travel exports
ITA Data Release: International Visitors Spent $21.2 Billion in June 2024
National Travel and Tourism Office | August 13, 2024
Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in June 2024: International visitors spent $21.2 billion on travel to, and tourism-related activities within, the United States during the month of June, an increase of more than 14 percent compared to June 2023. Conversely, Americans spent more than $20.8 billion traveling abroad during June, yielding a slight balance of trade surplus of $360 million for travel and tourism-related goods and services. International visitors have spent nearly $126.2 billion on U.S. travel and tourism-related goods and services year to date (January through June 20...
International Visitors to the U.S. Spent $20.7 Billion in April 2024
National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) | June 24, 2024
Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in April 2024: International visitors spent more than $20.7 billion on travel to, and tourism-related activities within, the United States, an increase of nearly 13 percent compared to April 2023 and surpassing pre-COVID levels of monthly spending realized in April 2019. Conversely, Americans spent more than $20.1 billion traveling abroad during April, the 37th consecutive month of growth, yielding a balance of trade surplus of $561 million for travel and tourism-related goods and services. International visitors have spent more than $83.3 billion ...
ITA Data Release: February 2024 International Inbound Visitor Spending
National Travel and Tourism Office | April 26, 2024
Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in February 2024: International visitors spent more during the month of February 2024 than during any other February recorded since the United States started measuring these exports in 1960; indeed, international visitors spent a record-setting $20.4 billion on travel to, and tourism-related activities within, the United States during February, an increase of more than 25 percent compared to February 2023 and the highest level of monthly spending for any February recorded. In fact, monthly U.S. travel and tourism exports are within $436 million of their hi...
ITA Data Release: International Visitors Spent $17.3 Billion in April 2023 Up Nearly 26% Compared to April 2022
International Trade Administration | June 14, 2023
Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in April 2023: International visitors spent more than $17.3 billion on travel to, and tourism-related activities within, the United States, an increase of nearly 26 percent compared to April 2022 and marking the twenty-fifth consecutive month of year-over-year gains (when compared to the same month, previous year). Conversely, Americans spent a record-setting $17.2 billion traveling abroad, yielding a balance of trade surplus of $83 million for the month—reversing a trend of seven consecutive months of balance of trade deficits for U.S. travel and tou...
Commerce Department Applauds New U.S.- China Agreement To Increase Travel And Tourism Exports
NTTO | September 28, 2015
Leaders announce the U.S.-China Tourism Year for 2016, a new initiative that celebrates the recent reciprocal extension of visa validity and supports increased travel and tourism exports. September 28, 2015 - WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker joined President Obama and President Xi for the conclusion of a week of productive discussions between the two countries. The two leaders announced the U.S.-China Tourism Year for 2016, a new initiative that celebrates the recent reciprocal extension of visa validity and supports increased travel and tourism exports. Partnering under the framework of the U.S.-China Joint...
Travel Metrics Posted Record Highs in 2014 with Positive Outlook for 2015
U.S. Travel Association | January 12, 2015
WASHINGTON (January 12, 2015) - David Huether, senior vice president for economics and research at the U.S. Travel Association, reacts to Friday's Labor Department employment report and the U.S. Department of Commerce export report from earlier in the week: "Following the largest three month gain in the past two years, job growth in the travel industry took a temporary pause in December, with employment edging down a slight 3,900 for the month. "Overall, 2014 was a banner year for the travel industry. In September, travel employment topped 8 million for the first time ever and by December, travel employment stood at 8,053,000. Moreover,...
