Countries by Tourist Departures

Poles must like to travel. High levels of domestic tourism landed that country a spot on my Countries-that-receive-the-most-tourists quiz, surprising some. I wonder about how some of these stats were collected, though. Would Poles going to Germany for work count? If that's the case, then I think there are more than 10 million Filipinos working overseas various places who come and go from their home country usually once a year or so. Here in Saudi Arabia/Bahrain where I live, people cross the causeway every weekend for various reasons. Some do it every day. Many of the guys I work with live in Bahrain and work in Saudi Arabia. Same thing happens between Malaysia and Singapore. 50,000 or so Malaysians commuting to work every day in Singapore would be about 18 million trips both directions.

You could say that, but there is a LOT of travel in between the states that isn't represented here. The US is comparable to a union of 50 European-sized countries, so if it reflected that the numbers would be much higher. You could also blame geography. Many Europeans only have to drive an hour or two to get to the next country, while many Americans drive an hour or two to work every day, but would have to go hundreds of miles to be an international tourist.