28%
2008 24.89B +2.99B +13.68%
2007 21.89B +4.55B +26.21%
2006 17.35B +1.97B +12.79%
2005 15.38B +2.36B +18.14%
2004 13.02B +2.32B +21.69%
2003 10.7B +952M +9.77%
2002 9.75B +3.18B +48.43%
2001 6.57B +612M +10.28%
2000 5.95B +3.98B +201.47%
1999 1.98B +473M +31.49%
1998 1.5B −271M −15.28%
1997 1.77B −240M −11.92%
1996 2.01B

About the indicator

Spending by residents of the country abroad in current US dollars: accommodation, food, transport inside the country visited, and shopping. Together with receipts from inbound tourism it forms the tourism balance of the country — an important part of the services account of the balance of payments.

Source: Tourism Statistics (UN Tourism / UNWTO), license UN Tourism terms of use.