For a few countries where the official exchange rate does not reflect the rate effectively applied to actual foreign exchange transactions, an alternative conversion factor is used.
Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
International inbound tourists overnight visitors are the number of tourists who travel to a country other than that in which they have their usual residence, but outside their usual environment, for a period not exceeding 12 months and whose main purpose in visiting is other than an activity remunerated from within the country visited.
These figures are calculated on an exchange rate basis, i.
The data on inbound tourists refer to the number of arrivals, not to the number of people traveling.
Population and Vital Statistics Report various years , 3 Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, 4 Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, 5 Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and 6 U.