Honduras recorded a total of 669,000 tourists in 2020, ranking 114th in the world in absolute terms.
That smaller countries regularly perform lower in a comparison of the absolute number of guests, is obvious. By putting the tourist numbers in relation to the population of Honduras, the result is much more comparable picture: With 0.065 tourists per resident, Honduras ranked 137th in the world. In Central America, it ranked 7th.
In 2020, Honduras generated around 189.00 million US dollars in the tourism sector alone. This corresponds to 0.66 percent of its the gross domestic product and approximately 1 percent of all international tourism receipts in Central America.
On average, each of the tourists arriving in 2020 spent about 268 US dollars.
Development of the tourism sector in Honduras from 1995 to 2020
The following chart shows the number of tourist arrivals registered in Honduras each year. Anyone who spends at least one night in the country but does not live there for more than 12 months is considered a tourist. Insofar as the survey included the purpose of the trip, business trips and other non-tourism travel purposes have already been excluded. The number of people passing through within the same day, and e.g., crew members of ships or flights are also not considered tourists in most countries. If the same person travels in and out more than once within the same year, each visit counts again.
Data in the chart are given in millions of tourists. The red line represents the average of all 8 countries in Central America.
Revenues from tourism
In 1995, tourism revenues amounted to 85.00 million USD, or about 1.6 percent of the gross national product. This corresponded to about 271,000 tourists at that time and roughly 314 USD per person. Within 25 years, the country's dependence on tourism has increased noticeably. Before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, sales were $556.00 million billion, 2.2 percent of gross national product. Thus, each visitor spent an average of $240 on their vacation in Honduras.
In 2020, tourist receipts plummeted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Of the $556.00 million billion (2019), only $189.00 million billion remained. This is a 66 percent decrease in Honduras.
All data for Honduras in detail
Year
Number of tourists
Receipts
% of GNP
Receipts per tourist
2020
669,000
189.00 m $
0.79 %
283 $
2019
2.32 m
556.00 m $
2.2 %
240 $
2018
2.32 m
601.00 m $
2.5 %
259 $
2017
2.14 m
610.00 m $
2.6 %
285 $
2016
2.23 m
585.00 m $
2.7 %
263 $
2015
2.09 m
671.00 m $
3.2 %
321 $
2014
2.08 m
706.00 m $
3.6 %
339 $
2013
1.86 m
618.00 m $
3.4 %
333 $
2012
1.90 m
683.70 m $
3.7 %
359 $
2011
1.85 m
641.50 m $
3.6 %
346 $
2010
1.97 m
626.70 m $
4.0 %
319 $
2009
1.59 m
616.10 m $
4.3 %
388 $
2008
1.56 m
619.80 m $
4.5 %
397 $
2007
1.31 m
546.60 m $
4.5 %
418 $
2006
1.14 m
515.70 m $
4.8 %
454 $
2005
1.12 m
465.00 m $
4.8 %
416 $
2004
1.03 m
420.00 m $
4.8 %
409 $
2003
887,000
372.00 m $
4.6 %
419 $
2002
788,000
305.00 m $
3.9 %
387 $
2001
672,000
260.00 m $
3.4 %
387 $
2000
689,000
263.00 m $
3.7 %
382 $
1999
428,000
214.00 m $
3.3 %
500 $
1998
324,000
175.00 m $
2.7 %
540 $
1997
310,000
152.00 m $
2.6 %
490 $
1996
271,000
119.00 m $
2.3 %
439 $
1995
271,000
85.00 m $
1.6 %
314 $
Our data on tourist numbers, revenues and expenditures are based on information from the World Tourism Organization. However, to ensure international comparability, the data for some years or countries were manually researched and corrected if they obviously included visitors without overnight stays. In these cases, the data were taken from the official communications of the respective national tourism authorities.
The World Tourism Organization additionally points out that in some countries, the number of tourists is only counted at airports, while in others they are also counted at border crossings or even hotels. A comprehensive and reliable indication is therefore hardly possible in any country.
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