| 2000 Rank |
Country of Residence |
2000 TOTAL |
1999 TOTAL |
00/99% Change |
| |
TOTAL ALL COUNTRIES (pr) |
50,890,701
|
48,491,187
|
4.9%
|
| |
TOTAL OVERSEAS* (pr) |
25,974,701
|
24,466,187
|
6.2%
|
| 1 |
Canada** |
14,594,000
|
14,110,000
|
3.4%
|
| |
Canada Air** |
5,299,640
|
4,963,000
|
6.8%
|
| 2 |
Mexico** (pr) |
10,322,000
|
9,915,000
|
4.1%
|
| |
Mexico Air |
1,736,609
|
1,489,170
|
16.6%
|
| 3 |
JAPAN |
5,061,377
|
4,826,077
|
4.9%
|
| 4 |
UNITED KINGDOM |
4,703,008
|
4,252,160
|
10.6%
|
| 5 |
GERMANY |
1,786,045
|
1,984,627
|
-10.0%
|
| 6 |
FRANCE |
1,087,087
|
1,059,014
|
2.7%
|
| 7 |
BRAZIL |
737,245
|
665,013
|
10.9%
|
| 8 |
SOUTH KOREA |
661,844
|
498,643
|
32.7%
|
| 9 |
ITALY |
612,357
|
626,217
|
-2.2%
|
| 10 |
VENEZUELA |
576,663
|
552,225
|
4.4%
|
| 11 |
NETHERLANDS |
553,297
|
526,819
|
5.0%
|
| 12 |
AUSTRALIA |
539,559
|
483,157
|
11.7%
|
| 13 |
ARGENTINA |
533,936
|
501,660
|
6.4%
|
| 14 |
ROC (TAIWAN) |
457,302
|
453,299
|
0.9%
|
| 15 |
COLOMBIA |
417,065
|
415,724
|
0.3%
|
| 16 |
SWITZERLAND |
395,031
|
405,626
|
-2.6%
|
| 17 |
SPAIN |
361,177
|
362,848
|
-0.5%
|
| 18 |
ISRAEL |
325,199
|
283,306
|
14.8%
|
| 19 |
SWEDEN |
321,881
|
314,258
|
2.4%
|
| 20 |
BAHAMAS |
293,911
|
282,286
|
4.1%
|
| 21 |
IRELAND |
285,697
|
246,394
|
16.0%
|
| 22 |
INDIA |
274,202
|
228,072
|
20.2%
|
| 23 |
BELGIUM |
249,957
|
233,547
|
7.0%
|
| 24 |
CHINA, PRC |
249,441
|
191,175
|
30.5%
|
| 25 |
JAMAICA |
242,903
|
217,730
|
11.6%
|
| 26 |
HONG KONG |
203,300
|
192,911
|
5.4%
|
| 27 |
DOMINCAN REPUBLIC |
197,298
|
200,817
|
-1.8%
|
| 28 |
CHILE |
192,361
|
181,234
|
6.1%
|
| 29 |
PERU |
192,062
|
159,276
|
20.6%
|
| 30 |
GUATEMALA |
185,677
|
163,095
|
13.8%
|
| 31 |
EL SALVADOR |
184,574
|
160,781
|
14.8%
|
| 32 |
COSTA RICA |
176,056
|
160,781
|
9.5%
|
| 33 |
AUSTRIA |
175,533
|
194,230
|
-9.6%
|
| 34 |
NEW ZEALAND |
172,012
|
160,458
|
7.2%
|
| 35 |
PHILIPPINES |
168,053
|
144,678
|
16.2%
|
| 36 |
DENMARK |
149,211
|
146,479
|
1.9%
|
| 37 |
NORWAY |
147,540
|
145,601
|
1.3%
|
| 38 |
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO |
137,689
|
117,396
|
17.3%
|
| 39 |
SINGAPORE |
136,439
|
118,476
|
15.2%
|
| 40 |
ECUADOR |
129,938
|
118,759
|
9.4%
|
| 41 |
POLAND |
116,277
|
104,624
|
11.1%
|
| 42 |
SOUTH AFRICA |
116,113
|
107,258
|
8.4%
|
| 43 |
PANAMA |
107,349
|
99,498
|
16.7%
|
| 44 |
TURKEY |
106,427
|
88,301
|
21.6%
|
| 45 |
FINLAND |
93,649
|
90,622
|
17.4%
|
| 46 |
HONDURAS |
90,714
|
81,998
|
14.2%
|
| 47 |
THAILAND |
86,971
|
74,385
|
22.0%
|
| 48 |
PORTUGAL |
86,333
|
79,413
|
9.5%
|
| 49 |
RUSSIA |
76,739
|
81,378
|
6.1%
|
| 50 |
SAUDI ARABIA |
75,320
|
72,891
|
5.3%
|
* Overseas includes all countries except Canada and Mexico
** Canada and Mexico figures are subject to revisions. 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 2001
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