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Visa policy of Israel

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Visitors to Israel must obtain a visa unless they are nationals of one of the visa-exempt countries and obtain an electronic travel authorization (ETA-IL). Nationals of certain countries may apply for an electronic visa (e-Visa) online, while others must obtain a visa from an Israeli diplomatic mission.

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Visa policy of Israel
  Israel
  Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA-IL)
  eVisa
  Visa required
  Special permit required

Visa exemptions

Ordinary passports

Nationals of the following countries may enter Israel without a visa for tourist, business or study purposes for up to 90 days, or for culture or sport activities for up to 30 days.

From 1 January 2025, they must obtain an electronic travel authorization (ETA-IL) before travelling to Israel. The ETA-IL costs ILS 25 and is valid for 2 years or until the passport expires, whichever occurs first.[1][2]

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Partial exemptions

  • – Nationals of Egypt do not need a visa for up to 14 days if entering through Taba and visiting up to Beersheba only.[2]
  • – Nationals of Turkey need a visa, but may apply for a tourist visa free of charge at any Israeli diplomatic mission.[2][93]

Non-ordinary passports

Visa policy of Israel for holders of non-ordinary passports
  Israel
  Visa not required for holders of diplomatic and service passports
  Visa not required for holders of diplomatic passports

Holders of diplomatic and service passports of all visa-exempt countries (listed above) may enter Israel without a visa, except those of Australia, Belarus, Dominica, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Taiwan, United States, and holders of service passports of South Africa.[2]

In addition, holders of diplomatic and service passports of Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burkina Faso, China, Gabon, Gambia, Guyana, India, Ivory Coast, Kazakhstan, Madagascar, Morocco, Nicaragua, Republic of the Congo, Sierra Leone, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, Vatican City, and holders of diplomatic passports of Armenia, Kenya, Liberia, Nepal, Rwanda, and Vietnam may enter Israel without a visa.[2]

Holders of diplomatic and service passports do not need an ETA-IL.[94]

D - Diplomatic passports
S - Service passports

Future changes

Israel has signed visa exemption agreements with the following countries, but they have not yet entered into force:

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Proposed exemptions

  • Kazakhstan – On 19 August 2024, Israel and Kazakhstan discussed the possibility of establishing a visa exemption agreement.[96]

Electronic visa (e-Visa)

Nationals of the following countries may apply online for an electronic visa (e-Visa), valid for up to 90 days for tourism, business, short study or medical treatment:[97][98]

In 2025, the Israeli government planned to expand the e-Visa for nationals of more countries.[99] In February 2025, Sri Lanka was also added to the list after India.[1]

Visa types

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CategoryCodeTitleDescriptionFee[100][101]
Temporary resident A/1 Aliyah visa For those eligible for immigration by the Law of Return (aliyah).[102] ₪195
€52
US$54
A/2 Student visa For those who want to study in a recognized academic institution.[103]
Yeshiva visa For those who want to study in a yeshiva.[103]
A/3 Clergy visa For clergymen for the purpose of long-term fulfilling their clerical duties among their religious communities in Israel, pursuant to the invitation of a recognized religious institution in Israel.
A/4 Family of holders of A/2 and A/3 visas For spouses and minor children of recipients of A/2 or A/3 visas.[104]
A/5 Temporary resident visa General temporary resident visa for any other reason that is not under A/1, A/2, A/3, or A/4 visas. Usually for partners of Israeli citizens or for humanitarian reasons.
Work B/1 Work visa For those whose stay in Israel is approved for a limited period of time for the purpose of work.
Working holiday visa For nationals of certain countries between the ages of 18 and 30 years.
Visitor B/2 ETA-IL Electronic Travel Authorization for nationals of visa-exempt countries for tourism, business or short study up to 90 days. ₪25
e-Visa Electronic visa for nationals of visa required countries for tourism, business, or short study up to 90 days. ₪100
Visitor visa For nationals of visa-required countries for tourism, business or study up to 90 days. ₪100
€26
US$27
Visitor visa extension Extension of visit for tourism, business or study.[105] ₪195
Doubtful status B/3 Doubtful status visa[106] For those whose entry status is not clear. Valid for one month, during which the applicant may reclassify the entry status.[107] ₪100
€26
US$27
Volunteer B/4 Volunteer visa For volunteers in a recognized organization, institute or settlement.[108]
Foreign Investor B/5 Foreign Investor visa The Israeli investor visa is in reciprocity to the United States E-1 and E-2 visas for nationals of the United States, which allows the visa holders and their family members to live and work temporarily in Israel.[109][110] US$222
€213
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Student visa

Student visa is categorized as A/2 visa and as multiple entry visa.[111] Student visa is valid to one year with extension possibility. The visa is valid for one of the recognized academic institutions in Israel. Student with A/2 visa in general aren't allowed to work in Israel, but with some exceptions to students who work in the academic field or as part of the program, which are usually PhD students and in some cases also MA students.[112]

From 3,237 PhD students in Israel 2023, 1,824 where foreign PhD students and almost half of the foreign PhD students in Israel are Indians.[113]

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Foreign PhD students in Israel 2023[113]
# Country of origin Percentage University Percentage University Foreigners Israelis Total
1. India 48.4% 1. Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI) 23.5% (HUJI) 50.2% 49.8% 100%
2. China 8.7% 2. Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) 18.9% (WIS) 68.4 31.6% 100%
3. Germany 5.7% 3. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) 15.1% (BGU) 50.0% 50.0% 100%
4. United States 5.2% 4. Technion - Israel Institute of Technology (IIT) 12.7% (IIT) 69.3% 30.7% 100%
5. Italy 4.9% 5. Tel Aviv University (TAU) 12.5% (TAU) 60.0% 40.0% 100%
6. Russia 3.5% 6. Bar-Ilan University (BIU) 8.4% (BIU) 44.3% 55.7% 100%
7. France 3.3% 7. University of Haifa (HU) 6.1% (HU) 32.6% 67.4% 100%
8. Spain 2.0% 8. Ariel University (AU) 2.8% (AU) 76.9% 23.1% 100%
9. Brazil 1.9% Total 100%
10. Other countries 16.4
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Work visa

Work visa is categorized as B/1 and can be given by different ways. B/1 is given differently, depending on the sector, Expert foreign workers,[114] Foreign workers in the nursing care sector (Caregiver),[115] or Foreign workers in the agriculture and construction sectors,[116] and other types.

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Foreign workers B/1 in Israel 2023[117]
# Country of origin Num.
1. India 18,927
2. Philippines 17,634
3. Thailand 17,174
4. China 16,263
5. Moldova 12,342
6. Uzbekistan 11,285
7. Sri Lanka 4,033
8. Ukraine 2,718
9.   Nepal 1,733
10. Turkey 941
11. Georgia 890
12. Malawi 664
13. Colombia 490
14. United States 440
15. Romania 340
16. Russia 277
17. United Kingdom 208
18. Germany 157
19. France 109
20. Brazil 60
Other Countries 1,672
Total 108,357
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Foreign High-Tech Experts Incentive Program visa

A special program provides work visas for nationals of countries that are exempt from the visitor visa requirement who are hired by an Israeli high-tech company with a salary at least double the average wage in Israel. Nationals of Ukraine are exempt from minimum salary requirement.[118]

Working holiday visa

Nationals of the following countries between the ages of 18 and 30 years may apply for a working holiday visa for 12 months in Israel.[119]

Tourist group visa

Israeli licensed travel agents may apply for visas for groups of 10 to 50 tourists (5 to 50 if nationals of China, Indonesia or Malaysia). The agents must check the tourists' background, apply at least 10 days before their arrival (30 days for nationals of Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, South Sudan or Tunisia; or 3 months for nationals of Eritrea, considered in exceptional circumstances), provide their itinerary, pay a fee of ₪95 per group plus ₪35 per tourist, and deposit a bank guarantee of ₪100,000 (₪200,000 for nationals of Armenia, Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Turkey, Uganda or Uzbekistan).[131][132]

