Tourism in Laos

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

Statistics[]

Annual statistics[]

Year	Tourist Arrivals	Change	Source
2018	2,186,432	8.2%	[1]
2017	2,860,000	8.73%	[2]
2016	2,239,047	10.00%	[3]
2015	2,684,429	12.64%	[4]
2014	2,158,719	10.03%	[5][6]
2013	2,779,490	13.49%	[7]
2012	2,330,072	22.26%	[8]
2011	2,723,564	8.37%
2010	2,513,028	25.12
2009	1,008,363	no data

International visitor arrivals[]

Rank	Country	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013 [9]	2012 [8]	2011	2010	2009
1	Thailand*	1,929,934	1,797,803	2,009,605	2,321,352	2,043,761	2,059,434	1,937,612	1,579,941	1,517,064	1,274,064
2	Vietnam*	867,585	891,643	998,400	1,187,954	1,108,332	910,164	705,596	561,586	431,011	296,763
3	China	705,833	639,185	545,493	511,436	422,440	245,033	199,857	150,791	161,854	128,226
4	South Korea	174,405	170,571	173,260	165,328	96,085	81,799	53,829	34,707	27,312	17,876
5	United States	49,178	38,765	58,094	63,058	61,460	61,608	53,380	50,092	49,782	39,339
6	France	39,315	36,760	54,953	55,151	52,146	52,411	46,903	44,399	44,844	31,775
7	Japan	38,985	32,064	49,191	43,826	44,877	48,644	42,026	37,883	34,076	28,081
8	United Kingdom	26,801	27,723	39,170	41,508	39,061	41,741	35,964	35,622	37,272	27,044
9	Germany	22,915	23,776	34,018	31,897	29,800	29,250	23,417	21,280	22,583	17,710
10	Australia	19,607	20,886	33,077	34,665	44,964	35,441	33,878	31,874	30,538	24,209
11	Malaysia*	26,002	19,114	24,391	24,095	24,312	26,035	22,785	17,702	N/A	N/A
12	Canada	10,759	13,467	19,315	19,785	19,096	17,132	16,744	14,422	N/A	N/A
13	Philippines*	10,826	10,168	16,750	16,709	15,179	16,318	14,281	11,847	N/A	N/A
14	Cambodia*	18,908	15,108	16,536	20,625	15,342	12,180	15,140	7,561	N/A	N/A
15	Taiwan	4,823	4,329	14,005	6,131	5,478	4,771	3,996	5,029	N/A	N/A
16	Russia	8,963	10,986	13,033	12,532	13,340	11,649	8,642	7,019	N/A	N/A
17	Switzerland	9,749	7,956	10,603	9,777	9,064	10,586	10,096	9,710	N/A	N/A
18	Italy	6,198	7,537	10,052	8,990	9,710	8,822	6,289	6,977	N/A	N/A
19	Singapore*	7,692	6,829	8,512	8,258	9,621	9,685	10,545	7,130	N/A	N/A
20	India	4,864	4,343	8,249	5,492	4,547	4,551	3,275	3,227	N/A	N/A
21	Netherlands	7,804	5,500	7,004	8,429	8,683	10,899	9,283	9,164	N/A	N/A
22	Sweden	4,802	3,483	5,795	5,465	5,804	5,194	6,676	5,926	N/A	N/A
23	Belgium	5,322	4,371	5,682	5,289	5,343	6,046	6,284	5,241	N/A	N/A
24	Spain	5,309	4,589	5,461	4,856	5,219	5,127	4,208	4,652	N/A	N/A
25	Austria	3,237	2,874	5,324	3,910	3,835	3,339	2,860	3,801	N/A	N/A
26	Indonesia*	3,487	3,241	5,010	6,019	4,812	4,888	4,256	3,338	N/A	N/A
27	New Zealand	3,460	3,202	4,787	4,798	5,200	5,451	5,418	4,885	N/A	N/A
28	Denmark	3,892	3,198	4,479	4,491	5,065	4,586	5,054	4,769	N/A	N/A
29	Norway	2,913	2,334	4,018	3,499	3,606	3,531	3,307	3,178	N/A	N/A
30	Myanmar*	22,132	2,848	3,695	2,661	2,157	1,947	1,730	1,765	N/A	N/A
31	Israel	2,997	2,128	3,593	4,163	4,068	3,364	3,241	4,232	N/A	N/A
32	Finland	2,287	2,023	3,218	3,013	3,751	2,735	2,962	2,742	N/A	N/A
33	Greece	520	481	593	878	498	433	366	451	N/A	N/A
34	Brunei*	278	342	484	865	564	582	533	354	N/A	N/A

^∗ASEAN nation

See also[]

• Visa policy of Laos

References[]

External links[]

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Laos.

• Laos Cultural Profile (Ministry of Information and Culture/Visiting Arts)^{[failed verification]}
• The official Laos Tourism Authority site
• Laos virtual tour
• Laos Tourism Video