TInet: Top 55 Overseas Markets for International Visitor Arrivals to the United States 1999 and 1998

ITA - Office of Travel and Tourism Industries

Top 55 Overseas Markets for International Visitor Arrivals to the United States 1999 and 1998

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1999 Rank	Country of Residence	1999 TOTAL	1998 TOTAL	99/98 % Change
	OVERSEAS*	24,466,187	23,697,587	3.2%
1	JAPAN	4,826,077	4,885,369	-1.2%
2	UNITED KINGDOM	4,252,160	3,974,976	7.0%
3	GERMANY	1,984,627	1,901,938	4.3%
4	FRANCE	1,059,014	1,013,222	4.5%
5	BRAZIL	665,013	909,477	-26.9%
6	ITALY	626,217	610,796	2.5%
7	VENEZUELA	552,225	540,685	2.1%
8	NETHERLANDS	526,819	490,198	7.5%
9	ARGENTINA	501,660	523,909	-4.2%
10	SOUTH KOREA	498,643	364,061	37.0%
11	AUSTRALIA	483,157	460,705	4.9%
12	TAIWAN	453,299	386,413	17.3%
13	COLOMBIA	415,724	367,968	13.0%
14	SWITZERLAND	405,626	410,900	-1.3%
15	SPAIN	362,848	326,339	11.2%
16	SWEDEN	314,258	300,925	4.4%
17	ISRAEL	283,306	269,752	5.0%
18	BAHAMAS	282,286	251,929	12.0%
19	BELGIUM	248,821	230,190	8.1%
20	IRELAND	246,394	232,391	6.0%
21	JAMAICA	233,547	217,730	7.3%
22	INDIA	228,072	210,975	8.1%
23	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	200,817	195,287	2.8%
24	AUSTRIA	194,230	185,799	4.5%
25	HONG KONG	192,911	213,020	-9.4%
26	CHINA, PRC	191,175	208,930	-8.5%
27	CHILE	181,234	179,133	1.2%
28	GUATEMALA	163,095	163,468	-0.2%
29	COSTA RICA	160,781	156,405	2.8%
30	NEW ZEALAND	160,458	157,338	2.0%
31	PERU	159,276	155,464	2.5%
32	EL SALVADOR	152,787	135,808	12.5%
33	DENMARK	146,479	138,689	5.6%
34	NORWAY	145,601	142,583	2.1%
35	PHILIPPINES	144,678	117,116	23.5%
36	ECUADOR	118,759	145,477	-18.4%
37	SINGAPORE	118,476	102,240	15.9%
38	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	117,396	103,807	13.1%
39	SOUTH AFRICA	107,258	110,049	-2.5%
40	POLAND	104,624	87,063	20.2%
41	PANAMA	99,498	94,638	5.1%
42	FINLAND	90,622	85,247	6.3%
43	TURKEY	88,301	78,219	12.9%
44	HONDURAS	81,998	78,896	3.9%
45	RUSSIA	81,378	115,506	-29.5%
46	PORTUGAL	79,413	67,132	18.3%
47	THAILAND	74,385	59,167	25.7%
48	SAUDI ARABIA	72,891	68,288	6.7%
49	HAITI	72,726	61,094	19.0%
50	NETHERLANDS ANTILLES	67,282	56,104	19.9%
51	INDONESIA	62,634	45,791	36.8%
52	BARBADOS	60,002	59,338	1.1%
53	MALAYSIA	59,785	48,974	22.1%
54	GREECE	57,879	58,975	-1.9%
55	URUGUAY	57,406	59,041	-2.8%

* Overseas includes all countries except Canada and Mexico.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, ITA, Tourism Industries

Date: April 2000