Israeli visa

Israeli passport stamps

Entry card as replacement for passport stamp

Visitors with an Israeli passport stamp are not allowed to enter a number of countries because of the Arab League boycott of Israel. Some countries, such as Austria, Canada, Germany, Russia, United Kingdom and United States, allow their nationals to hold two or more passports of their country to circumvent such travel restrictions, but some of these countries also restrict or forbid the holding of passports of more than one country (multiple citizenship).[citation needed]

However, since 15 January 2013, Israel no longer stamps passports at airports and land border crossings with Jordan. Instead, the entry or departure record is printed on a small paper card, called an electronic gate pass, which includes the traveler's passport data, date, visa status, and other details. The card also includes a barcode which is used to pass through the gate out of the passport control hall.[133]

Accepted travel documents

Israel accepts passports of all member states and observer states of the United Nations (including their territories), Kosovo, Somaliland and Taiwan.[2][134] Passports of Abkhazia, Northern Cyprus, South Ossetia, Transnistria and Western Sahara are not accepted.[citation needed]

Visitors without an accepted passport must obtain a laissez-passer with a visa from an Israeli diplomatic mission.[135]

The Haudenosaunee passport is a travel document with limited recognition issued by the Iroquois nation in Canada and the United States.[136] For the 2018 World Lacrosse Championship, which was hosted by Israel, the Israeli government accepted the Haudenosaunee passports of the Iroquois team after communicating with the Canadian government.[137][138]

Points of entry

Israel's crossing points.[139] Main crossing points are bold.

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West Bank and Gaza Strip

See also: Israeli permit regime in the West Bank and Israeli permit regime in the Gaza Strip

Foreign nationals who may travel to Israel without a visa or who hold an Israeli visa may also enter the West Bank on the same basis. Foreign nationals may also apply for an entry permit valid only for the West Bank.[142] All foreign nationals need a permit to enter the Gaza Strip.[143]

Israeli citizens may enter West Bank Areas B and C, but not West Bank Area A or the Gaza Strip, without a permit.[134][144]

Palestinians registered in the West Bank need a permit to enter Israel or the Gaza Strip, and Palestinians registered in the Gaza Strip need a permit to enter Israel or the West Bank. Palestinian men over age 55 and women over age 50 registered in the West Bank, without a security restriction, receive an automatic permit to enter Israel for up to 6 months. Palestinians who receive a permit to depart from an Israeli airport may also return in the same way.[134]

Validity for other countries

Israeli visas or residency permits can be valid as substitute visas for the following countries:

  • Georgia – Holders of valid Israeli visas or residency permits may enter Georgia without an additional visa for 90 days every 180 days with the requirement to show evidence of a valid Israeli visa or residency permit.[145]

History

In 1952, the Knesset passed the law "The entry law to Israel" which describes the first official entry policy of Israel. The law permits four types of visas for foreigners, transit visa (5 days), visit visa (3 months), temporary resident visa (3 years), and permanent visa.[146] During the 50s' discussions on visa free took place as in 1955 the Israeli government decided to exempt visa fees from visitors from United States, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, and Luxemburg to boost the early tourism sector.[147][148]

Visa-exempt countries in 1966:

Ordinary passports: Uruguay, Iceland, Argentina, USA, Brazil, Denmark, Switzerland, UK, Liechtenstein, Norway, Finland, Chile, France, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, The Netherlands, and Luxemburg. Diplomatic and service passports: Austria, Italy, El Salvador, Belgium, Dahomey, The Netherlands, Switzerland, The Philippines, Brazil, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Tanganyika, Luxemburg, Liberia, Niger, France, Colombia, Costa Rica, Thailand, Togo, Honduras, Sierra Leone, and Congo Leopoldville.[147][149][150][151]

In 1967, Israel started to consider the visa exemption of German diplomatic and service passports as Germany promised not to allow Germans with Nazi backgrounds to use the visa exemption. In the same year Israel also exempted German passport from visa.[152][153][23] Israel signed visa exemption agreement for ordinary passports with the United Kingdom, Lichtenstein, and Switzerland in 1967.[152][154] For the international tourism year of 1967 Israel called in the UN to other countries to extend their visa exemptions for tourist to boost tourism and the share of cultures.[152][155]

Visitor statistics

Most visitors arriving in Israel were from the following countries of nationality:

