France trips abroad or to COM
France trips abroad or to COM stood at 2.5 million trips in Dec 2025, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Tourism demand and travel receipts table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Jan 2018 to Dec 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Tourism demand and travel receipts table
| Indicator | 12-2025 | 11-2025 | 10-2025 | 09-2025 | 08-2025 | 07-2025 | 06-2025 | 05-2025 | 04-2025 | 03-2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of trips abroad or to overseas authorities (Com) | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 2.8 | |
| Number of trips for personal purposes | 17.3 | 11.9 | 15.1 | 16.1 | 27.1 | 20.7 | 18.2 | 18 | 18.1 | 13.3 | |
| Number of trips for professional purposes | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3 | 1.5 | 2 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3 |
Understanding france trips abroad or to COM
Cross-border movements and journeys directed toward overseas administrative territories capture all resident travel terminating outside the metropolitan boundary. This count tallies every international departure and transit to distant territorial collectivities, isolating outward-bound mobility from domestic tourism. Both personal holidays and professional trips abroad are merged into this total, provided the traveler crosses the designated geographical frontier. Unlike indicators restricted to the home territory, this series registers the outward leakage of resident tourism demand toward foreign destinations and external jurisdictions.
Seasonality in these external flows often diverges from domestic travel patterns, responding heavily to foreign climatic conditions, exchange rate shifts, and international flight schedules. Early estimates carry higher uncertainty due to frontier survey lags and partner country data integration delays, prompting routine revisions in subsequent publication cycles. Analysts should evaluate these figures against long-term external accounts rather than short-term domestic indicators. A frequent analytical pitfall is assuming that rising trip numbers to these external zones correspond to equivalent proportional increases in tourism spending abroad.
Frequently asked questions
- Which destinations are grouped alongside foreign countries in this series?
- Journeys directed toward recognized overseas administrative territories and collectivities are counted alongside international travel.
- Are domestic trips included in this external movement count?
- No, all journeys staying strictly within the metropolitan home territory are excluded from this specific metric.
- Why do these international figures experience delayed revisions?
- Data collection relies on cross-border surveys and external partner reporting which take longer to reconcile fully.