Persons participating in tourism for personal purposes - number of tourists

In 2024, France's persons participating in tourism for personal purposes decreased by 6.9% compared to 2023, reaching 32,098,849.

France accounts for 17.0% of the EU-27 total of 188,318,376.

France ranks 2nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 9.6% (from 29,282,720 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tin00185, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.