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Tourist arrivals, by country of citizenship (in thousands) since 2020
Country 2025[156] 2024[156] 2023[157] 2022[158] 2021[159] 2020[160]
United States 447.1 330.5 920.1 810.5 149.1 200.5
France 176.1 129.9 237.9 235.5 41.5 56.0
United Kingdom 104.1 79.6 195.8 177.9 32.4 44.1
Russia 68.2 70.4 176.1 162.9 14.4 56.0
Ukraine 32.5 31.2 63.6 71.5 14.1 24.6
Germany 42.9 25.5 167.4 151.1 16.5 50.3
Canada 31.1 21.8 75.3 62.1 10.0 15.6
Italy 23.7 16.3 115.6 82.7 7.0 25.1
Indonesia 11.7 13.2 24.4 15.0 0.0 12.2
Belgium 16.2 12.9 32.7 12.3 2.1 4.4
 Switzerland 15.5 12.6 35.4 33.2 7.0 9.6
Brazil 20.3 12.1 65.3 64.8 2.3 13.5
Romania 28.2 11.9 95.3 50.3 2.0 24.8
South Africa 13.4 10.7 22.7 19.9 1.5 3.1
Spain 16.0 10.2 82.3 53.8 5.3 16.3
India 13.8 9.8 42.1 30.8 3.6 8.0
Australia 14.2 9.6 40.4 27.1 1.6 6.3
Greece 10.8 9.5 38.3 24.8 3.7 10.2
Netherlands 13.2 9.4 49.3 42.3 5.5 15.3
Argentina 12.3 7.6 29.4 24.6 2.3 8.6
Mexico 12.8 7.6 47.0 35.7 2.4 6.4
Jordan 7.5 7.2 17.0 16.6 5.0 3.1
Poland 10.4 6.5 90.3 41.0 2.3 45.2
Austria 8.9 6.3 25.7 23.5 4.2 10.0
Philippines 5.8 5.6 26.4 20.9 1.7 5.9
Belarus 6.1 5.2 14.2 30.4 7.3 9.1
Cyprus 5.4 4.5 18.8 11.0 1.0 2.4
China 7.7 4.2 23.2 6.6 1.7 11.4
Georgia 4.7 4.1 9.0 6.7 1.1 1.9
Moldova 3.3 3.7 7.7 9.0 3.7 1.9
Hungary 6.3 3.6 23.1 16.1 1.4 9.4
Turkey 5.8 3.5 26.3 20.4 1.7 7.3
Portugal 5.5 3.4 17.3 13.6 1.2 3.2
Colombia 3.5 3.3 14.9 15.1 1.2 2.6
Bulgaria 6.8 3.2 20.5 9.6 0.7 3.2
South Korea 5.5 3.0 38.0 12.7 0.8 17.1
Czech Republic 6.2 2.9 31.1 20.3 3.1 8.2
Thailand 1.5 2.7 2.5 1.6 0.4 0.8
Sweden 4.1 2.5 15.4 15.5 1.4 4.4
Ethiopia - 2.4 4.6 2.6 0.6 1.8
Singapore 5.1 2.3 8.4 7.0 0.4 0.9
Lithuania 4.1 2.3 12.4 6.9 0.8 7.9
Denmark 3.0 1.8 12.4 13.7 1.3 3.9
Japan 2.5 1.7 10.6 6.1 0.8 3.5
Nigeria 8.0 1.6 9.8 6.7 0.3 3.1
Chile 2.3 1.5 9.0 6.7 0.6 2.9
Ireland 2.1 1.4 9.7 8.2 0.8 2.0
Norway 2.1 1.4 8.7 8.9 0.8 1.9
Finland 1.9 1.3 8.9 7.4 0.7 3.2
Malaysia 1.2 1.3 4.9 2.5 0.0 1.5
Azerbaijan - 1.2 2.3 2.2 0.6 0.7
Kazakhstan 1.5 1.2 3.3 2.8 0.9 0.9
Serbia 3.5 1.2 8.0 6.1 0.6 2.2
Uzbekistan 1.4 1.2 2.3 2.3 2.0 0.8
Ecuador - 1.1 6.5 2.9 0.5 0.7
Slovakia 1.8 1.1 17.5 8.6 0.7 4.7
Taiwan 1.4 1.0 6.9 2.1 0.2 3.4
Peru - 1.0 7.3 5.7 0.5 1.8
Ghana - 0.9 1.2 1.7 - -
Kenya 0.9 0.9 2.2 1.8 0.3 0.3
Latvia 1.7 0.9 5.2 4.3 0.6 2.6
Morocco 1.2 0.9 3.2 2.9 0.5 0.8
Uruguay 1.4 0.9 3.5 5.6 0.3 0.9
Egypt 0.8 0.8 5.4 5.0 0.5 0.6
Panama - 0.8 2.9 2.6 0.4 0.8
Croatia 1.5 0.6 6.8 3.9 0.4 2.1
Guatemala - 0.6 3.3 2.8 0.2 0.4
New Zealand 0.9 0.6 4.8 2.4 0.1 0.6
Tunisia - 0.6 0.7 0.8 - -
Costa Rica - 0.5 4.1 3.1 0.5 0.6
Estonia 0.8 0.5 2.5 2.2 0.2 1.3
Armenia 0.3 2.0 2.0 - -
Slovenia 0.5 0.3 3.4 2.1 0.2 0.9
Tanzania - 0.3 0.9 1.2 - -
Honduras - 0.2 2.3 1.6 - -
Vietnam - 0.2 3.2 2.3 0.4 0.6
Dominican Republic - 0.1 1.5 1.7 - -
Paraguay - 0.1 0.9 0.8 - -
Luxemburg - 0.0 0.9 1.1 - -
United Arab Emirates 0.0 - 0.1 0.1 - -
Malta 0.0 1.9 1.4 - -
Ivory Coast 0.0 1.7 1.6 - -
El Salvador 0.0 1.8 1.5 - -
Albania 0.0 1.4 1.3 - -
Mauritius 0.0 1.4 0.7 - -
Uganda 0.0 1.3 0.7 - -
North Macedonia 0.0 1.9 1.3 - -
Hong Kong 0.0 2.9 1.0 0.0 1.2
Montenegro 0.0 0.7 0.8 - -
Cambodia 0.0 0.5 0.4 - -
Zimbabwe 0.0 0.5 0.3 - -
Rwanda 0.0 0.5 0.7 - -
  Nepal 0.0 0.4 0.4 - -
Bolivia 0.0 0.3 0.5 - -
Grand total 1,353.9 974.4 3,239.1 2,675.0 396.5 831.5
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Tourist arrivals, by country of citizenship (in thousands) 2010–2020
Country 2020[160] 2019[161] 2018[162] 2017[163] 2016[164] 2015[165] 2014[166] 2013[167] 2012[168] 2011[169] 2010[170]
United States 200.5 969.4 898.1 778.8 648.3 620.3 602.6 597.2 583.6 581.0 605.1
France 56.0 367.5 346.0 308.6 287.5 293.7 288.9 292.3 263.6 269.5 274.1
Russia 56.0 318.1 316.3 331.5 266.0 294.0 411.4 405.0 380.7 353.4 318.7
Germany 50.3 289.0 262.6 218.1 164.1 159.8 162.3 159.8 158.5 171.0 171.5
Poland 45.2 156.9 151.8 97.3 51.6 57.8 62.0 67.3 58.9 60.4 69.4
United Kingdom 44.1 235.4 218.0 198.5 181.3 174.6 164.6 173.3 165.1 168.0 168.8
Italy 25.1 190.7 150.6 107.8 82.2 84.4 111.2 127.7 126.2 113.3 150.2
Romania 24.8 121.1 106.9 78.9 48.8 43.2 43.1 34.6 39.6 37.8 38.5
Ukraine 24.6 135.4 137.4 146.3 131.9 112.7 110.7 108.0 109.2 106.8 55.3
South Korea 17.1 60.4 45.1 39.7 27.8 22.3 21.6 28.1 28.6 28.0 30.0
Spain 16.3 104.7 77.7 62.4 44.5 42.2 45.3 47.9 50.1 51.0 59.7
Canada 15.6 95.8 91.9 80.5 64.5 63.5 62.6 65.3 65.0 64.4 70.2
Netherlands 15.3 91.0 83.1 64.1 50.2 47.7 50.2 52.0 62.0 58.7 53.4
Brazil 13.5 82.1 62.7 55.0 34.1 42.3 50.1 54.0 56.6 53.1 48.8
Indonesia 12.2 38.7 35.3 36.2 22.8 22.0 26.6 29.5 27.8 21.9 17.7
China 11.4 142.8 104.5 113.2 79.2 51.3 37.7 29.8 23.6 20.1 17.0
Greece 10.2 41.9 29.7 27.9 17.7 15.7 16.3 18.0 20.4 19.0 24.2
Austria 10.0 49.4 38.6 29.0 24.0 22.9 27.9 26.9 27.9 27.7 28.1
 Switzerland 9.6 63.5 57.0 48.8 41.3 38.1 37.5 38.4 37.1 36.3 32.1
Hungary 9.4 39.1 31.1 22.4 16.5 16.4 16.4 14.6 9.3 11.4 11.8
Belarus 9.1 44.6 40.7 36.3 33.1 15.9 16.1 15.1 14.2 11.8 11.4
Argentina 8.6 34.7 34.8 31.4 25.4 24.3 22.5 24.5 23.2 21.6 22.3
Czech Republic 8.2 32.4 31.7 24.3 15.9 14.2 16.8 15.0 13.8 13.0 13.7
India 8.0 65.1 70.5 58.2 44.6 39.3 34.6 39.0 43.0 38.5 40.1
Lithuania 7.9 23.3 19.2 17.9 12.9 10.6 10.1 6.5 5.6 5.1 5.1
Turkey 7.3 32.0 38.3 40.5 34.0 25.7 22.4 22.5 16.3 13.5 13.7
Mexico 6.4 50.2 36.6 28.4 20.7 22.4 20.7 21.4 21.5 18.7 22.7
Australia 6.3 48.8 43.1 39.9 29.4 28.7 30.3 32.5 30.1 28.9 30.7
