U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Travel and Tourism
Industries
International Arrivals to the U.S. by Region & Country of Residency
January - December 2002r vs. 2001r, with percentage change
Revised Estimates *
| Region/ Country of Residence |
2002r
TOTAL |
2001r
TOTAL |
2002r/2001r
% Change |
| Total All Countries
(1) |
41,891,810 |
44,897,868 |
-7% |
| North America (2) |
22,775,103 |
23,065,000 |
-1% |
| CANADA (3) |
12,968,103 |
13,507,000 |
-4% |
| Canada Air (3) |
4,126,000 |
4,637,000 |
-11% |
| MEXICO (3) |
9,807,000 |
9,558,000 |
3% |
| Mexico Air (4) |
1,436,727 |
1,512,980 |
-5% |
| OVERSEAS (5)
|
19,116,707 |
21,832,868 |
-12% |
| WESTERN EUROPE |
8,247,779 |
9,111,460 |
-9% |
| UNITED KINGDOM |
3,816,736 |
4,097,258 |
-7% |
| GERMANY |
1,189,856 |
1,313,756 |
-9% |
| FRANCE |
734,260 |
875,854 |
-16% |
| ITALY |
406,160 |
472,348 |
-14% |
| NETHERLANDS |
384,367 |
411,742 |
-7% |
| SPAIN |
269,520 |
291,052 |
-7% |
| IRELAND |
259,687 |
276,806 |
-6% |
| SWITZERLAND |
253,940 |
310,826 |
-18% |
| SWEDEN |
204,156 |
230,538 |
-11% |
| BELGIUM |
159,052 |
181,693 |
-12% |
| DENMARK |
118,716 |
126,345 |
-6% |
| NORWAY |
112,593 |
123,268 |
-9% |
| AUSTRIA |
97,930 |
123,295 |
-21% |
| FINLAND |
64,860 |
72,864 |
-11% |
| PORTUGAL |
56,012 |
67,222 |
-17% |
| GREECE |
44,839 |
49,371 |
-9% |
| ICELAND |
18,692 |
20,868 |
-10% |
| YUGOSLAVIA |
10,972 |
10,206 |
8% |
| CROATIA |
9,676 |
10,073 |
-4% |
| LUXEMBOURG |
9,646 |
12,093 |
-20% |
| SLOVENIA |
7,300 |
10,980 |
-34% |
| MALTA |
4,482 |
6,679 |
-33% |
| BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA |
4,068 |
4,755 |
-14% |
| MONACO |
3,851 |
4,550 |
-15% |
| MACEDONIA |
3,404 |
2,960 |
15% |
| LIECHTENSTEIN |
1,248 |
1,653 |
-25% |
| ANDORRA |
777 |
954 |
-19% |
| GIBRALTAR |
690 |
929 |
-26% |
| SAN MARINO |
281 |
503 |
-44% |
| HOLY SEE/VATICAN |
8 |
19 |
-58% |
| EASTERN EUROPE |
354,905 |
384,674 |
-8% |
| POLAND |
108,707 |
108,244 |
0% |
| RUSSIA |
64,228 |
70,348 |
-9% |
| HUNGARY |
35,001 |
45,311 |
-23% |
| ROMANIA |
26,440 |
28,261 |
-6% |
| CZECH REPUBLIC |
26,209 |
39,018 |
-33% |
| CZECHOSLOVAKIA |
16,473 |
9,971 |
65% |
| BULGARIA |
13,858 |
11,996 |
16% |
| SLOVAKIA |
12,235 |
12,498 |
-2% |
| UKRAINE |
12,169 |
14,923 |
-18% |
| LITHUANIA |
9,482 |
11,484 |
-17% |
| LATVIA |
5,870 |
6,218 |
-6% |
| ESTONIA |
5,630 |
5,894 |
-4% |
| ARMENIA |
4,453 |
6,634 |
-33% |
| BELARUS |
4,451 |
4,338 |
3% |
| ALBANIA |
4,405 |
4,453 |
-1% |
| GEORGIA |
2,618 |
2,153 |
22% |
| AZERBAIJAN |
1,322 |
