Inbound tourist flow to Belarus amounted to 7.4 million trips in 2025

Inbound tourist flow to Belarus amounted to 7.4 million trips in 2025. Such data was provided by Belstat in a statistical review for the World Tourism Day, which is annually celebrated on September 27, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency reports.

In 2025, 1,255 organizations carried out tourist activities and excursion services in Belarus. They cooperated with 130 countries, and their services were used by 3,528.1 thousand people.

Inbound tourism

The number of organized tourists and excursionists who visited Belarus amounted to 579.2 thousand people from 86 countries. The average length of stay was four days, and the cost of paid tours reached 225.6 million BYN.

Most tourists came from Russia - 570 336 people. Next are Latvia, Turkey, China and Estonia.

Domestic tourism

2,215,500 people showed interest in organized trips within the country, of which 93.8% chose day trips. The cost of paid tours amounted to BYN 147.8 million.

In particular, 1,441 agro-ecotourism entities worked in Belarus in 2025. They served 472.5 thousand people from 56 countries. On average, tourists spent two days in agricultural estates. The total cost of paid services was 38.3 million BYN. The majority of the guests were Belarusians – 449,484 people. From foreign countries most came from Russia, Germany, Uzbekistan and China.

Outbound tourism

In 2025, 736.4 thousand citizens of Belarus went abroad for tourism purposes, who visited 120 countries. The average duration of the trip was eight days, and the total cost of paid tours reached BYN 1,972.1 million.

Most often Belarusian tourists chose Russia - 162.9 thousand people. Turkey is practically not behind - 162.5 thousand. Also in the leaders are Egypt (112.8 thousand), the UAE (78.1 thousand) and Georgia (46,000).

Infrastructure for tourists

664 facilities worked to accommodate holidaymakers in Belarus in 2025. Among them are 342 hotels, 37 hotel complexes and 153 other accommodation facilities. Also, tourists received 67 guest houses, 28 hostels, 16 tourist and hotel complexes, 15 hostels and 6 motels.

They accommodated 2 688.3 thousand people: 45.7% - from the CIS countries, 4.6% - from countries outside the CIS, 49.7% - from Belarus.

Sanatorium-resort and health organizations numbered 503 objects, which accommodated 1,114 thousand people. Of these, 867,273 are citizens of Belarus, 230,192 are citizens of Russia, 4,779 are citizens of Latvia, 1,873 are citizens of Uzbekistan and 1,686 are citizens of Lithuania.

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