Philippines 5.9 32.9 28.6 22.2 14.2 11.1 10.2 11.3 12.2 9.4 10.2
Slovakia 4.7 22.7 20.1 14.4 8.7 8.7 10.4 8.4 10.1 10.2 11.6
Sweden 4.4 33.4 33.4 27.3 21.3 23.9 25.1 24.5 22.2 20.7 20.2
Belgium 4.4 27.2 27.3 27.3 22.4 32.6 32.3 32.5 31.3 31.8 31.2
Denmark 3.9 23.6 22.5 19.2 18.4 19.6 22.6 19.2 18.6 18.9 15.2
Japan 3.5 26.1 19.6 17.1 11.9 10.0 13.0 13.5 16.0 13.4 13.2
Taiwan 3.4 16.0 12.5 9.6 6.4 5.6 6.0 5.3 5.0 4.5 3.9
Bulgaria 3.2 19.8 16.4 11.8 8.4 8.7 8.5 6.7 7.1 7.5 7.2
Portugal 3.2 18.8 13.2 10.9 8.6 8.3 7.6 8.8 8.4 8.5 13.6
Finland 3.2 18.7 17.2 15.3 13.9 12.7 15.7 18.7 17.5 18.3 19.5
South Africa 3.1 29.5 27.4 25.8 20.8 19.9 20.0 23.5 24.0 22.1 21.1
Jordan 3.1 19.2 18.1 14.4 18.9 21.4 17.3 17.9 23.4 20.3 17.8
Nigeria 3.1 12.7 10.0 9.0 8.4 16.3 20.5 24.6 29.4 45.0 31.6
Chile 2.9 11.9 9.1 7.4 5.4 5.6 5.6 6.0 5.5 5.7 5.8
Colombia 2.6 19.2 16.0 11.9 8.5 8.0 8.6 10.6 11.0 9.5 10.9
Latvia 2.6 12.9 14.2 13.2 8.1 5.8 5.6 5.4 5.6 5.4 4.7
Cyprus 2.4 10.9 8.4 8.2 5.5 5.3 5.9 6.8 9.2 10.2 10.4
Serbia 2.2 10.5 8.1 6.4 4.6 4.7 5.0 4.0 3.7 4.1 3.0
Croatia 2.1 10.1 7.3 6.3 4.4 3.4 4.8 4.6 5.3 5.1 6.1
Ireland 2.0 12.8 11.3 9.9 10.3 8.1 8.1 8.1 7.6 8.9 9.1
Norway 1.9 17.9 16.1 13.7 11.8 14.0 15.0 16.4 15.5 16.0 14.2
Moldova 1.9 10.7 11.0 10.8 8.7 7.6 3.7 3.6 4.0 3.6 4.4
Georgia 1.9 8.3 9.3 11.4 14.2 10.1 0.8 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.5
Peru 1.8 8.4 6.8 5.5 3.9 3.8 .. .. .. .. ..
Ethiopia 1.8 6.8 5.1 5.7 4.8 4.7 3.1 2.9 2.8 4.4 3.2
Malaysia 1.5 14.7 13.7 10.3 7.4 5.5 8.7 9.2 6.5 2.9 1.6
Estonia 1.3 6.1 5.3 5.0 2.9 2.8 3.4 2.5 3.3 3.6 5.3
Hong Kong 1.2 12.8 9.5 9.1 5.3 4.3 5.3 4.8 4.2 3.3 4.1
Singapore 0.9 15.9 14.0 12.8 11.3 9.7 10.4 10.6 10.2 8.3 8.7
Uruguay 0.9 5.9 4.7 3.7 2.5 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.6
Kazakhstan 0.9 5.5 5.9 8.6 5.7 7.7 8.1 9.4 10.9 9.6 6.5
Slovenia 0.9 4.5 3.4 2.8 1.8 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.6
Thailand 0.8 3.9 3.4 2.8 2.4 2.3 3.1 3.8 4.3 3.2 3.0
Morocco 0.8 3.5 3.0 2.9 2.9 3.2 3.1 2.5 2.3 2.4 2.5
Uzbekistan 0.8 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.2 3.4 3.8 3.5 3.4
Panama 0.8 3.3 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.5 .. .. .. .. ..
Ecuador 0.7 4.8 3.8 3.6 3.0 2.6 2.2 2.8 3.1 3.4 3.5
Azerbaijan 0.7 3.2 3.0 3.1 2.9 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.1 2.9 2.9
Egypt 0.6 8.0 6.3 7.0 8.7 6.1 5.2 4.1 3.8 2.4 2.6
New Zealand 0.6 7.0 6.1 4.9 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.9
Vietnam 0.6 4.6 4.7 3.1 2.5 1.9 .. .. .. .. ..
Costa Rica 0.6 3.9 3.5 3.3 2.6 2.1 .. .. .. .. ..
Guatemala 0.4 4.0 3.7 2.6 2.1 1.6 .. .. .. .. ..
Kenya 0.3 4.2 4.7 3.8 4.1 3.4 3.5 2.5 2.3 2.7 2.4
Grand total 831.5 4,551.6 4,120.9 3,613.2 2,900.0 2,799.4 2,926.4 2,961.7 2,885.8 2,820.2 2,803.1
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Tourist arrivals, by country of citizenship (in thousands) 2000–2010
Country 2010[171] 2009[172] 2008[173] 2007[174] 2006[175] 2005[176] 2004[177] 2003[178] 2002[179] 2001[180] 2000[181]
United States 605.1 538.0 600.6 532.4 494.0 457.5 379.1 271.9 206.1 266.2 488.5
Russia 318.7 231.4 205.4 133.3 73.6 68.0 55.7 41.3 36.9 55.8 74.6
France 274.1 254.0 256.3 242.1 252.2 311.4 257.5 174.4 117.9 129.3 202.4
Germany 171.5 139.8 137.4 98.7 89.6 105.2 75.9 49.0 38.8 65.5 176.0
United Kingdom 168.8 163.5 173.3 160.1 161.2 156.7 146.5 104.2 97.3 140.2 201.2
Italy 150.2 116.5 120.6 79.4 58.1 72.9 42.0 26.0 16.9 25.0 171.4
Canada 70.2 59.5 68.5 58.0 51.4 50.8 43.6 31.3 25.1 34.2 55.0
Spain 69.4 53.8 86.8 51.9 30.7 51.9 21.4 15.9 8.6 11.8 65.6
Slovakia 59.7 49.0 61.0 45.4 5.0 7.1 6.9 1.8 1.9 3.8 7.9
Ukraine 55.3 46.5 63.9 49.9 30.7 28.3 24.2 19.3 18.4 33.5 38.0
Netherlands 53.4 44.5 48.3 40.3 43.0 49.8 40.4 27.3 22.8 43.3 91.3
Brazil 48.8 27.9 31.2 20.1 15.5 19.8 11.4 7.8 5.4 8.7 25.3
India 40.1 23.1 29.5 24.2 20.4 19.0 12.7 8.4 9.3 12.0 15.9
Romania 38.5 28.9 37.4 19.2 11.4 9.6 7.9 6.7 5.9 9.6 11.9
 Switzerland 32.1 26.6 27.0 23.3 22.8 25.6 22.6 17.0 13.9 19.6 32.8
Nigeria 31.6 43.9 34.3 31.2 24.6 10.7 16.8 11.8 12.9 8.5 9.3
Belgium 31.2 23.7 23.1 20.8 24.5 25.5 22.8 17.8 15.4 21.6 39.9
Australia 30.7 23.5 26.3 20.9 18.2 19.7 14.9 9.9 8.2 10.4 23.4
South Korea 30.0 17.3 30.6 29.4 28.0 25.9 18.5 8.2 8.1 11.2 16.8
Austria 28.1 23.6 23.7 17.0 15.3 13.3 11.1 8.3 7.6 9.6 22.0
Greece 24.2 18.4 28.8 20.8 16.7 15.0 10.0 6.1 4.8 7.8 24.4
Mexico 22.7 15.0 22.2 18.1 13.3 24.0 14.7 8.2 4.2 9.5 37.9
Argentina 22.3 16.0 19.6 15.0 11.8 14.8 11.7 10.0 7.3 10.6 22.7
South Africa 21.1 18.1 22.4 18.8 16.6 16.5 12.6 9.8 9.1 13.4 20.6
Sweden 20.2 17.0 16.7 14.0 16.8 18.3 12.6 8.6 6.7 10.8 37.0
Finland 19.5 17.8 12.3 8.7 7.8 7.6 6.5 4.1 3.6 11.2 25.7
Jordan 17.8 15.0 15.3 10.5 15.1 8.3 22.9 18.4 24.5 24.6 77.9
Indonesia 17.7 9.6 14.4 11.4 7.3 8.4 5.6 2.7 1.1 3.5 9.8
Denmark 15.2 12.7 12.2 11.2 10.5 11.8 8.7 6.9 6.1 9.5 24.1
Norway 14.2 12.1 13.4 9.8 9.2 9.2 6.7 4.3 4.1 6.4 13.8
Turkey 13.7 13.4 16.3 13.7 15.7 15.7 13.8 13.1 12.0 15.1 23.5
Czech Republic 13.7 10.9 16.4 9.6 14.4 10.0 5.5 3.1 3.2 5.5 11.4
Poland 13.6 6.9 11.6 5.0 42.1 26.8 10.3 6.1 5.3 13.1 41.9
Japan 13.2 9.8 14.4 10.6 9.4 8.3 6.2 4.8 4.1 7.1 18.1
China 12.9 7.6 8.9 7.7 5.8 4.0 3.0 1.9 2.6 6.3 9.8
Hungary 11.8 9.4 13.8 10.0 7.6 8.7 6.9 5.2 5.1 8.1 14.3
Portugal 11.6 8.1 8.9 5.4 3.4 7.8 3.2 1.5 1.3 2.0 18.8
Belarus 11.4 9.7 11.8 9.0 5.9 5.6 4.5 4.2 4.0 6.1 6.2
Colombia 10.9 7.9 9.0 7.1 5.1 8.9 6.3 4.1 3.2 5.3 13.0
Cyprus 10.4 9.4 11.9 9.3 7.7 7.6 5.9 4.5 3.8 4.7 10.3
