Belstat Prepares Review For World Tourism Day. More Than Half A Million Visitors Arrived In Belarus On Organized Tours Alone

Reform.news Editorial Team · 27 September 2026, 13:18

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Belstat has published a statistical review for World Tourism Day, which is celebrated on September 27.

In 2025, Belarus recorded 7.4 million trips. A total of 579,200 people from 86 countries visited the Republic as part of tour groups and organized tours. The top countries by the number of organized tourists included Russia (more than 570,000 visitors), Latvia, Türkiye, China and Estonia.

As for domestic tourism, 20.3 million trips were recorded. Citizens showed interest in organized trips within their own country more than 2.2 million times.

In 2025, 1,255 organizations in Belarus provided tourism services and excursion services, serving 3,528,100 people. Cooperation in the tourism sector was established with 130 countries. A total of 4.7 million trips were made abroad.

A total of 736,400 Belarusians traveled abroad on organized tours. The destinations covered 120 countries.

The top five destinations included Russia (162,900 people), Türkiye (162,500), Egypt (112,800), the United Arab Emirates (78,100) and Georgia (46,000).