International Arrivals to U.S. - Historical Visitation 1994-2000

INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS TO U.S. BY COUNTRY OF RESIDENCY

Country

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

Albania

n/a

n/a

3,326

1,786

2,017

4,617

5,737

Algeria

n/a

n/a

2,365

3,140

2,928

2,719

3,294

Andorra

n/a

n/a

1,317

1,186

1,185

1,378

1,235

Angola

n/a

n/a

1,423

1,980

2,398

2,891

3,146

Anguilla

n/a

n/a

3,757

4,167

4,542

5,185

5,177

Antigua & Barbuda

23,600

21,597

21,981

23,610

24,033

24,162

24,918

Argentina

388,291

381,904

412,581

503,393

523,909

501,660

533,936

Armenia

n/a

n/a

3,362

3,476

4,494

8,654

8,663

Australia

406,996

423,631

463,177

500,615

460,705

483,157

539,559

Austria

148,135

173,388

190,422

187,942

185,799

194,230

175,533

Azerbaijan

n/a

n/a

930

1,095

1,292

1,713

1,951

Bahamas

278,392

281,239

316,687

319,240

251,929

282,286

293,911

Bahrain

5,393

5,891

5,843

5,863

6,403

6,373

6,735

Bangladesh

n/a

n/a

10,891

9,464

10,445

11,380

12,724

Barbados

49,569

48,549

49,970

58,829

59,338

60,002

57,071

Belgium

192,277

206,134

236,899

241,366

230,190

248,821

249,957

Belize

n/a

n/a

21,529

23,106

24,058

27,005

30,352

Bermuda

6,531

6,634

6,813

7,307

7,847

7,366

7,474

Bolivia

24,420

22,158

25,318

28,376

32,274

37,718

49,135

Bosnia and Hezegovina

n/a

n/a

891

1,488

2,021

4,019

5,430

Botswana

n/a

n/a

1,555

1,652

2,081

2,160

2,391

Brazil

652,412

838,365

848,453

940,698

909,477

665,013

737,245

British Virgin Islands

15,092

15,014

21,467

23,045

24,949

25,100

29,708

Brunei

n/a

n/a

1,903

2,014

1,509

1,380

1,230

Bulgaria

7,027

7,153

8,301

8,754

11,118

11,690

11,418

Burma

n/a

n/a

472

770

323

1,208

1,357

Byelarus

n/a

n/a

3,143

3,481

3,715

4,617

4,444

Cameroon

n/a

n/a

1,382

1,586

1,968

3,137

3,124

Cape Verde

n/a

n/a

1,366

2,479

2,933

3,587

3,906

Cayman Islands

n/a

n/a

47,290

46,427

50,310

52,276

52,922

Canada 1

14,974,000

14,662,000

15,301,000

15,127,000

13,422,000

14,110,000

14,594,000

Canada Air Only 1

3,710,000

3,802,000

4,497,000

4,638,000

4,595,000

4,963,000

5,300,000

Chile

123,334

152,018

157,736

179,075

179,133

181,234

192,361

China (PRC) / Hong Kong 2

n/a

n/a

441,044

431,738

421,950

384,086

452,741

China (PRC) 3

157,887

166,520

198,759

209,609

208,930

191,175

249,441

Hong Kong

193,720

220,129

242,285

222,129

213,020

192,911

203,300

Colombia

225,555

233,012

249,851

317,736

367,968

415,724

417,065

Congo

n/a

n/a

1,160

1,442

1,388

1,355

1,604

Costa Rica

116,936

118,119

122,939

131,240

156,405

160,781

176,056

Croatia

n/a

n/a

8,674

9,541

10,258

10,701

11,244

Cuba

14,978

8,224

4,388

4,788

6,717

5,613

48,614

Cyprus

6,633

8,675

10,103

10,608

11,069

11,485

12,152

Czech Republic

n/a

n/a

29,237

37,010

41,746

42,442

43,758

Czechoslovakia

34,981

50,601

14,115

13,281

12,657

11,601

11,590

Denmark

101,062

108,003

137,307

144,605

138,689

146,479

149,211

Dominica

N/A

N/A

14,825

14,826

15,054

16,120

16,174

Dominican Republic

191,573

175,878

176,239

190,522

195,287

200,817

197,298

Ecuador

96,663

97,770

99,863

126,077

145,477

118,759

129,938

Egypt

23,130

25,272

28,301

35,275