Philippines 10.2 7.3 9.0 6.7 4.6 5.6 4.3 4.6 5.1 7.1 14.4
Ireland 9.1 7.5 9.0 7.3 5.7 7.0 4.2 2.8 2.5 4.3 9.7
Singapore 8.7 6.5 8.5 7.3 5.2 5.8 5.8 2.8 1.7 1.8 3.6
Bulgaria 7.2 6.1 8.6 5.2 3.5 3.1 2.7 2.1 2.5 2.7 4.0
Kazakhstan 6.5 4.5 6.1 4.9 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Croatia 6.1 5.3 5.2 3.3 2.9 2.4 .. .. .. .. ..
Chile 5.8 4.2 5.5 3.3 2.8 5.1 3.6 2.4 1.5 2.5 9.3
Estonia 5.3 3.1 2.6 2.0 1.2 1.1 .. .. .. .. ..
Lithuania 5.1 4.2 7.4 5.5 3.3 2.4 .. .. .. .. ..
Latvia 4.7 4.2 5.9 5.2 4.3 3.0 2.2 1.6 1.7 2.7 4.2
Georgia 4.5 4.6 6.0 5.1 3.2 2.7 2.1 1.9 1.9 2.9 3.8
Moldova 4.4 3.1 4.4 3.4 2.3 2.4 1.9 1.6 1.5 3.0 4.0
Hong Kong 4.1 2.2 3.4 2.1 0.7 1.0 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.4 1.4
New Zealand 3.9 2.7 3.1 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.1 1.5 1.3 1.9 4.4
Taiwan 3.9 2.5 3.7 3.4 3.0 2.2 1.9 1.1 0.8 1.1 2.7
Ecuador 3.5 2.7 3.0 2.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Uzbekistan 3.4 3.0 4.9 3.5 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.3 3.0 5.9 7.1
Thailand 3.0 3.4 2.7 2.8 1.9 1.5 1.3 1.8 1.5 0.6 2.4
Serbia 3.0 1.4 1.1 0.6 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Azerbaijan 2.9 2.7 2.9 2.7 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Venezuela 2.8 2.8 3.9 3.0 1.9 3.2 2.5 2.1 1.1 1.9 5.9
Uruguay 2.6 2.3 2.6 2.1 2.0 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.0 2.6 4.0
Egypt 2.6 2.3 1.7 2.5 4.8 4.3 3.1 2.8 3.1 5.3 12.8
Slovenia 2.6 2.2 2.4 1.5 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Morocco 2.5 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.5 3.3 3.4 2.8 2.2 2.4 3.0
Malaysia 1.6 0.6 2.3 2.0 1.2 1.5 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.4 2.6
Lebanon .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 15.6
Grand total 2,803.1 2,321.4 2,559.6 2,063.1 1,825.2 1,902.8 1,505.5 1,063.2 861.9 1,195.7 2,416.8
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Tourist arrivals, by country of citizenship (in thousands) 1990–2000
Country 2000[182] 1999[183] 1998[184] 1997[185] 1996[186] 1995[187] 1994[188] 1993[189] 1992[190] 1991[191] 1990[192]
United States 488.5 515.2 451 420.7 435.1 452.7 385.1 371.9 345.4 227.2 244.5
France 202.4 194.9 168.6 166.7 173.1 178.4   159.2 152.6 140.3 111.7 118.4
United Kingdom 201.2 195.5 197.8 198.9 207.4 217.1   196 170.7 149.2 100.6 114
Germany 176 181 145.6 182.5 222 218.8   194.6 173.3 162.7 79.3 97.9
Italy 171.4 146.7 85.4 84.2 72.2 83 71.5 73.8 73.2 27.2 33.7
Netherlands 91.3 90.4 73.9 77.7 81.8 75.5   59 52.2 48.6 29.8 28.3
Jordan 77.9 59.8 52.9 46.9 49.8 84.4 25.8 25.1 19.7 8.5 7.1
Spain 65.6 35.1 22.7 19.8 20.9 32.6 26.7 24 22.8 9.9 16.4
Canada 55 51.4 43.6 43.5 44.4 46.5 38.2 38.4 37.4 24.7 30.8
Poland 41.9 25.9 16.4 14.8 14.3 15.1   11.9 13.7 12 5.7 6
Belgium 39.9 45.9 39.5 46.6 47.2 46.7   36.9 32.3 25.1 17.6 20.1
Ukraine 38 27.9 23.6 21.7 19.5 17.8   .. .. .. .. ..
Mexico 37.9 14.6 10.2 10.2 8.7 7.4 9.6 9.6 10.5 4.4 5.9
Sweden 37 34.8 31.9 33.6 39.1 37.1 35.5 31.6 33.9 20.4 23
Russia 35.9 55.4 61.5 69.7 64.9 61.6 .. .. .. .. ..
 Switzerland 32.8 34.9 35.5 35.7 44 53.9 53.2 44.6 39.5 25.6 31.1
Finland 25.7 28 24.4 25.6 26.6 25.5 21.3 18.1 23.1 15.6 19.4
Brazil 25.3 17.3 24.5 27.9 26 28.2 16.2 12.8 11.3 7.8 10.5
Greece 24.4 19.8 14.8 12.3 10.8 21.8 16.7 18.5 19.1 10 8.6
Denmark 24.1 29 24.1 29.9 28.8 26.4 20.9 17.4 16.7 9.7 10.9
Turkey 23.5 21.6 16.4 13.8 14.3 11.8 8.9 7.9 6.6 7 6.1
Australia 23.4 23.8 20 23.9 22.7 24.6 20.1 19.2 18.1 10.4 14.4
Argentina 22.7 16.7 16.2 16.5 16.1 17.8 18.1 17 16.6 9.6 8.6
Austria 22 31.3 26.2 31.5 38 40.4 37.3 33.5 29.5 11.4 17.2
South Africa 20.6 24.1 25.6 27.2 31.3 34.2 28.9 26.6 23.6 14.9 19.9
Czech Republic and Slovakia or as Czechoslovakia 19.3 26.6 2.7 20.5 18.3 14 8.6 5.6 5.4 3.3 1.8
Portugal 18.8 10 5.4 6.3 5.1 9.5 6.8 8.9 8.2 1.9 5.1
Japan 18.1 17.9 13.8 16.3 18.5 15.8 12.6 10.7 11.4 5.8 6.4
South Korea 16.8 12.2 5.3 23 28.5 19.7 13.1 9 8.3 4.5 3.5
India 15.9 14.8 10.9 13.2 11.6 8.4 7.4 5 3.4 2 3.7
Lebanon 15.6 39.1 34.1 32.4 33 38.6 38.8 36.4 32.9 25.1 41.8
Philippines 14.4 8.6 4.4 5.7 5.3 5.3 3.6 2.8 2.1 1.4 1.7
Hungary 14.3 15.9 11.8 13.3 14 14.6 14.1 12.2 10.5 6.4 8.5
Norway 13.8 13.8 13.7 15.8 18.3 18.2 14.7 12.5 11.5 7.5 8.7
Colombia 13 6.5 6.3 8.2 7.6 8.1 6.3 5.3 .. .. ..
Egypt 12.8 11.7 12.3 13.9 22.3 28 21.8 9.8 8.1 6.1 3.3
Romania 11.9 10.4 6.6 5.9 6.8 8.5 8.8 8.1 5 7.9 10
Cyprus 10.3 9.6 9.7 8.7 8.4 10.2 9.6 7.3 7.7 6 4.5
China 9.8 7.6 5.2 4.4 3.7 4.3 3.4 2.4 .. .. ..
Indonesia 9.8 9.2 1.8 11.5 9.2 8.1 3.6 .. .. .. ..
Ireland 9.7 10.2 6.2 6.2 5.2 6 5.5 6.2 5.7 3.9 4.2
Chile 9.3 5.2 4 5.2 4.5 3.8 3.8 3 2.8 1.8 1.9
Nigeria 9.3 0.9 2.9 7 0.9 13.5 5.7 1.6 .. .. ..
Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, and Republic of Macedonia or as Yugoslavia 9 5.7 4 3.5 4.5 3.7 3.6 3.6 4 3.8 5.4
Uzbekistan 7.1 4.5 3.3 4 5 5 .. .. .. .. ..
Belarus 6.2 4.8 4.5 3.9 4.2 3.8 .. .. .. .. ..
Venezuela 5.9 3.1 2.6 2.3 2.6 3.2 2.2 2.1 2.2 1.6 1.7
New Zealand 4.4 4.7 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.8 4.1 3.5 3.4 1.9 2.7
Latvia 4.2 4.6 4.1 4 3.7 3.5   .. .. .. .. ..
Bulgaria 4 3.7 2.8 2.9 4.2 4.7 4.1 3.5 2.5 2.3 2.4
Moldova 4 2.9 2.7 3 4.2 2.5 .. .. .. .. ..
Uruguay 4 2.7 2.6 2.3 2.6 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.2 1.5 1.8
Georgia 3.8 2.9 3 3.3 3.5 2.9 .. .. .. .. ..
Singapore 3.6 4 3.2 4.3 4.8 4.7 3.6 2.5 .. .. ..
Morocco 3 3.2 2.4 2.6 .. .. .. 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4
