Most popular destinations in Italy
Italy recorded a total of 38 million tourists in 2020, ranking 6th in the world in absolute terms. Without including the size of a country, such a ranking list may not be very meaningful. By putting the tourist numbers in relation to the population of Italy, the result is much more comparable picture: With 0.65 tourists per resident, Italy ranked 58th in the world. In Southern Europe, it ranked 8th. Italy generated around 20.46 billion US Dollar in the tourism sector alone. This corresponds to 0.97 percent of its the gross domestic product and approximately 43 percent of all international tourism receipts in Southern Europe. Most popular destinations in Italy No less than 4 cities in Italy are among the top 100 most popular destinations worldwide. In 2019 Rome reached the 17th place with 10.32 million tourists. According to Euromonitor, all foreign tourists with at least one overnight stay were counted. City Tourists Rank Change Rome 10,317,000 #17 +2.5% Milan 6,604,400 #