Top 50 Markets for International Arrivals to the United States by Country of Residency

ITA - Office of Travel and Tourism Industries

Top 50 Markets for International Arrivals to the United States by Country of Residency

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Top 50 Markets for International Visitor Arrivals to the United States 2006r and 2005
Rank 2006	Region / Country of Residence	Total 2006	Total 2005	Percent Change 2006 / 2005
	Total Arrivals ^{(p) (1)}	50,977,532	49,205,528	4%
	North America ⁽²⁾	29,309,242	27,527,000	6%
1	Canada ⁽³⁾	15,992,242	14,862,000	8%
	Canada Air ⁽³⁾	5,523,000	5,120,000	8%
2	Mexico ^{(p) (3)}	13,317,000	12,665,000	5%
	Mexico Air ⁽⁴⁾	1,713,158	1,668,432	3%
	Overseas ⁽⁵⁾	21,668,290	21,678,528	0%
3	United Kingdom	4,176,211	4,344,957	-4%
4	Japan	3,672,584	3,883,906	-5%
5	Germany	1,385,520	1,415,530	-2%
6	France	789,815	878,648	-10%
7	South Korea	757,721	705,093	7%
8	Australia	603,275	581,773	4%
9	Italy	532,829	545,546	-2%
10	Brazil	525,271	485,373	8%
11	China (PRC & HK Combined) ⁽⁶⁾	457,728	405,380	13%
	China, PRC ⁽⁷⁾	320,450	270,272	19%
	Hong Kong ⁽⁷⁾	137,278	135,108	2%
12	Netherlands	446,785	448,650	0%
13	Spain	424,224	385,640	10%
14	Ireland	414,423	383,400	8%
15	India	406,845	344,926	18%
16	Venezuela	369,037	340,315	8%
17	Colombia	348,388	325,398	7%
18	Taiwan	300,382	318,886	-6%
19	Sweden	285,994	290,530	-2%
20	Israel	283,889	284,310	0%
21	Switzerland	270,571	256,730	5%
22	Bahamas	243,300	237,140	3%
23	Dominican Republic	236,622	221,449	7%
24	Argentina	212,096	188,865	12%
25	Jamaica	204,912	175,351	17%
26	Belgium	188,311	191,596	-2%
27	Denmark	185,337	174,581	6%
28	Guatemala	173,793	170,076	2%
29	Philippines	153,887	153,821	0%
30	El Salvador	153,835	164,492	-6%
31	Ecuador	147,173	143,073	3%
32	Norway	145,359	139,043	5%
33	New Zealand	138,486	139,780	-1%
34	Poland	137,588	134,430	2%
35	Trinidad And Tobago	133,906	128,392	4%
36	Peru	133,398	151,823	-12%
37	Costa Rica	130,702	133,820	-2%
38	Singapore	122,995	115,939	6%
39	Austria	117,191	117,688	0%
40	Chile	110,143	101,550	8%
41	Russia	94,681	84,780	12%
42	Honduras	92,445	89,718	3%
43	Turkey	90,122	84,434	7%
44	South Africa	89,017	89,102	0%
45	Finland	87,904	89,125	-1%
46	Panama	81,358	78,855	3%
47	Portugal	71,406	68,111	5%
48	Thailand	69,236	66,833	4%
49	Netherlands Antilles ⁽⁸⁾	62,412	59,126	6%

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, ITA, Office of Travel & Tourism Industries;
Statistics Canada (Canada); and Banco de Mexico/Secretaria de Turismo (Mexico).

^(r) = revised estimates for Canada and Mexico.
⁽¹⁾ Total Arrivals data are the sum of Canada, Mexico and Overseas countries.
⁽²⁾ North America data include only Canada and Mexico.
⁽³⁾ Canada, Canada Air and Mexico arrival estimates are based on survey research, rounded to the nearest thousand, and subject to revision.
⁽⁴⁾ Mexico Air traveler data are based on the Department of Homeland Security's I-94 form.
⁽⁵⁾ Overseas data include arrivals from all countries except Canada and Mexico.
⁽⁶⁾ Data are a combined total for People's Rebublic of China and Hong Kong.
⁽⁷⁾ Data are only from People's Republic of China or Hong Kong.
⁽⁸⁾ Aruba data are merged with the Netherlands Antilles for all years in this table.

Revised July 2007