1,562 |
-15% |
| MOLDOVA |
1,177 |
1,159 |
2% |
| USSR |
177 |
209 |
-15% |
| ASIA |
5,689,319 |
6,315,500 |
-10% |
| JAPAN |
3,627,264 |
4,082,661 |
-11% |
| SOUTH KOREA |
638,697 |
617,892 |
3% |
| TAIWAN |
288,032 |
357,064 |
-19% |
| INDIA |
257,271 |
269,674 |
-5% |
| CHINA, PRC |
225,565 |
232,416 |
-3% |
| PHILIPPINES |
173,203 |
180,549 |
-4% |
| HONG KONG |
135,409 |
170,267 |
-20% |
| SINGAPORE |
97,259 |
99,010 |
-2% |
| THAILAND |
66,848 |
73,745 |
-9% |
| INDONESIA |
45,811 |
59,672 |
-23% |
| MALAYSIA |
40,750 |
52,396 |
-22% |
| PAKISTAN |
39,442 |
57,732 |
-32% |
| VIETNAM |
12,360 |
12,928 |
-4% |
| BANGLADESH |
9,585 |
12,218 |
-22% |
| SRI LANKA |
6,613 |
8,730 |
-24% |
| NEPAL |
6,047 |
5,450 |
11% |
| UZBEKISTAN |
5,534 |
7,233 |
-23% |
| KAZAKHSTAN |
3,602 |
3,608 |
0% |
| KAMPUCHEA |
2,575 |
3,304 |
-22% |
| MACAU |
2,377 |
3,195 |
-26% |
| BURMA |
1,461 |
1,301 |
12% |
| LAOS |
1,190 |
1,608 |
-26% |
| KYRGYZSTAN |
765 |
796 |
-4% |
| BRUNEI |
762 |
943 |
-19% |
| TAJIKISTAN |
295 |
298 |
-1% |
| TURKMENISTAN |
185 |
342 |
-46% |
| BHUTAN |
154 |
230 |
-33% |
| AFGHANISTAN |
135 |
125 |
8% |
| MALDIVES |
72 |
97 |
-26% |
| NORTH KOREA |
29 |
16 |
81% |
| EAST TIMOR |
27 |
- |
n.a. |
| MIDDLE EAST |
482,534 |
644,156 |
-25% |
| ISRAEL |
263,097 |
305,431 |
-14% |
| TURKEY |
78,662 |
82,222 |
-4% |
| SAUDI ARABIA |
25,588 |
69,755 |
-63% |
| EGYPT |
24,315 |
41,438 |
-41% |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
19,080 |
37,518 |
-49% |
| LEBANON |
14,517 |
19,401 |
-25% |
| KUWAIT |
14,204 |
22,834 |
-38% |
| JORDAN |
12,339 |
18,490 |
-33% |
| CYPRUS |
9,378 |
10,893 |
-14% |
| SYRIA |
5,194 |
8,237 |
-37% |
| IRAN |
4,996 |
8,536 |
-41% |
| BAHRAIN |
3,802 |
6,256 |
-39% |
| OMAN |
3,468 |
5,051 |
-31% |
| QATAR |
2,842 |
5,730 |
-50% |
| IRAQ |
541 |
949 |
-43% |
| YEMEN |
445 |
1,259 |
-65% |
| ARABIAN PENINSULA |
66 |
156 |
-58% |
| AFRICA |
241,223 |
287,066 |
-16% |
| SOUTH AFRICA |
73,910 |
94,882 |
-22% |
| NIGERIA |
40,128 |
37,406 |
7% |
| GHANA |
18,957 |
17,184 |
10% |
| KENYA |
17,275 |
20,651 |
-16% |
| MOROCCO |
12,464 |
17,106 |
-27% |
| SENEGAL |
7,762 |
10,395 |
-25% |
| ZIMBABWE |
5,457 |
6,832 |
-20% |
| CAMEROON |
5,003 |
4,279 |
17% |
| NIGER |
4,930 |
2,118 |
133% |
| ETHIOPIA |
4,749 |
5,382 |
-12% |
| GUINEA |
3,589 |
4,334 |
-17% |
| TANZANIA |
3,530 |
4,972 |
-29% |
| GAMBIA |
3,382 |
2,336 |
45% |
| UGANDA |
3,326 |
3,632 |
-8% |
| ZAMBIA |
3,165 |
4,413 |
-28% |
| ANGOLA |
2,912 |
3,207 |
-9% |
| MALI |
2,743 |
3,845 |