38,832

42,777

44,612

El Salvador

80,382

82,085

85,230

93,087

135,808

152,787

184,574

Estonia

N/A

N/A

4,000

4,904

5,230

6,497

6,745

Ethiopia

N/A

N/A

3,631

3,567

4,432

5,282

5,177

Fiji

5,068

5,370

5,375

5,529

6,402

7,370

6,817

Finland

62,754

70,291

78,841

82,190

85,247

90,622

93,649

France

823,192

921,630

987,126

978,327

1,013,222

1,059,014

1,087,087

French Polynesia

n/a

n/a

2,760

3,016

3,748

3,761

3,373

Gabon

n/a

n/a

1,229

1,274

1,463

1,509

1,404

Gambia

n/a

n/a

1,645

1,234

1,450

1,832

2,966

Georgia

n/a

n/a

2,269

3,034

4,571

5,099

2,173

Germany

1,622,835

1,847,973

1,996,824

1,994,296

1,901,938

1,984,627

1,786,045

Ghana

4,625

6,276

7,082

9,161

10,616

14,118

16,073

Gibraltar

n/a

n/a

1,070

914

917

1,133

1,363

Greece

55,441

55,981

58,754

62,162

58,975

57,879

61,361

Grenada

n/a

n/a

7,073

7,655

8,970

10,192

10,412

Guadeloupe

n/a

n/a

12,299

11,077

11,842

11,177

10,253

Guatemala

134,684

131,105

131,360

134,545

163,468

163,095

185,677

Guinea

n/a

n/a

2,108

3,504

4,106

3,474

4,184

Guyana

10,870

13,515

15,124

16,775

17,902

18,465

17,435

Haiti

31,613

53,711

49,368

52,190

61,094

72,726

72,190

Honduras

50,280

50,719

53,038

61,866

78,896

81,998

90,714

Hungary

33,944

37,731

44,277

50,080

48,602

53,030

59,174

Iceland

16,746

16,836

21,433

24,306

27,126

27,491

27,682

India

103,930

123,499

143,058

173,327

210,975

228,072

274,202

Indonesia

53,922

67,875

78,867

86,959

45,791

62,634

71,390

Iran

10,870

9,885

7,896

7,231

8,293

8,453

9,364

Ireland

150,956

149,430

205,231

217,278

232,391

246,394

285,697

Israel

189,139

216,419

231,347

260,052

269,752

283,306

325,199

Italy

526,537

524,892

525,246

580,261

610,796

626,217

612,357

Ivory Coast

5,880

6,600

6,346

5,855

6,194

6,284

5,226

Jamaica

179,719

196,175

201,690

213,910

217,730

233,547

242,903

Japan

3,804,551

4,598,354

5,182,555

5,367,578

4,885,369

4,826,077

5,061,377

Jordan

11,386

11,526

13,423

12,471

13,939

14,809

17,327

Kampuchea

n/a

n/a

1,926

2,011

554

636

2,319

Kazakhstan

n/a

n/a

3,374

2,690

3,215

3,038

3,311

Kenya

8,120

9,652

10,648

11,977

13,340

13,720

14,229

Republic of Korea

498,259

592,327

749,474

746,550

364,061

498,643

661,844

Kuwait

18,140

20,936

21,395

24,963

24,479

23,758

23,930

Latvia

n/a

n/a

4,501

5,137

5,411

5,957

7,161

Laos

n/a

n/a

454

642

657

636

1,045

Lebanon

9,662

9,314

9,976

11,824

13,448

15,099

18,599

Liberia

n/a

n/a

992

1,604

2,334

2,376

3,823

Liechtenstein

n/a

n/a

1,869

2,022

2,152

2,163

2,011

Lithuania

n/a

n/a

6,200

6,052

4,969

5,615

9,122

Luxembourg

15,245

18,077

19,192

20,797

19,706

19,368

16,385

Macau

n/a

n/a

4,627

5,037

4,606

4,226

4,077

Macedonia

n/a

n/a

3,187

2,797

2,989

3,094

2,841

Malawi

n/a

n/a

825

1,006

1,110

1,155

1,365

Malaysia

54,640

67,395

80,066

79,836

48,974

59,785

74,507

Mali

n/a

n/a

1,217

1,738

2,020

2,108

4,015

Malta

n/a

n/a

6,382

7,498

7,766

8,792

8,437

Martinique

n/a

n/a

12,437

11,527

14,843

12,594

9,912

Mauritius

n/a

n/a

1,321

1,651

1,787

1,731

1,899

Mexico 1

11,321,000

8,016,000

8,530,000

8,445,000

9,276,000

9,915,000

10,322,000

Mexico (Air Only)