Taiwan 2.7 2.6 2.1 2.7 3 2.2 .. .. .. .. ..
Malaysia 2.6 2.5 1.1 2.8 3.3 3.5 .. .. .. .. ..
Thailand 2.4 2.5 1.4 3.6 2.8 3 4.2 2.5 .. .. ..
Hong Kong 1.4 2.4 2.7 3.6 3.8 5 4.9 4.6 4 1.8 2.5
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan or as Soviet Union .. .. .. .. .. .. 92.7 63.3 41.8 21.9 23.0
Luxembourg .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.4 0.4
Tunisia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.4 0.4
Ethiopia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.3 0.9
Pakistan .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.1 0.1
Grand total 2,416.8 2,312.3 1,941.6 2,010.4 2,100.6 2,215.6 1,838.70 1,655.60 1,509.50 943.3 1,063.4
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Tourist arrivals, by country of citizenship (in thousands) 1980–1990
Country 1990[193] 1989[194] 1988[195] 1987[196] 1986[197] 1985[198] 1984[199] 1983[200] 1982[201] 1981[202] 1980[203]
United States 244.5 260.2 250.1 293.5 211.7 367 403.8 354.4 263.5 270.9 284.7
France 118.4 131.9 124.8 153.8 1360 140.7 125.1 127.5 129.6 148.0 138.8
United Kingdom 114.1 134.6 145.6 155.6 133.9 129.3 131.3 122.4 126.8 143.2 140.8
West Germany 97.9 119.3 154.6 182.1 139.1 145.7 133.8 111.4 107.5 155.1 157.4
Lebanon 41.8 42.6 38.8 37.1 36.5 31.4 33.4 65.1 .. .. ..
Italy 33.7 35.8 28.8 52.3 33.5 44.4 48.9 47.4 35.1 49.2 55.8
 Switzerland 31.2 35.5 40.7 47.4 37.7 36.2 35.1 31.7 29.3 31.4 34.1
Canada 30.8 32.3 30.1 34.2 28.5 38.1 34.6 33.0 26.6 27.8 26.5
Netherlands 28.3 33.8 36.6 45.7 31.5 32.1 26.5 28.8 28.9 32.3 37.1
Sweden 23 30.4 33.3 35.4 24.9 24.9 23.2 17.9 .. .. ..
Soviet Union 23 22.3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Belgium 20.1 22.4 20 24.3 20.7 19.7 18.3 17.0 15.7 20.2 20.9
South Africa 19.9 18.4 21 23.6 20.3 18 26.5 22.4 18.4 17.6 26.1
Finland 18.4 19.7 20 19.2 14.2 10.7 9 7.8 .. .. ..
Austria 17.2 17.8 21.2 27.7 23.1 26 21.7 19.1 16.8 22.9 22.4
Spain 16.4 17.8 13.4 21.5 16.1 14.2 12.9 9.4 7.8 11.0 10.8
Australia 14.4 16.9 16.9 20 15.8 19.9 16.7 14.1 11.6 12.1 13.4
Denmark 10.9 14.8 16.9 18.7 15.6 16.6 14.1 11.6 .. .. ..
Brazil 10.5 15.7 13.6 14.2 11.2 9.6 8.7 7.5 8.2 7.5 7.3
Romania 10 3.5 4.5 4 3.2 3 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.0
Norway 8.7 9.7 11.5 13.4 11.6 10.1 9 7.6 .. .. ..
Argentina 8.6 10.3 10.5 14.4 28 14.5 12.5 10 7.4 13.5 15.4
Greece 8.6 9 7.6 12.7 10 9.9 12 9.1 11.2 10.8 11.1
Hungary 8.5 11 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Jordan 7.1 5.7 4.4 18.7 17.6 14.5 13.1 12.3 .. .. ..
Japan 6.4 6.9 7.5 7.2 5.1 4.7 4.4 4.3 3.9 3.3 3.4
Turkey 6.1 5.4 5.3 5.4 4.6 4.6 6 .. .. .. 7.6
Poland 6 9.9 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Mexico 5.9 7.9 9 10.2 6 12 11.9 8.2 6.3 12.6 9.4
Portugal 5.1 5 4 5.2 2.8 2.8 2.3 2.9 .. .. ..
Cyprus 4.5 4.3 3.2 7.3 6.2 6 6.7 .. .. .. 5.7
Ireland 4.2 4.7 5 7.3 5.7 5.4 5.5 5.7 .. .. ..
India and Pakistan 3.8 4.3 4.5 5.3 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Egypt 3.3 4.2 4.3 5.1 5.6 5 4.6 4.4 4.2 0.0 0.0
New Zealand 2.7 3.5 4.2 3.7 2.7 2.8 3 2.1 2.0 2.3 2.6
Chile 1.9 2.4 1.9 1.7 1.5 2 1.7 1.4 1.8 1.6 1.5
Uruguay 1.8 2.3 2 2 2 1.8 1.8 1.5 2.1 1.5 1.7
India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka .. .. .. .. 4.7 3.9 3.3 3.4 .. .. ..
Yugoslavia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1.2 1.8 2.2
Cyprus and Turkey .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11.3 8.8 12.0
Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 52.1 65.2 69.0
Grand total 1,063.4 1,176.5 1,169.6 1,378.7 1,101.5 1,264.4 1,259.2 1,166.8 997.5 1,137.1 1,175.8
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Tourist arrivals, by country of citizenship (in thousands) 1970–1980
Country 1980[203] 1979[204] 1978[204] 1977[205] 1976[205] 1975[205] 1974[206] 1973[207] 1972[208] 1971[209] 1970[210]
United States 284.7 298.1 292.8 271.5 224.7 169.4 204.2 227.9 288.5 255.8 166.9
West Germany 157.4 145.0 131.2 110.4 63.6 49.8 43.6 42.3 43.2 34.5 20.2
United Kingdom 140.8 129.4 101.0 79.9 73.7 66.1 69.7 66.6 66.5 64.3 47.2
France 138.8 126.5 120.6 122.0 108.3 72.8 63.0 71.6 64.6 68.2 49.5
Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden 69.0 71.7 67.7 64.1 46.6 31.3 28.8 34.0 37.9 29.4 18.9
Italy 55.8 46.3 45.9 37.0 34.7 24.5 19.7 18.1 18.2 16.1 8.4
Netherlands 37.1 39.7 35.1 34.1 27.8 18.5 18.5 19.9 19.8 17.0 9.9
 Switzerland 34.1 34.4 31.3 30.8 25.1 19.9 19.8 20.5 21.8 16.8 10.1
Canada 26.5 30.2 32.9 35.3 29.1 25.4 24.7 22.2 23.9 25.6 17.9
South Africa 26.1 22.2 22.3 24.6 20.8 16.7 17.0 16.1 15.3 14.8 11.4
Austria 22.4 19.5 17.4 15.8 10.1 6.6 6.1 6.6 7.2 5.7 3.0
Belgium 20.9 20.8 18.9 18.3 14.0 11.7 10.7 11.5 10.5 10.5 7.6
Argentina 15.4 13.9 10.9 10.3 6.8 13.0 10.7 7.4 7.7 7.8 6.2
Australia 13.4 14.5 15.0 14.6 12.8 9.8 8.6 9.7 9.1 7.8 6.2
Greece 11.1 11.9 11.5 9.2 7.4 5.8 6.4 8.6 8.2 7.7 5.4
Spain 10.8 9.4 8.0 8.5 6.8 4.3 2.5 4.5 2.5 1.6 0.9
Mexico 9.4 7.9 6.5 5.7 5.0 7.1 3.5 4.3 3.7 3.4 2.2
Turkey 7.6 5.3 4.2 5.8 5.2 4.3 6.3 5.6 5.4 6.3 6.3
Brazil 7.3 6.9 6.6 5.4 6.0 6.4 3.5 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.0
Cyprus 5.7 3.2 3.1 2.3 1.6 1.4 3.3 4.9 4.3 4.0 2.7
Japan 3.4 3.8 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.4 1.8 2.5 2.3 4.0 1.0
Romania 3.0 3.7 3.2 3.2 3.0 2.4 4.0 4.4 5.2 2.5 2.0
New Zealand 2.6 2.2 2.5 2.5 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.2 0.9 0.8
Yugoslavia 2.2 3.3 2.4 2.5 2.2 1.9 1.5 1.3 2.2 1.3 0.8
