Destination · Southeast Asia
Visitor arrivals, Visitor spend, Source markets, Length of stay, Accommodation supply, Tourism economy published from approved releases.
At a glance
Up to four headline series, one per published family, using the named published category where no dimensionless total exists.
International visitor arrivals, annual
2024
Source: Tourism Development Department, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism
Visitor receipts
2024
Source: Tourism Development Department, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism
Average visitor length of stay in days, annual
2024
Source: Tourism Development Department, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism
Hotels · Area: LA-AT · Accommodation class: GUESTHOUSE RESORT
2025
Source: Lao Statistics Bureau
Visitor arrivals
International, domestic and outbound visitor flows as the source publishes them.
visitors · 2009 to 2024
Values in the units the source publishes. Approved observations only. Missing and partial periods are never zero or bridged.
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| Measure | Frequency | Latest | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| International visitor arrivals, annual Official, annual context | Annual | 2024 | Chart |
| Domestic visitors, annual Official | Annual | 2025 | Chart |
| Tourist arrivals, LAOSIS annual series Official | Annual | 2025 | Chart |
| Reported visitor activity by province Official | Annual | 2025 | Chart |
International visitor arrivals, annual for Laos carries an origin dimension: 35 source markets across the published series, annual to 2025. The source records origin as not applicable, so these markets are not interchangeable with another destination's origin split. How source markets are handled.
2025 · visitors
Source: Lao Statistics Bureau. LAOSIS annual tourism yearbook tables and tourism SDG indicators.
| Origin market | Source label | Value | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | named | 1,484,319 | — |
| China | named | 1,157,278 | — |
| Vietnam | named | 1,129,109 | — |
| South Korea | named | 182,709 | — |
| Russian Federation | named | 73,568 | — |
| USA | named | 72,373 | — |
| France | named | 60,288 | — |
| United Kingdom | named | 43,431 | — |
| Japan | named | 33,743 | — |
The source did not publish a comparable destination total for this period. Source and licence. Source: Lao Statistics Bureau, LAOSIS.
Visitor spend
Receipts and expenditure measures, retaining each publisher's visitor population, currency and price basis.
US$ million · 2009 to 2024
Values in the units the source publishes. Approved observations only. Missing and partial periods are never zero or bridged.
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| Period | Laos |
|---|---|
| 2009 | US$267.7m |
| 2010 | US$381.7m |
| 2011 | US$406.2m |
| 2012 | US$506.0m |
| 2013 | US$595.9m |
| 2014 | US$641.6m |
| 2015 | US$725.4m |
| 2016 | US$724.2m |
| 2017 | US$648.1m |
| 2018 | US$811.0m |
Length of stay
Average stays and visitor-day measures under the source's own visitor or guest definition.
days · 2009 to 2024
Values in the units the source publishes. Approved observations only. Missing and partial periods are never zero or bridged.
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| Period | Laos |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 4.5 |
| 2010 | 4.5 |
| 2011 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 4.6 |
| 2013 | 5.2 |
| 2014 | 4.9 |
| 2015 | 4.8 |
| 2016 | 4.8 |
| 2017 | 5.2 |
| 2018 |
Accommodation supply
Rooms, establishments and bed capacity in the official accommodation universe.
Selected published categories: Area: LA-AT · Accommodation class: GUESTHOUSE RESORT
establishments · 2010 to 2025
Values in the units the source publishes. Approved observations only. Missing and partial periods are never zero or bridged.
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Tourism businesses and sites
Tourism establishments, travel agents and visitor sites where the source publishes them.
Selected published categories: Visitor type: ENTERTAINMENT · Area: LA-AT
establishments · 2010 to 2025
Values in the units the source publishes. Approved observations only. Missing and partial periods are never zero or bridged.
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| Measure | Frequency | Latest | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tourism establishments by type, Laos OfficialPublished categories | Annual | 2025 | Chart with selection |
| Travel agents and branches, Laos OfficialPublished categories | Annual | 2025 | Chart with selection |
| Tourist sites, Laos OfficialPublished categories | Annual | 2025 | Chart with selection |
Not shown here
Further official publications for Laos that we do not show values from. Each link goes straight to the publisher.
