Thailand and Malaysia still lead ASEAN arrivals — 28.1 and 20.1 million. The Philippines sits with Cambodia at 5.45 million, well behind the next tier.
ASEAN took 101.9 million arrivals in 2023 against 143.6 million in 2019. Arrivals only — no receipts in this pack.
What the comparison shows
The regional recovery is substantial but unfinished: 101.9 million arrivals in 2023 are about 71% of the 143.6 million recorded in 2019. Thailand and Malaysia lead on visitor volume, while the Philippine figure is much smaller. That describes the scale of inbound travel; it does not establish how much visitors spend or how much income stays in the local economy.
Key findings from this pack
- Thailand and Malaysia lead the 2023 scoreboard.
- Cambodia and the Philippines share the seeded 2023 arrivals value.
- The original regional freeze remains below its pre-pandemic baseline.
- Timor-Leste’s 2023 arrivals and country receipts remain gaps.
The evidence: Philippines and peers
Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia. Values retain their individual years; missing observations are shown as —.
| Indicator / unit | Philippines | Malaysia | Thailand | Vietnam | Indonesia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visitor arrivalsmillion arrivals | 5.452023 | 20.142023 | 28.152023 | 12.62023 | 11.682023 |
| Tourism receiptsUS$ billion | —No observation | —No observation | —No observation | —No observation | —No observation |
How to interpret the findings
The regional baseline cannot tell us which country recovered fastest. Country-level 2019 observations are not supplied, so a national recovery percentage would be unsupported. Receipts are also missing throughout the country scoreboard, and the identical Cambodia and Philippines values should not be used for fine-grained ranking.
Coverage and context
2023 KF2024 freeze. Regional context retains the original 101.9 / 143.6 million vintage. Timor-Leste has no 2023 country observation; receipts remain empty.
The regional 2019 baseline and 2023 total come from the frozen 2023 tourism research brief.
The table is a comparison of observations, not a combined ranking. The topic guide includes the wider SEA-11 coverage, interactive charts and full methodology.
Open tourism recovery →All sources and observation years
S1 · ASEAN Key Figures 2024 · year 2023 / unavailable · as_of 2026-09-16
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ASEAN in Data (2026). Thailand and Malaysia still lead ASEAN arrivals — 28.1 and 20.1 million. The Philippines sits with Cambodia at 5.45 million, well behind the next tier. /insights/tourism-recovery