TInet: Top 55 Overseas Markets for International Visitor Arrivals to the United States 2000 and 1999

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Top 55 Overseas Markets for International Visitor Arrivals to the United States 2000 and 1999

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2000 Rank	Country of Residence	2000 TOTAL	1999 TOTAL	00/99% Change
	OVERSEAS*	25,974,701	24,466,187	6.2%
1	JAPAN	5,061,377	4,826,077	4.9%
2	UNITED KINGDOM	4,703,008	4,252,160	10.6%
3	GERMANY	1,786,045	1,984,627	-10.0%
4	FRANCE	1,087,087	1,059,014	2.7%
5	BRAZIL	737,245	665,013	10.9%
6	SOUTH KOREA	661,844	498,643	32.7%
7	ITALY	612,357	626,217	-2.2%
8	VENEZUELA	576,663	552,225	4.4%
9	NETHERLANDS	553,297	526,819	5.0%
10	AUSTRALIA	539,559	483,157	11.7%
11	ARGENTINA	533,936	501660	6.4%
12	ROC (TAIWAN)	457,302	453,299	0.9%
13	COLOMBIA	417,065	415,724	0.3%
14	SWITZERLAND	395,031	405,626	-2.6%
15	SPAIN	361,177	362,848	-0.5%
16	ISRAEL	325,199	283,306	14.8%
17	SWEDEN	321,881	300,925	7.0%
18	BAHAMAS	293,911	282,286	4.1%
19	IRELAND	285,697	246,394	16.0%
20	INDIA	274,202	228,072	20.2%
21	BELGIUM	249,957	248,821	0.5%
22	CHINA, PRC	249,441	191,175	30.5%
23	JAMAICA	242,903	233,547	4.0%
24	HONG KONG	203,300	192,911	5.4%
25	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC	197,298	200,817	-1.8%
26	CHILE	192,361	181,234	6.1%
27	PERU	192,062	159,276	20.6%
28	GUATEMALA	185,677	163,095	13.8%
29	EL SALVADOR	184,574	152,787	20.8%
30	COSTA RICA	176,056	160,781	9.5%
31	AUSTRIA	175,533	194,230	-9.6%
32	NEW ZEALAND	172,012	160,458	7.2%
33	PHILIPPINES	168,053	144,678	16.2%
34	DENMARK	149,211	146,479	1.9%
35	NORWAY	147,540	145,601	1.3%
36	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	137,689	117,396	17.3%
37	SINGAPORE	136,439	118,476	15.2%
38	ECUADOR	129,938	118,759	9.4%
39	POLAND	116,277	104,624	11.1%
40	SOUTH AFRICA	116,113	107,258	8.3%
41	PANAMA	107,349	99,498	7.9%
42	TURKEY	106,427	88,301	20.5%
43	FINLAND	93,649	90,622	3.3%
44	HONDURAS	90,714	81,998	10.6%
45	THAILAND	86,971	74,385	16.9%
46	PORTUGAL	86,333	79,413	8.7%
47	RUSSIA	76,739	81,378	-5.7%
48	SAUDI ARABIA	75,320	72,891	3.3%
49	MALAYSIA	74,507	59,785	24.6%
50	HAITI	72,190	72,726	-0.7%
51	INDONESIA	71,390	62,634	14.0%
52	URUGUAY	69,607	57,406	21.3%
53	GREECE	61,361	57,879	6.0%
54	NETHERLANDS ANTILLES	60,042	67,282	-10.8%
55	HUNGARY	59,174	53030	11.6%

* 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