-29% |
| IVORY COAST |
2,514 |
5,127 |
-51% |
| BOTSWANA |
2,116 |
2,490 |
-15% |
| TUNISIA |
1,989 |
5,257 |
-62% |
| ALGERIA |
1,988 |
3,268 |
-39% |
| TOGO |
1,801 |
2,250 |
-20% |
| CAPE VERDE |
1,744 |
4,958 |
-65% |
| CONGO |
1,432 |
2,273 |
-37% |
| LIBERIA |
1,400 |
2,367 |
-41% |
| MALAWI |
1,212 |
1,332 |
-9% |
| BURKINA FASO |
1,134 |
1,199 |
-5% |
| GABON |
1,031 |
1,197 |
-14% |
| ERITREA |
1,025 |
599 |
71% |
| NAMIBIA |
883 |
1,021 |
-14% |
| SUDAN |
852 |
1,659 |
-49% |
| MAURITIUS |
846 |
1,577 |
-46% |
| SIERRA LEONE |
765 |
697 |
10% |
| MOZAMBIQUE |
710 |
918 |
-23% |
| BENIN |
669 |
670 |
0% |
| RWANDA |
657 |
682 |
-4% |
| MAURITANIA |
558 |
776 |
-28% |
| MADAGASCAR |
500 |
678 |
-26% |
| BURUNDI |
289 |
475 |
-39% |
| LESOTHO |
272 |
248 |
10% |
| SEYCHELLES |
266 |
420 |
-37% |
| CHAD |
229 |
229 |
0% |
| LIBYA |
212 |
283 |
-25% |
| SWAZILAND |
200 |
310 |
-35% |
| CENTRAL AFRICAN
REPUBLIC |
169 |
228 |
-26% |
| DJIBOUTI |
127 |
236 |
-46% |
| EQUATORIAL GUINEA |
83 |
133 |
-38% |
| ZAIRE |
81 |
119 |
-32% |
| REUNION |
81 |
202 |
-60% |
| SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE |
33 |
49 |
-33% |
| GUINEA-BISSAU |
30 |
64 |
-53% |
| SOMALIA |
23 |
78 |
-71% |
| COMOROS |
19 |
22 |
-14% |
| WESTERN SAHARA |
1 |
1 |
0% |
| OCEANIA |
529,091 |
586,309 |
-10% |
| AUSTRALIA |
407,130 |
425,934 |
-4% |
| NEW ZEALAND |
109,580 |
144,216 |
-24% |
| FIJI |
4,112 |
5,789 |
-29% |
| FRENCH POLYNESIA |
2,176 |
2,293 |
-5% |
| TONGA |
2,112 |
2,746 |
-23% |
| NEW CALEDONIA |
1,025 |
1,476 |
-31% |
| WESTERN SAMOA |
1,006 |
1,107 |
-9% |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA |
668 |
934 |
-28% |
| KIRIBATI |
516 |
578 |
-11% |
| COOK ISLANDS |
244 |
342 |
-29% |
| VANUATU |
214 |
414 |
-48% |
| SOLOMON ISLANDS |
159 |
148 |
7% |
| TUVALU |
41 |
60 |
-32% |
| NAURU |
39 |
132 |
-70% |
| WALLIS AND FUTUNA
ISLANDS |
31 |
101 |
-69% |
| CHRISTMAS ISLAND |
14 |
17 |
-18% |
| COCOS ISLANDS |
11 |
4 |
175% |
| NIUE |
11 |
18 |
-39% |
| PITCAIRN ISLANDS |
2 |
0 |
n.a. |
| SOUTH AMERICA |
1,815,230 |
2,531,089 |
-28% |
| BRAZIL |
405,094 |
551,406 |
-27% |
| VENEZUELA |
395,913 |
555,292 |
-29% |
| COLOMBIA |
321,439 |
371,747 |
-14% |
| ARGENTINA |
164,658 |
434,011 |
-62% |
| PERU |
164,482 |
186,008 |
-12% |
| ECUADOR |
139,094 |
147,527 |
-6% |
| CHILE |
115,359 |
150,350 |
-23% |
| URUGUAY |
47,316 |
60,346 |
-22% |
| BOLIVIA |
25,011 |
34,943 |
-28% |
| GUYANA |
19,358 |
16,955 |
14% |
| PARAGUAY |
12,069 |
16,405 |
-26% |
| SURINAME |
5,237 |
5,832 |