Lao Statistics Bureau
Covers: Tourism economy
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| Measure | Frequency | Latest | View |
|---|---|---|---|
| International visitor arrivals, annual Official, annual context | Annual | 2024 | Chart |
| Visitor receipts Official | Annual | 2024 | Chart |
| Hotel establishments OfficialPublished categories | Annual | 2025 | Chart with selection |
| Domestic visitors, annual Official | Annual | 2025 | Chart |
| Tourism establishments by type, Laos OfficialPublished categories | Annual | 2025 | Chart with selection |
| Travel agents and branches, Laos OfficialPublished categories | Annual | 2025 | Chart with selection |
| Tourist arrivals, LAOSIS annual series Official | Annual | 2025 | Chart |
| Reported visitor activity by province Official | Annual | 2025 | Chart |
| Tourist sites, Laos OfficialPublished categories | Annual | 2025 | Chart with selection |
| Average visitor length of stay in days, annual Official | Annual | 2024 | Chart |
Provenance
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Tourism Development Department, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism
The annual Statistical Report on Tourism for Laos, published by the Tourism Development Department. We publish its 1990–2024 summary table of tourist arrivals, average length of stay in days and tourism receipts in US dollars, preserving missing values and differences from the LAOSIS series.
Supports: Length of stay, Arrivals, Visitor spend
Lao Statistics Bureau
Annual tourism tables from the Lao Statistics Bureau’s LAOSIS database: arrivals by source market, accommodation, travel agents, tourist sites, domestic tourism and provincial visitor activity. These are credited and linked to the original tables. The LAOSIS arrivals series is kept separate from the Tourism Development Department’s annual report because their totals differ.
Supports: Supply, Length of stay, Tourism economy, Arrivals
| Period | Laos |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 2,008,363 |
| 2010 | 2,513,028 |
| 2011 | 2,723,564 |
| 2012 | 3,330,072 |
| 2013 | 3,779,490 |
| 2014 | 4,158,719 |
| 2015 | 4,684,429 |
| 2016 | 4,239,047 |
| 2017 | 3,868,838 |
| 2018 | 4,186,432 |
| 2019 | 4,791,065 |
| 2020 | 896,447 |
| 2021 | NA |
| 2022 | 1,294,365 |
| 2023 | 3,417,629 |
| 2024 | 4,120,832 |
| Cambodia |
|---|
| named |
| 32,432 |
| — |
| Germany | named | 29,671 | — |
|---|
| Australia | named | 23,335 | — |
|---|
| Philippines | named | 21,379 | — |
|---|
| Malaysia | named | 21,106 | — |
|---|
| Myanmar | named | 19,076 | — |
|---|
| India | named | 18,933 | — |
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| Canada | named | 14,777 | — |
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| Netherlands | named | 12,255 | — |
|---|
| Italy | named | 10,649 | — |
|---|
| Switzerland | named | 9,618 | — |
|---|
| Singapore | named | 9,236 | — |
|---|
| Israel | named | 8,439 | — |
|---|
| Taiwan | named | 7,584 | — |
|---|
| Indonesia | named | 7,261 | — |
|---|
| Spain | named | 6,629 | — |
|---|
| Belgium | named | 6,572 | — |
|---|
| New Zealand | named | 4,217 | — |
|---|
| Denmark | named | 4,085 | — |
|---|
| Sweden | named | 3,758 | — |
|---|
| Austria | named | 3,218 | — |
|---|
| Norway | named | 2,769 | — |
|---|
| Finland | named | 1,770 | — |
|---|
| Greece | named | 1,118 | — |
|---|
| South Africa (Rep Of) | named | 374 | — |
|---|
| Brunei Darussalam | named | 363 | — |
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| 2019 | US$934.7m |
|---|
| 2020 | US$213.4m |
|---|
| 2021 | NA |
|---|
| 2022 | US$264.5m |
|---|
| 2023 | US$957.4m |
|---|
| 2024 | US$1.42bn |
|---|
| 2019 | 5.0 |
|---|
| 2020 | 5.0 |
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| 2021 | NA |
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| 2022 | 5.8 |
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| 2023 | 5.9 |
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| 2024 | 6.3 |
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| Period | Laos · LA-AT · GUESTHOUSE RESORT |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 13 |
| 2011 | 18 |
| 2012 | 24 |
| 2013 | 33 |
| 2014 | 38 |
| 2015 | 46 |
| 2016 | 58 |
| 2017 | 47 |
| 2018 | 31 |
| 2019 | 33 |
| 2020 | 35 |
| 2021 | 21 |
| 2022 | 1 |
| 2023 | 28 |
| 2024 | 34 |
| 2025 | 26 |
| Period | Laos · ENTERTAINMENT · LA-AT |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | 25 |
| 2012 | 6 |
| 2013 | 24 |
| 2014 | 8 |
| 2015 | 8 |
| 2016 | 14 |
| 2017 | 14 |
| 2018 | 20 |
| 2019 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 3 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 4 |
| 2025 | 7 |