ITA - Office of Travel and Tourism Industries

Return to OTTI Home

About the Office of Travel and Tourism Industries
Overview
Tourism Policy
Industry Analysis
Export Assistance

Latest Statistics/Outreach
Inbound Travel to the U.S.
Outbound Travel from the U.S.

Research Programs
Basic Statistics
Monthly Statistics

TI News
Subscribe for Free
Archive
Common Uses
Unsubscribe

Catalog
Your Orders

Links

Ask OTTI
International Arrivals to the U.S. by Region of Residency 1999-1998
Printing Note: Set your print mode to landscape and/or reduce your margin settings if this document is too wide for your printer.
   Download data (.csv)   Download data (.pdf)
Region of Residence1999 TOTAL1998 TOTAL99/98 % Change
Total All Countries48,491,18746,395,5874.5%
North America*24,025,00022,698,0005.8%
Canada**14,110,00013,422,0005.1%
   Canada Air**4,963,0004,595,0008.0%
Mexico**9,915,0009,276,0006.9%
   Mexico Air1,489,1701,420,8324.8%
Overseas24,466,18723,697,5873.2%
Europe11,242,69010,674,5285.3%
   Western Europe10,846,93310,274,2115.6%
   Eastern Europe395,757400,317-1.1%
Asia6,935,2106,724,0613.1%
South America2,733,2272,957,318-7.6%
Caribbean1,257,6251,160,7128.3%
Central America730,813696,7314.9%
Oceania667,233638,6154.5%
Middle East625,356587,2106.5%
Africa274,033258,4126.0%

* North America includes Canada and Mexico only.

** Canada and Mexico figures are subject to revision. Both figures are based on survey research and therefore rounded to the nearest thousand.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, ITA, Tourism Industries: Statistics Canada & Secretaria de Turismo (Mexico)

Date: April 2000