-10% |
| FALKLAND ISLANDS |
106 |
99 |
7% |
| FRENCH GUIANA |
94 |
168 |
-44% |
| CENTRAL AMERICA |
704,050 |
770,803 |
-9% |
| EL SALVADOR |
197,159 |
207,890 |
-5% |
| GUATEMALA |
162,367 |
171,955 |
-6% |
| COSTA RICA |
124,993 |
143,434 |
-13% |
| HONDURAS |
85,322 |
87,645 |
-3% |
| PANAMA |
75,495 |
87,714 |
-14% |
| NICARAGUA |
36,387 |
43,483 |
-16% |
| BELIZE |
22,327 |
28,682 |
-22% |
| CARIBBEAN |
1,052,576 |
1,201,811 |
-12% |
| BAHAMAS |
262,469 |
293,022 |
-10% |
| JAMAICA |
183,903 |
229,003 |
-20% |
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC |
153,586 |
171,568 |
-10% |
| TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO |
118,336 |
127,102 |
-7% |
| HAITI |
59,444 |
65,169 |
-9% |
| NETHERLANDS ANTILLES |
58,043 |
52,378 |
11% |
| BARBADOS |
41,934 |
46,494 |
-10% |
| CAYMAN ISLANDS |
35,069 |
46,252 |
-24% |
| CUBA |
26,880 |
31,425 |
-14% |
| DOMINICA |
17,271 |
14,221 |
21% |
| ANTIGUA-BARBUDA |
16,317 |
20,207 |
-19% |
| BRITISH VIRGIN
ISLANDS |
14,497 |
23,745 |
-39% |
| ST. LUCIA |
12,530 |
14,941 |
-16% |
| TURKS AND CAICOS
ISLANDS |
9,989 |
14,611 |
-32% |
| ST. KITTS-NEVIS |
7,917 |
10,183 |
-22% |
| GRENADA |
7,161 |
8,656 |
-17% |
| GUADELOUPE |
6,290 |
7,448 |
-16% |
| BERMUDA |
6,227 |
7,107 |
-12% |
| MARTINIQUE |
6,021 |
7,500 |
-20% |
| ST. VINCENT-GRENADINES |
4,992 |
5,931 |
-16% |
| ANGUILLA |
3,050 |
4,121 |
-26% |
| MONTSERRAT |
650 |
727 |
-11% |
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, ITA, Office of Travel and
Tourism Industries: Statistics Canada; & Secretaria de Turismo
(Mexico)
n.a. = not applicable
r = revised
* The 2002 arrivals data has been revised to exclude transit passengers
to endure the data is directly comparable to past years
(1) Total all countries is the sum of Canada,
Mexico and all overseas
(2) North America includes Canada and Mexico
only.
(3) Canada and Mexico figures are subject
to revision. Both figures are based on survey
research from data obtained from their respective governments and
therefore rounded to the nearest thousand.
(4) Mexico air data is based upon the Immigration
& Naturalization Service I-94 form
(5) Overseas is all countries except Canada
and Mexico
* Note 2: Transit passengers have been deleted from these counts
to develop the final arrival totals for 2002
The overseas arrivals data is from the INS I-94 form. To learn
more about this program,
go to: http://www.tinet.ita.doc.gov/research/programs/i94/index.html
Released: April 2003
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