Uruguay 1.7 1.3 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.1 1.7 0.8 1.0 1.1
Chile 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.4 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.1
Iran 0.0 0.0 27.3 23.1 18.4 9.7 9.3 9.5 9.7 8.5 6.7
Czechoslovakia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.2 0.1 0.2
Grand total 1,175.8 1,138.6 1,070.8 986.5 796.6 619.6 624.7 661.7 727.5 656.8 436.9
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Tourist arrivals, by country of citizenship (in thousands) 1960–1970
Country 1970[210] 1969[211] 1968[212] 1967[213] 1966[213] 1965[213] 1964[214] 1963[214] 1962[214] 1961[214] 1960[215]
United States 166.9 148.5 153.5 90.7 95.8 83.2 71.7 68.3 59.1 55.5 49.7
France 49.5 49.4 39.6 32.3 39.4 34.2 30.5 25.0 19.9 17.2 10.0
United Kingdom 47.2 49.3 46.3 34.4 38.4 33.0 28.3 25.5 18.4 15.6 10.9
West Germany 20.2 17.7 13.5 10.5 13.0 11.9 9.6 7.7 7.5 5.8 4.1
Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden 18.9 17.8 21.4 12.3 14.5 13.0 10.7 8.4 4.8 4.3 2.0
Canada 17.9 15.8 14.7 7.8 7.9 7.0 5.9 5.0 5.3 4.3 3.5
South Africa 11.4 9.3 9.2 6.8 5.7 5.9 5.1 5.3 4.6 5.5 0.8
 Switzerland 10.1 11.8 12.6 8.8 10.4 9.3 10.0 6.3 4.7 3.3 2.4
Netherlands 9.9 10.8 14.0 9.3 8.0 7.9 7.2 4.9 3.4 3.5 2.4
Italy 8.4 8.3 9.4 8.1 11.0 8.3 7.3 5.4 4.2 3.3 2.8
Belgium 7.6 6.7 8.0 5.8 5.8 5.9 5.0 3.7 3.5 3.2 2.1
Iran 6.9 5.5 5.8 3.2 3.3 3.6 4.8 4.3 2.6 2.2 2.0
Turkey 6.3 5.3 3.5 2.3 2.4 2.9 2.6 1.2 1.6 1.5 1.2
Argentina 6.2 5.9 5.8 4.5 3.9 4.6 4.0 2.8 3.0 3.4 2.1
Australia 6.2 5.4 5.7 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Greece 5.4 5.0 4.2 2.3 2.2 2.1 1.7 1.4 1.1 1.0 0.8
Brazil 4.0 3.4 3.5 2.4 2.8 2.6 2.7 3.0 1.9 1.4 1.2
Austria 3.0 4.2 4.2 3.4 2.9 2.9 2.2 1.9 1.6 1.7 1.0
Cyprus 2.7 2.0 1.6 0.7 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.0 0.8 0.8
Mexico 2.2 2.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Romania 2.0 5.0 2.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1
Uruguay 1.1 0.9 1.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Chile 1.1 0.9 0.9 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Japan 1.0 1.0 1.4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Spain 0.9 1.1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Yugoslavia 0.8 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.2
New Zealand 0.8 0.6 0.8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Czechoslovakia 0.2 0.8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia .. .. 5.0 3.6 1.8 2.2 .. .. .. .. 0.8
Czechoslovakia and Hungary .. .. 0.9 0.8 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.3
Poland .. .. 0.5 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.5
Grand total 436.9 409.0 432.0 291.2 318.1 296.5 251.6 218.5 183.7 159.6 114.0
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Tourist arrivals, by country of citizenship 1950–1960
Country 1960[215] 1959[216] 1958[216] 1957[217] 1956[217] 1955[217] 1954[218] 1953[219] 1952[220] 1951[221] 1950[219]
United States 49,724 35,972 25,664 11,671 12,659 18,332 13,232 11,854 11,435 9,324 8,669
France 10,888 8,901 7,673 4,947 4,046 4,916 4,039 3,695 3,234 3,992 3,682
United Kingdom 9,957 7,697 6,726 5,665 5,021 4.874 4,186 4,023 3,674 3,959 2,342
South Africa 4,531 2,384 2,410 1,868 1,400 2,225 2,079 1,703 1,370 1,684 1,444
West Germany 4,136 2,959 1,516 986 691 467 297 307 373 728 495
Canada 3,546 2,976 2,380 1,138 859 1,055 843 717 647 513 581
 Switzerland 2,754 1,875 1,457 1,064 920 1,039 853 716 766 799
Italy 2,443 2,313 1,797 1,270 1,170 1,275 1,124 1,026 1,103 1,208 864
Netherlands 2,374 1,496 1,322 1,091 827 773 672 641 618 705 612
Belgium 2,140 1,414 1,132 1,099 790 1,032 781 793 1,007 1,364 888
Argentina 2,103 955 1,194 716 785 1,163 999 856 649 553 488
Iran 2,038 1,678 1,415 827 612 388 277 397 501 891 395
Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden 1,955 1,467 1,488 1,066 1,229 1,408 1,436 1,284 835 787 576
Brazil 1,175 633 968 599 475 376 457 464 438 348 236
Turkey 1,162 1,792 3,096 2,847 4,162 2,106 1,729 1,582 1,468 2,296 1,373
Austria 987 843 777 521 350 647 443 403 419 473 357
Cyprus 814 513 552 310 360 403 301 289 306 400
Greece 804 660 753 705 418 356 423 283 505 589 512
Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia 804 622 1,095 1,151 1,244 1,422 761 414 475 403 232
Poland 493 399 322 1,444 1,208 49 45 107 49 42 89
Yugoslavia 241 291 359 124 154 236 215 139 115 265 115
Hungary 190 90 60 119 38 31 39 30 36 42 28
Czechoslovakia 122 46 56 47 76 46 56 27 26 30 46
Romania 86 92 96 79 46 41 32 44 35 30 29
Grand total 113,956 83,614 69,777 44,562 42,567 48,212 38,661 35,212 32,965 35,893 28,913
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Tourist arrivals, by country of citizenship 1949–1950
Country 1950[219] 1949[222]
United States 8,669 3,307
France 3,682 1,908
United Kingdom 2,342 979
South Africa 1,444 627
Turkey 1,373 102
Belgium 888 517
Italy 864 244
Netherlands 612 314
Canada 581 181
Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden 576 173
Greece 512 124
West Germany 495 131
Argentina 488 ..
Iran 395 13
Austria 357 57
Brazil 236 ..
Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia 232 53
Yugoslavia 115 12
Poland 89 110
Czechoslovakia 46 57
Romania 29 18
Hungary 28 22
 Switzerland .. 266
Cyprus .. 93
Soviet Union .. 39
Bulgaria .. 15
Grand total 28,913 10,197
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Overstaying tourists

