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| Top 50 Markets for International Visitor
Arrivals to the United States 2004 and 2003 |
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| 2004 Rank |
Region/Country of Residence |
2004 TOTAL |
2003 TOTAL |
% Change 2004/2003 |
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Total Arrivals (1) |
46,082,257 |
41,218,213 |
12% |
| 1 |
Canada (2) |
13,854,000 |
12,666,000 |
9% |
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Canada Air (2) |
4,578,000 |
4,173,000 |
10% |
| 2 |
Mexico (2) |
11,906,000 |
10,526,000 |
13% |
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Mexico Air (3) |
1,439,971 |
1,359,418 |
6% |
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Overseas (4) |
20,322,257 |
18,026,213 |
13% |
| 3 |
United Kingdom |
4,302,737 |
3,936,112 |
9% |
| 4 |
Japan |
3,747,620 |
3,169,682 |
18% |
| 5 |
Germany |
1,319,904 |
1,180,212 |
12% |
| 6 |
France |
775,274 |
688,887 |
13% |
| 7 |
South Korea |
626,595 |
617,573 |
1% |
| 8 |
Australia |
519,955 |
405,698 |
28% |
| 9 |
Italy |
470,805 |
408,633 |
15% |
| 10 |
Netherlands |
424,872 |
373,690 |
14% |
| 11 |
Brazil |
384,734 |
348,945 |
10% |
| 12 |
Ireland |
345,119 |
254,320 |
36% |
| 13 |
Spain |
333,432 |
284,031 |
17% |
| 14 |
Venezuela |
330,285 |
284,423 |
16% |
| 15 |
China |
325,879 |
271,438 |
20% |
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China, PRC |
202,544 |
157,326 |
29% |
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Hong Kong |
123,335 |
114,112 |
8% |
| 16 |
India |
308,845 |
272,161 |
13% |
| 17 |
Taiwan |
297,684 |
238,999 |
25% |
| 18 |
Colombia |
295,371 |
280,259 |
5% |
| 19 |
Israel |
275,373 |
249,034 |
11% |
| 20 |
Bahamas |
265,681 |
253,229 |
5% |
| 21 |
Sweden |
254,258 |
211,386 |
20% |
| 22 |
Switzerland |
243,186 |
230,042 |
6% |
| 23 |
El Salvador |
181,209 |
177,240 |
2% |
| 24 |
Dominican Republic |
180,048 |
153,019 |
18% |
| 25 |
Belgium |
175,997 |
151,069 |
17% |
| 26 |
Argentina |
167,726 |
150,719 |
11% |
| 27 |
Jamaica |
163,059 |
159,484 |
2% |
| 28 |
Guatemala |
161,983 |
151,891 |
7% |
| 29 |
Peru |
151,409 |
154,324 |
-2% |
| 30 |
Denmark |
150,839 |
125,435 |
20% |
| 31 |
Philippines |
143,962 |
134,338 |
7% |
| 32 |
Ecuador |
133,046 |
119,737 |
11% |
| 33 |
Norway |
130,400 |
113,233 |
15% |
| 34 |
New Zealand |
127,394 |
107,214 |
19% |
| 35 |
Costa Rica |
127,112 |
112,880 |
13% |
| 36 |
Poland |
123,003 |
107,892 |
14% |
| 37 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
121,158 |
111,820 |
8% |
| 38 |
Austria |
112,950 |
99,924 |
13% |
| 39 |
Singapore |
106,527 |
87,525 |
22% |
| 40 |
Chile |
101,171 |
95,389 |
6% |
| 41 |
Honduras |
85,506 |
82,099 |
4% |
| 42 |
Finland |
78,612 |
67,761 |
16% |
| 43 |
South Africa |
78,433 |
72,029 |
9% |
| 44 |
Turkey |
76,404 |
75,227 |
2% |
| 45 |
Panama |
76,032 |
72,413 |
5% |
| 46 |
Russia |
72,419 |
62,330 |
16% |
| 47 |
Thailand |
66,287 |
55,884 |
19% |
| 48 |
Portugal |
60,930 |
54,572 |
12% |
| 49 |
Haiti |
60,521 |
59,756 |
1% |
| 50 |
Netherlands Antilles |
56,179 |
54,170 |
4% |
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Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, ITA, Office of Travel & Tourism Industries: Statistics Canada; & Banco de Mexico/Secretaria de Turismo (Mexico).
(1) Total Arrivals is the sum of Canada, Mexico and all Overseas.
(2) Canada and Mexico figures are subject to revision. Both figures are based on survey research data obtained from their respective governments and therefore rounded to the nearest thousand.
(3) Mexico air data is based upon the Department of Homeland Security I-94 form.
(4) Overseas is all countries except Canada and Mexico.
Released: April 2005, Canada and total arrivals revised in October 2005
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