Guest houses in Luang Prabang.

Tourism in Laos is governed by a ministry-level government agency, the Lao National Tourism Administration (LNTA).

Statistics

Annual statistics

YearTourist ArrivalsChangeSource
2020 886,447 Decrease 81.5% [1]
2019 4,791,065 Increase14.4%
20184,186,432Increase 8.2%[2]
20173,868,838Decrease 8.7%[3]
20164,239,047Decrease 9.5%[4]
20154,684,429Increase 12.6%[5]
20144,158,719Increase 10.0%[6]
20133,779,490Increase 13.5%[7]
20123,330,072Increase 22.3%
20112,723,564Increase 8.4%
20102,513,028Increase 25.1%
20092,008,363Increase 15.6%
20081,736,787Increase 6.9%
20071,623,943Increase 33.6%
20061,215,106Increase 10.9%
20051,095,315Increase 22.4%
2004894,806Increase 40.6%
2003636,361Decrease 13.5%
2002735,662Increase 9.2%
2001673,823Decrease 8.6%
2000737,208Increase 20.8%
1999614,278Increase 22.8%
1998500,200Increase 8.0%
1997463,200Increase 14.9%
1996403,000Increase16.3%
1995346,460Increase 137.0%
1994146,155Increase 42.0%
1993102,946Increase 17.6%
199287,571Increase 132.8%
199137,613Increase 161.2%
199014,400-

Notes:

1.^ COVID-19 pandemic.
2.^ SARS epidemic
3.^ September 11 attacks

International visitor arrivals

RankCountry 2020 2019 2018 201720162015201420132012201120102009 2008
1 Thailand* 350,103 2,160,300 1,929,934 1,797,803 2,009,6052,321,3522,043,7612,059,4341,937,6121,579,9411,517,0641,274,064 891,448
2 Vietnam* 186,180 924,875 867,585 891,643 998,4001,187,9541,108,332910,164705,596561,586431,011296,763 351,384
3 China 138,466 1,022,727 705,833 639,185 545,493511,436422,440245,033199,857150,791161,854128,226 105,852
4 South Korea 40,210 203,191 174,405 170,571 173,260165,32896,08581,79953,82934,70727,31217,876 18,065
5 United States 18,116 61,184 49,178 38,765 58,09463,05861,46061,60853,38050,09249,78239,339 54,717
6 France 15,509 44,416 39,315 36,760 54,95355,15152,14652,41146,90344,39944,84431,775 39,077
7 Japan 11,085 41,736 38,985 32,064 49,19143,82644,87748,64442,02637,88334,07628,081 31,569
8 United Kingdom 11,592 31,976 26,801 27,723 39,17041,50839,06141,74135,96435,62237,27227,044 36,038
9 Germany 8,632 25,346 22,915 23,77634,01831,89729,80029,25023,41721,28022,58317,710 25,191
10 Australia 7,271 24,750 19,607 20,88633,07734,66544,96435,44133,87831,87430,53824,209 28,180
11 Malaysia* 5,800 28,321 26,002 19,11424,39124,09524,31226,03522,78517,70215,42713,816 15,625
12 Canada 4,638 12,873 10,759 13,46719,31519,78519,09617,13216,74414,42213,63710,955 14,695
13 Philippines* 3,679 17,187 10,826 10,16816,75016,70915,17916,31814,28111,84710,3418,331 12,647
14 Cambodia* 5,012 28,342 18,908 15,10816,53620,62515,34212,18015,1407,5616,908 7,530 5,482
15 Taiwan 1,714 6,956 4,823 4,32914,0056,1315,4784,7713,9965,0293,346 2,519 2,665
16 Russia 3,144 12,054 8,963 10,98613,03312,53213,34011,6498,6427,0194,835 2,861 3,206
17  Switzerland 2,921 8,512 9,749 7,95610,6039,7779,06410,58610,0969,7108,622 5,827 6,526
18 Italy 2,751 7,330 6,198 7,53710,0528,9909,7108,8226,2896,9777,075 5,481 6,467
19 Singapore* 2,008 11,730 7,692 6,8298,5128,2589,6219,68510,5457,1306,087 5,286 4,866
20 India 1,743 8,152 4,864 4,343 8,2495,4924,5474,5513,2753,2273,321 2,280 2,652
21 Netherlands 2,287 8,877 7,804 5,500 7,0048,4298,68310,8999,2839,16410,032 8,504 11,315
22 Sweden 1,419 3,475 4,802 3,483 5,7955,4655,8045,1946,6765,9266,261 4,150 6,827
23 Belgium 1,970 6,099 5,322 4,3715,6825,2895,3436,0466,2845,2415,012 3,868 4,908
24 Spain 1,476 6,157 5,309 4,589 5,4614,8565,2195,1274,2084,6524,195 2,962 3,117
25 Austria 1,250 3,320 3,237 2,874 5,3243,9103,8353,3392,8603,8012,565 2,450 2,843
26 Indonesia* 1,217 5,161 3,487 3,241 5,0106,0194,8124,8884,2563,3382,245 3,158 2,043
27 New Zealand 1,226 3,965 3,460 3,202 4,7874,7985,2005,4515,4184,8854,393 3,479 4,364
28 Denmark 1,591 3,134 3,892 3,198 4,4794,4915,0654,5865,0544,7695,359 2,977 3,657
29 Norway 874 2,248 2,913 2,334 4,0183,4993,6063,5313,3073,1782,845 2,221 2,909
30 Myanmar* 1,417 22,524 22,132 2,848 3,6952,6612,1571,9471,7301,7651,652 1,794 1,698
31 Israel 1,664 4,041 2,997 2,1283,5934,1634,0683,3643,2414,2323,700 2,236 4,090
32 Finland 780 1,719 2,287 2,023 3,2183,0133,7512,7352,9622,7422,470 1,985 2,729
33 Greece 246 586 520 481593878498433366451578537 569
34 Brunei* 103 389 278 342 484865564582533354197267 338

∗ASEAN nation

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Statistical Report on Tourism in Laos" (PDF). European Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Lao PDR. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "2018 Statistical Report on Tourism in Laos" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "Laos Tourism decline". Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "2016 Statistical Report on Tourism in Laos" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "2015 Statistical Report on Tourism in Laos" (PDF). Mekong Tourism. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 October 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Lao has a record 2014". Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  7. ↑  "2014 Statistical Report on Tourism in Laos" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2017. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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