Overstaying tourists are visitors with B2 visa who haven't left Israel after their visa period is expired (mostly 3 months) and they haven't extended their B2 visa or changed to other type of visa. In many cases of the overstaying tourists, are tourist who also work illegally without work permit in Israel.

Overstaying tourists (in thousands)[223][224][225][226][227][228][229][230]
31.12.2023 31.12.2022 31.12.2021 31.12.2020
# Country Percentage Number # Country Percentage Number # Country Percentage Number # Country Percentage Number
1. Russia 19.3% 4.6 1. Russia 20.2% 5.1 1. Ukraine 23.5% 5.6 1. Ukraine 24.0% 7.2
2. Ukraine[c] 16.5% 3.9 2. Ukraine[c] 18.0% 4.6 2. Russia 17.6% 4.2 2. Russia 17.4% 5.2
3. Nigeria 8.4% 2 3. Nigeria 8.8% 2.2 3. Nigeria 9.5% 2.3 3. Nigeria 7.7% 2.3
4. Georgia 7.7% 1.8 4. Georgia 7.3% 1.9 4. Georgia 7.9% 1.9 4. Georgia 7.1% 2.1
5. Poland 4.1% 1 5. Poland 4.1% 1 5. Poland 4.3% 1 5. Poland 3.5% 1.1
6. Romania 3.5% 0.8 6. Romania 3.0% 0.8 6. Romania 2.9% 0.7 6. Ethiopia 3.5% 1
7. Brazil 3.3% 0.8 7. Brazil 2.7% 0.7 7. Philippines 2.6% 0.6 7. Brazil 3.0% 0.9
8. Colombia 3.2% 0.8 8. Philippines 2.6% 0.7 8. India 2.5% 0.6 8. Romania 2.9% 0.9
9. Philippines 3.0% 0.7 9. Colombia 2.4% 0.6 9. China 2.1% 0.5 9. Philippines 2.2% 0.7
10. India 2.8% 0.7 10. India 2.3% 0.6 10. Colombia 2.0% 0.5 10. India 1.9% 0.6
11. Mexico 1.8% 0.4 11. Belarus 1.8% 0.5 11. Brazil 1.6% 0.4 11. Colombia 1.8% 0.5
12. Moldova 1.6% 0.4 12. Hong Kong 1.8% 0.5 12. Fiji 1.4% 0.3 12. China 1.4% 0.4
13. Turkey 1.5% 0.4 13. Mexico 1.7% 0.4 13. Mexico 1.4% 0.3 13. Moldova 1.3% 0.4
14. Belarus 1.4% 0.3 14. Moldova 1.5% 0.4 14. Moldova 1.4% 0.3 14. Turkey 1.3% 0.4
15. China 1.4% 0.3 15. China 1.3% 0.3 15. Turkey 1.4% 0.3 15. Fiji 1.2% 0.3
16. Fiji 1.3% 0.3 16. Fiji 1.3% 0.3 16. Argentina 1.0% 0.2
17. South Africa 1.1% 0.3 17. Turkey 1.2% 0.3 17. Hong Kong 1.0% 0.2
18. Argentina 1.0% 0.2 18. Argentina 1.0% 0.3 18. South Africa 0.8% 0.2
19. Hong Kong 1.0% 0.2 19. South Africa 1.0% 0.3 19. Ethiopia 0.5% 0.1
20. Egypt 0.8% 0.2 20. Egypt 0.6% 0.2
21. Ethiopia 0.6% 0.1 21. Ethiopia 0.5% 0.1
22.   Nepal 0.6% 0.1
Other Countries 14.1% 3.5 Other Countries 14.9% 3.8 14.6% 3.5 Other Countries 19.8% 6.1
Total 100.0% 23.8 Total 100.0% 25.4 Total 100.0% 23.7 Total 100.0% 30.1
31.12.2019 31.12.2018 31.12.2017 31.12.2016
# Country Percentage Number # Country Percentage Number # Country Percentage Number # Country Percentage Number
1. Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, and other former USSR countries 76.7% 37.3 1. Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, and other former USSR countries 76.6% 44.6 1. Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, and other former USSR countries 69.3% 46.2 1. Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, and other former USSR countries 69.3% 51.3
2. Egypt 3.5% 1.7 2. Mexico 3.3% 1.9 2. Romania 6.8% 4.5 2. Romania 6.4% 4.7
3. Venezuela 2.5% 1.2 3. Egypt 2.7% 1.6 3. Mexico 3.3% 2.2 3. Mexico 3.6% 2.7
4. Mexico 2.1% 1 4. Venezuela 2.1% 1.2 4. Egypt 2.4% 1.6 4. Egypt 2.2% 1.6
5. Peru 2.1% 1 5. Peru 1.9% 1.1 5. Venezuela 1.9% 1.2 5. Venezuela 1.8% 1.3
6. Morocco 1.4% 0.7 6. Colombia 1.5% 0.9 6. Peru 1.7% 1.1 6. China 1.6% 1.2
7. Colombia 1.2% 0.6 7.   Nepal 1.5% 0.9 7. Colombia 1.3% 0.9 7. Peru 1.6% 1.2
8.   Nepal 1.2% 0.6 8. Bulgaria 1.0% 0.6 8.   Nepal 1.3% 0.9 8. Hungary 1.4% 1
9. Bolivia 1.0% 0.5 9. Morocco 1.0% 0.6 9. Hungary 1.1% 0.7 9. Czechia and Slovakia 1.4% 1
10. Uruguay 1.0% 0.5 10. Uruguay 0.9% 0.5 10. Czechia and Slovakia 1.0% 0.7 10.   Nepal 1.3% 1
Other Countries 7.3% 3.5 Other Countries 7.5% 4.3 Other Countries 9.9% 6.7 Other Countries 9.4% 7
Total 100.0% 48.6 Total 100.0% 58.2 Total 100.0% 66.7 Total 100.0% 74

See also

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Notes

  1. [a]
    Nationals of Germany born before 1928 need a visa, which is issued free of charge if they were not involved with the Nazi Party.[3][4]
  2. [b]
    Only for holders of passports that include a personal identification number.[5]
  3. [c]
    Legal overstaying for humanitarian reasons due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Citizens of Ukraine are allowed to overstay and work in Israel.[231][232]

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