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North Macedonia

Europe & Central Asia

North Macedonia is a tourism destination in Europe & Central Asia. This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

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International Tourist Arrivals

1,336,597

Latest verified value · 2025

International Tourism Receipts

$632.1M

Latest verified value · 2024

Tourist Nights

3,323,210

Latest verified value · 2025

TCTI Destination Profile

Growing tourism destination

North Macedonia has experienced rapid long-term tourism growth, while tourism demand is distributed relatively evenly throughout the year. This profile is calculated from the best available annual and monthly tourism records currently held by TCTI.

Executive tourism profile for North Macedonia

Profile confidence

100

/ 100

Confidence reflects the intelligence modules currently supported by compatible source data.

Growth profile

Rapid growth

Seasonality profile

Low seasonality

What this means

  • Rapid visitor growth may increase demand for accommodation, transport, infrastructure, and destination management.
  • A relatively even annual distribution may support more consistent employment and infrastructure use.

The destination profile combines TCTI's available growth and seasonality intelligence. Confidence reflects whether both compatible annual-arrivals and monthly-tourist-night datasets are available.

Tourism Intelligence

Executive summary

A concise interpretation of the strongest official tourism records currently available for North Macedonia.

4 indicators available
Europe & Central Asia
Upper middle income

North Macedonia is a tourism destination in Europe & Central Asia. This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

International tourist arrivals were 1,336,597 in 2025. International tourism receipts were $632.1M in 2024. Recorded tourist nights reached 3,323,210 in 2025. Residents took 467.4K in 2021 overnight tourism trips.

The figures shown here are drawn from North Macedonia MAKSTAT, UN Tourism, and Eurostat. Reporting years may differ between indicators because TCTI displays the strongest verified or published value currently available for each measure.

Derived Intelligence

Tourism Seasonality

How international tourist nights were distributed throughout 2019 in North Macedonia.

TCTI Insight

Relatively balanced

Confidence

95%

North Macedonia's international tourist nights were most concentrated in August, which accounted for 15.7% of the annual total. The three busiest months—July, August, September—accounted for 43% of annual international tourist nights.

Peak month

August

15.7% of annual international nights

Quietest month

February

3.4% of annual international nights

Top three months

43%

July, August, September

Summer share

42.4%

Share occurring during June, July, and August

Winter share

11.6%

Share occurring during December, January, and February

Monthly distribution

International tourist nights by month

Annual total 1.6M

Jan

3.5%

55.8K

Feb

3.4%

53.1K

Mar

4.6%

72.9K

Apr

6.7%

105.5K

May

8.8%

139.2K

Jun

11.8%

186.3K

Jul

14.8%

233.6K

Aug

15.7%

248.5K

Sep

12.5%

197.2K

Oct

8.2%

129.2K

Nov

5.3%

83.1K

Dec

4.7%

73.5K

What this means

  • Higher seasonal concentration can increase pressure on infrastructure, accommodation, and local services during peak periods.
  • Quieter and shoulder months may offer opportunities to distribute visitor demand more evenly throughout the year.

Seasonality is calculated from a complete set of 12 monthly international tourist-night observations. The seasonality score uses a normalized concentration index, where 0 represents an even monthly distribution and 100 represents complete concentration in one month.

Derived Intelligence

Tourism growth

How international tourist arrivals changed between 2010 and 2025.

TCTI Growth Insight

Rapid growth

Confidence

95%

North Macedonia's international tourist arrivals increased by 128% between 2010 and 2025. This is equivalent to an average annual growth rate of +5.6%. The sharpest annual decline was 60.5% in 2020.

Total growth

+128%

2010 to 2025

Average annual growth

+5.6%

Compound annual growth rate

Starting arrivals

0.6M

Reported in 2010

Latest arrivals

1.3M

Reported in 2025

Largest annual increase

+50.3%

Change recorded in 2021

Largest annual decline

-60.5%

Change recorded in 2020

What this means

  • Long-term growth trends can indicate changes in destination popularity.
  • Growth should be interpreted alongside seasonality, visitor spending, and tourism dependence.

Growth is calculated using the earliest and latest available international arrivals data held by TCTI. Results may reflect gaps or methodological changes in the underlying series.

Key Tourism Indicators

Tourism performance at a glance

Verified tourism indicators currently available for North Macedonia. Reporting years may differ by dataset.

2025

International Tourist Arrivals

1,336,597

North Macedonia MAKSTAT · 2025

Tourists and Nights Spent by Tourists, by Region, by Month

VerifiedCurrent
2024

International Tourism Receipts

$632.1M

UN Tourism · 2024

International Tourism Receipts

VerifiedCurrent
2025

Tourist Nights

3,323,210

North Macedonia MAKSTAT · 2025

Tourists and Nights Spent by Tourists, by Region, by Month

VerifiedCurrent
2021

Resident Tourism Trips

467.4K

Eurostat · 2021

Resident Tourism Trips

VerifiedHistorical

Rankings & Comparisons

How North Macedonia compares

Positions use each country's best currently available official record. Years can differ, so use these as directional benchmarks rather than synchronized league tables.

Data Availability

67% dashboard coverage

4 of 6 dashboard indicators currently have usable official data for North Macedonia.

3 current0 reporting lag1 historical

Available

  • ✓International Tourist Arrivals · 2025 · Current
  • ✓International Tourism Receipts · 2024 · Current
  • ✓Tourist Nights · 2025 · Current
  • ✓Resident Tourism Trips · 2021 · Historical

Not Yet Available

  • ○Tourism Direct Share of GDP
  • ○Tourism Employment Share

Official Sources

Data sources used for North Macedonia

These organizations and datasets provide the indicators currently displayed on this country dashboard.

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Eurostat

Latest displayed year: 2021

Official

Indicators

  • • Resident Tourism Trips

Datasets

  • Resident Tourism Trips
✓

North Macedonia MAKSTAT

Latest displayed year: 2025

Official

Indicators

  • • International Tourist Arrivals
  • • Tourist Nights

Datasets

  • Tourists and Nights Spent by Tourists, by Region, by Month
✓

UN Tourism

Latest displayed year: 2024

Official

Indicators

  • • International Tourism Receipts

Datasets

  • International Tourism Receipts
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Historical Trend

International arrivals over time

Annual international tourist arrivals reported for North Macedonia. Values are shown in millions.

Source: North Macedonia MAKSTATYears: 2010–2025Annual data

Dataset: Tourists and Nights Spent by Tourists, by Region, by Month

About the Data

Best available official data

TCTI evaluates available tourism records by reporting status, year, source priority, official-source status, and publication history. The dashboard displays the strongest available record while preserving historical observations and alternative sources in the database.