1,430,872

889,404

1,091,812

1,303,786

1,420,832

1,489,170

1,736,609

Moldova

n/a

n/a

977

758

940

1,209

1,625

Monaco

n/a

n/a

5,091

5,214

5,387

5,641

5,622

Montserrat

n/a

n/a

1,811

1,462

1,078

998

1,027

Morocco

10,183

11,236

12,174

14,630

17,669

19,487

19,079

Namibia

n/a

n/a

858

737

886

1,081

1,144

Nepal

n/a

n/a

3,298

4,197

4,980

3,620

4,101

Netherlands

370,803

408,153

440,243

473,420

490,198

526,819

553,297

Netherlands Antilles 4

48,125

37,592

36,560

36,353

56,104

67,282

60,042

New Caledonia

n/a

n/a

1,797

1,589

3,666

3,609

1,759

New Zealand

119,412

141,633

148,588

161,476

157,338

160,458

172,012

Nicaragua

39,420

34,920

33,636

38,071

43,458

45,649

46,892

Niger

n/a

n/a

190

319

746

1,054

1,433

Nigeria

16,082

15,700

19,256

24,414

28,010

29,734

27,124

Norway

101,094

103,096

124,078

140,446

142,583

145,601

147,540

Oman

n/a

n/a

3,384

3,834

4,356

5,116

5,396

Pakistan

31,227

35,176

30,750

34,785

40,035

40,326

51,942

Panama

71,489

71,344

75,852

81,968

94,638

99,498

107,349

Papua New Guinea

n/a

n/a

1,743

1,666

1,630

1,667

1,336

Paraguay

14,653

18,851

18,772

20,198

19,065

18,870

18,714

Peru

118,388

126,775

129,763

145,019

155,464

159,276

192,062

Philippines

106,082

109,583

122,756

132,285

117,116

144,678

168,053

Poland

43,372

48,452

61,191

72,756

87,063

104,624

116,277

Portugal

45,963

49,649

56,847

62,877

67,132

79,413

86,333

Qatar

n/a

n/a

4,199

5,208

5,437

5,328

5,860

Romania

12,508

13,307

18,199

20,630

24,636

25,529

27,418

Russia

80,166

94,093

112,046

120,681

115,506

81,378

76,739

Saudi Arabia

63,994

64,833

56,792

67,962

68,288

72,891

75,320

Senegal

4,855

4,876

5,306

5,831

6,749

7,874

11,185

Singapore

79,498

102,755

114,713

127,109

102,240

118,476

136,439

Slovakia

n/a

n/a

14,760

13,877

12,592

12,093

13,235

Slovenia

n/a

n/a

1,198

2,171

13,306

15,379

14,886

South Africa

77,691

84,434

94,576

103,567

110,049

107,258

116,113

Spain

274,597

302,083

324,822

328,024

326,339

362,848

361,177

Sri Lanka

n/a

n/a

5,525

6,105

7,044

8,392

9,898

St. Kitts-Nevis

n/a

n/a

10,154

10,097

10,147

11,596

12,084

St. Lucia

n/a

n/a

13,486

14,500

15,366

17,693

18,100

St. Vincent-Grenadines

n/a

n/a

4,725

5,136

5,606

6,900

7,291

Sudan

n/a

n/a

790

1,018

837

1,014

1,479

Suriname

4,850

7,117

6,849

6,508

6,557

6,528

7,039

Sweden

204,293

219,283

268,975

292,424

300,925

314,258

321,881

Switzerland

349,237

396,801

417,064

410,209

410,900

405,626

395,031

Syria

6,477

4,993

5,554

6,607

7,199

7,640

8,470

Taiwan

378,832

412,708

414,541

442,780

386,413

453,299

457,302

