Tourism in Laos


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

Statistics

Annual statistics

International Visitor Arrivals

RankCountry2018201720162015201420132012201120102009
*ASEAN2,886,8442,747,0963,083,3833,588,5383,224,0803,041,2332,712,4782,191,2241,990,9321,611,009
1Thailand*1,929,9341,797,8032,009,6052,321,3522,043,7612,059,4341,937,6121,579,9411,517,0641,274,064
2Vietnam*867,585891,643998,4001,187,9541,108,332910,164705,596561,586431,011296,763
3China805,833639,185545,493511,436422,440245,033199,857150,791161,854128,226
4South Korea174,405170,571173,260165,32896,08581,79953,82934,70727,31217,876
5USA49,17838,76558,09463,05861,46061,60853,38050,09249,78239,339
6France39,31536,76054,95355,15152,14652,41146,90344,39944,84431,775
7Japan38,98532,06449,19143,82644,87748,64442,02637,88334,07628,081
8UK26,80127,72339,17041,50839,06141,74135,96435,62237,27227,044
9Germany22,91523,77634,01831,89729,80029,25023,41721,28022,58317,710
10Australia19,60720,88633,07734,66544,96435,44133,87831,87430,53824,209
11Malaysia*26,00219,11424,39124,09524,31226,03522,78517,702N/AN/A
12Canada10,75913,46719,31519,78519,09617,13216,74414,422N/AN/A
13Philippines*10,82610,16816,75016,70915,17916,31814,28111,847N/AN/A
14Cambodia*18,90815,10816,53620,62515,34212,18015,1407,561N/AN/A
15Taiwan4,8234,32914,0056,1315,4784,7713,9965,029N/AN/A
16Russia8,96310,98613,03312,53213,34011,6498,6427,019N/AN/A
17Switzerland9,7497,95610,6039,7779,06410,58610,0969,710N/AN/A
18Italy6,1987,53710,0528,9909,7108,8226,2896,977N/AN/A
19Singapore*7,6926,8298,5128,2589,6219,68510,5457,130N/AN/A
20India4,8644,3438,2495,4924,5474,5513,2753,227N/AN/A
21Netherlands7,8045,5007,0048,4298,68310,8999,2839,164N/AN/A
22Sweden4,8023,4835,7955,4655,8045,1946,6765,926N/AN/A
23Belgium5,3224,3715,6825,2895,3436,0466,2845,241N/AN/A
24Spain5,3094,5895,4614,8565,2195,1274,2084,652N/AN/A
25Austria3,2372,8745,3243,9103,8353,3392,8603,801N/AN/A
26Indonesia*3,4873,2415,0106,0194,8124,8884,2563,338N/AN/A
27New Zealand3,4603,2024,7874,7985,2005,4515,4184,885N/AN/A
28Denmark3,8923,1984,4794,4915,0654,5865,0544,769N/AN/A
29Norway2,9132,3344,0183,4993,6063,5313,3073,178N/AN/A
30Myanmar*22,1322,8483,6952,6612,1571,9471,7301,765N/AN/A
31Israel2,9972,1283,5934,1634,0683,3643,2414,232N/AN/A
32Finland2,2872,0233,2183,0133,7512,7352,9622,742N/AN/A
33Greece520481593878498433366451N/AN/A
34Brunei*278342484865564582533354N/AN/A

∗ASEAN nation