national travel & tourism office
2017 Visitation Estimates, Country Profiles and Spending Available
National Travel and Tourism Office | April 29, 2019
The National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) has completed posting of the 2017 states, cities, regions visited by overseas travelers and profiles to the website on the Inbound Travel to the U.S. page. NTTO's page contains 24 country profiles, 10 regional profiles and eight sector/activity profiles for 2017, containing characteristics based on SIAT passenger responses and visitor spending reports. The 'profile' format and content have been totally redesigned. We have moved from a static PDF format with year-over-year only data to an Excel format spanning over 20-years of data! Note: the Excel sheet can be opened-up (unhide hidden co...
Record-Setting U.S. Travel and Tourism Exports Total $21 Billion in October
NTTO | December 20, 2016
WASHINGTON - Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Ken Hyatt today announced that international visitors spent more than $21 billion on travel to, and tourism-related activities within, the United States in October, an increase of more than two percent ($493 million) when compared to October 2015. "In October, U.S. travel and tourism exports hit another record. Travel and tourism remains a vital export for the United States and these exports support more than one million jobs across our country," said Hyatt. "Today's data highlights continued growth in this sector with international visitors spending, on average, $6...
International Visitors to U.S. Down Slightly in February 2016 Compared to February 2015
The National Travel and Tourism Office | August 2, 2016
The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced that 4.9 million international visitors(1)(2)(3)(4) traveled to the United States in February 2016, down slightly (-0.3%) from February 2015. February broke the streak of five straight monthly increases in total U.S. visits with this decline. In February 2016, the top inbound markets continued to be Canada and Mexico. Non-resident visits from Canada declined 13 percent while visits from Mexico increased three percent. Japan (+3%), the United Kingdom (+12%), and the People's Republic of China (excluding Hong Kong) (+4%) rounded out the top five. Seven of the top inbound overseas regional ma...
2015 Overseas Visitation Estimates Released Including Characteristics of Travelers to U.S. States and Cities
The National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) | July 29, 2016
Leisure Travel and Visiting Friends/Relatives Lead the Growth in Travel from Overseas to the United States The U.S. Department of Commerce, National Travel & Tourism Office (NTTO), today announced the results of its 2015 Survey of International Air Travelers (SIAT). The SIAT is a primary research program, launched in 1983, that estimates overseas visitor volumes to destinations (states and cities) and provides traveler characteristics of those visitors from overseas and Mexico (air) to the United States and its destinations. On June 9th Commerce reported that a record 77.5 million international visitors traveled to the United States...