Tanzania

n/a

n/a

2,242

3,124

2,947

4,275

4,286

Thailand

75,101

91,220

102,679

91,664

59,167

74,385

86,971

Togo

n/a

n/a

1,091

918

1,010

1,056

1,590

Tonga

n/a

n/a

2,026

2,283

2,128

2,897

2,719

Trinidad & Tobago

80,480

82,397

83,923

96,458

103,807

117,396

137,689

Tunisia

n/a

n/a

3,850

6,817

7,421

8,540

9,489

Turkey

33,563

44,769

52,680

68,254

78,219

88,301

106,427

Turks and Caicos Islands

n/a

n/a

11,762

12,955

14,119

16,597

16,127

Uganda

n/a

n/a

2,016

2,278

2,952

3,976

3,885

Ukraine

14,921

17,460

18,495

15,149

13,408

10,966

14,477

United Arab Emirates

n/a

n/a

26,692

29,265

35,506

37,635

40,039

United Kingdom

2,772,345

2,888,195

3,246,237

3,720,979

3,974,976

4,252,160

4,703,008

Uruguay

36,750

45,967

49,037

58,657

59,041

57,406

69,607

Uzbekistan

n/a

n/a

2,394

2,568

2,611

4,170

6,809

Venezuela

415,610

511,327

447,276

487,981

540,685

552,225

576,663

Vietnam

n/a

n/a

3,724

4,217

4,460

4,417

9,061

Western Samoa

n/a

n/a

1,437

1,224

727

923

1,206

Yemen

n/a

n/a

1,826

1,900

1,618

1,858

1,995

Yugoslavia

19,508

19,017

11,089

11,570

10,149

5,839

8,039

Zambia

n/a

n/a

2,190

2,295

2,558

3,092

3,337

Zimbabwe

n/a

n/a

4,889

5,556

6,650

7,420

8,080

INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS TO U.S. BY REGION OF RESIDENCY

Region

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

North America 5

26,295,000

22,678,000

23,831,000

23,572,000

22,698,000

24,025,000

24,916,000

Mexico 1

11,321,000

8,016,000

8,530,000

8,445,000

9,276,000

9,915,000

10,322,000

Canada 1

14,974,000

14,662,000

15,301,000

15,127,000

13,422,000

14,110,000

14,594,000

Overseas

18,457,946

20,638,966

22,658,166

24,194,476

23,697,587

24,466,187

25,974,701

Europe

8,118,587

8,792,732

9,727,300

10,389,518

10,674,528

11,242,690

11,597,120

Western Europe

7,864,892

8,492,347

9,377,079

10,007,032

10,274,211

10,846,933

11,175,161

Eastern Europe

253,695

300,385

350,221

382,486

400,317

395,757

421,959

Asia

5,550,847

6,616,203

7,500,335

7,755,838

6,724,061

6,935,210

7,554,444

South America

2,111,985

2,449,181

2,461,034

2,830,681

2,957,318

2,733,227

2,941,471

Caribbean

1,030,855

1,043,719

1,132,785

1,188,708

1,160,712

1,257,625

1,331,297

Central America

513,054

508,695

523,584

563,883

696,731

730,813

821,614

Oceania

556,400

588,480

628,861

680,095

638,615

667,233

731,263

Middle East

403,277

454,177

479,694

551,571

587,210

625,356

702,105

Africa

172,941

185,779

204,573

234,182

258,412

274,033

295,387

GRAND TOTAL

44,752,946

43,316,966

46,489,166

47,766,476

46,395,587

48,491,187

50,890,701

Percent Change

-3.2%

7.3%

2.7%

-2.9%

4.5%

4.9%