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==Tourism Data Dashboard==
UN Tourism releases its Tourism Data Dashboard which "provides statistics and insights on key indicators for inbound and outbound tourism at the global, regional and national levels. Data covers tourist arrivals, tourism share of exports and contribution to GDP, source markets, seasonality and accommodation (data on number of rooms, guest and nights)."<ref>{{cite web |title=The UN Tourism Data Dashboard |url=https://www.unwto.org/tourism-data/unwto-tourism-dashboard |website=UNWTO |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025125352/https://www.unwto.org/tourism-data/unwto-tourism-dashboard |archive-date= Oct 25, 2023 }}</ref>

===Visa Openness Report===

UN Tourism research concluded that, by improving visa processes and entry formalities, G20 economies could boost their international tourist numbers by 122 million, tourism exports by US$2016 billion and employment by 5 million.<ref>{{Cite book |doi = 10.18111/9789284414727|title = The Impact of Visa Facilitation on Job Creation in the G20 Economies: Report prepared for the 4th T20 Ministers' Meeting, Mexico, 15–16 May 2012|year = 2012|isbn = 9789284414727 |publisher=UNWTO and WTTC |doi-access=free |url=https://www.e-unwto.org/doi/book/10.18111/9789284414727 }}</ref>

The Organization's latest UN Tourism Visa Openness Report, published in 2016, shows the highest ever percentage of international tourists not requiring a visa to travel - 39% compared with 23% in 2008.<ref>{{Cite book |doi = 10.18111/9789284417384|title = Visa openness report 2015|year = 2016|isbn = 9789284417384}}</ref> The report concluded that the 30 countries whose citizens were least affected by visa restrictions in 2015 were (based on the data compiled by the UN Tourism, based on information from national official institutions):<ref>{{cite web|title=Visa Openness Report 2016|url=http://dtxtq4w60xqpw.cloudfront.net/sites/all/files/docpdf/2015visaopennessreportonline.pdf|publisher=World Tourism Organization|access-date=17 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123123959/http://dtxtq4w60xqpw.cloudfront.net/sites/all/files/docpdf/2015visaopennessreportonline.pdf|archive-date=23 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
|+ Least restricted citizens
! Rank
! Country
! Mobility index (out of 215 with no visa weighted by 1, visa on arrival weighted by 0.7, eVisa by 0.5 and traditional visa weighted by 0)
|-
| 1
| {{Flag|Denmark}}, {{flag|Finland}}, {{flag|Germany}}, {{flag|Italy}}, {{flag|Luxembourg}}, {{flag|Singapore}}, {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| 160
|-
| 8
| {{flag|France}}, {{flag|Japan}} {{flag|Netherlands}}, {{flag|South Korea}}, {{flag|Sweden}}, {{flag|United States}}
| 159
|-
| 14
| {{flag|Belgium}}, {{flag|Canada}}, {{flag|Ireland}}, {{flag|Norway}}, {{flag|Portugal}}, {{flag|Spain}}, {{flag|Switzerland}}
| 158
|-
| 21
| {{flag|Austria}}, {{flag|Greece}}, {{flag|Malta}}
| 157
|-
| 24
| {{flag|Czech Republic}}, {{flag|New Zealand}}
| 156
|-
| 26
| {{flag|Hungary}}, {{flag|Iceland}}, {{flag|Malaysia}}
| 155
|-
| 29
| {{flag|Australia}}, {{flag|Slovakia}}
| 154
|}