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U.S. Department of Commerce Seeks Applications for Brand USA Board of Directors
International Trade Administration | July 16, 2024
The Department of Commerce is currently seeking applications from travel and tourism leaders from specific industries for membership on the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Travel Promotion (dba Brand USA). The purpose of the Board is to guide the Corporation for Travel Promotion on matters relating to the promotion of the United States as a travel destination. The Travel Promotion Act (TPA), which was signed into law by President Obama on March 4, 2010, established the Corporation for Travel Promotion as a non-profit corporation charged with the development and execution of marketing strategies for U.S. travel and tourism and to ...
Celebrating Two Years of Progress in National Strategy to Reenergize U.S. Travel and Tourism
International Trade Administration | July 15, 2024
Two years after the U.S. Department of Commerce issued the National Travel and Tourism Strategy and set an ambitious five-year goal to welcome 90 million international visitors annually by 2027, the Department is announcing we expect to reach that goal ahead of schedule. According to the latest estimates from the International Trade Administration, the United States expects to welcome 91 million annual visitors by 2026, surpassing the Strategy’s goal one year in advance of the anticipated timeline. In celebration of all the progress made since the launch of the National Travel and Tourism Strategy, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo issue...
Travel Leaders, U.S. Department of Commerce Conduct Roundtable on Business Travel Recovery
U.S. Travel Association | March 9, 2022
WASHINGTON — March 9, 2022 — The U.S. Travel Association today led a delegation of 11 travel industry leaders to the U.S. Department of Commerce for a discussion with U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves focused on promoting safe business and professional travel in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and opportunities to help the travel and tourism sector fully and evenly recover. At the meeting, Graves voiced his support for the travel industry, saying the Commerce Department will bring “all tools to the table” to help overcome obstacles that remain to the normal resumption of business travel, both domestically and from abro...
U.S. Department of Commerce Arrivals Data Reports Record-Setting Spending by International Visitors
September 13, 2018
WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration's National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) announced that the United States welcomed nearly 77 million international visitors into the country, who collectively spent a record-setting $251.4 billion experiencing the United States in 2017, a two percent increase when compared to 2016. Over the course of 2017, travel and tourism exports helped support more than 1.2 million American jobs across the United States. "International travelers continue to set spending records visiting the United States, and I expect that trend to continue in 2018 spawning fur...
U.S. Citizen International Travel Up Nine Percent in September 2017, 10 Percent YTD
December 18, 2017
U.S. citizen outbound totaled 6.84 million travelers for the month and 66.7 million YTD Travel to Overseas Up Seven Percent, Mexico 16 Percent and Canada Three Percent -September September 2017/2016 Comparisons(1) U.S. travel to overseas markets totaled 2.95 million, up seven percent in September and 10 percent for the year (29.6 million). Regional results for the month were as follows: Europe, 1.676 million travelers, up 17 percent Caribbean, 357,000 travelers, down 15 percent Asia, 420,000 travelers, up four percent Middle East, 158,000 travelers, up two percent Central America, 147,000 travelers, up one percent South America, ...
U.S. Travel and Tourism Satellite Account Shows Real Spending Down in Fourth Quarter 2016
April 24, 2017
WASHINGTON - Real spending (output) on travel and tourism turned down in the fourth quarter of 2016, decreasing at an annual rate of 3.3 percent after increasing 3.7 percent (revised) in the third quarter according to new statistics released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. In contrast, real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 1.9 percent in the fourth quarter after increasing 3.5 percent in the third. For the year, travel and tourism grew 2.3 percent, a deceleration from the 4.7 percent growth in 2015. The leading contributors to the fourth-quarter downturn in travel and tourism were "Passenger air transportation" and "Traveler a...
U.S. Citizen International Travel Increased Four Percent in November 2016
NTTO | February 2, 2017
November 2016/2015 Comparisons U.S. travel to all international regions totaled 5.6 million for November, up four percent. U.S. travel to overseas markets (1) totaled 2.3 million, no growth in November but up six percent for the year (31.8 million). Regional results for the month were as follows: Europe, 751,000 travelers, up six percent Caribbean, 503,000 travelers, down four percent Asia, 436,000 travelers, up four percent Central America, 188,000 travelers, down 11 percent Middle East, 166,000 travelers, down three percent South America, 137,000 travelers, down 13 percent Oceania, 62,000 travelers, up eight percent Africa, 2...
Where the Latin American Travel Community Meets Face-to-Face: La Cita V – August 29 – August 31, 2017 Petersburg, Florida
NTTO | January 19, 2017
January 19, 2017 - In 2015, despite some challenges, visitors from Latin America (Mexico, Central, South America & the Caribbean) generated a record 26.6 million visitors of the record 77.5 million international arrivals to the United States, more than 34% of all visitors to the country. Latin American arrivals are up 55% since 2006. Within Latin America, the countries of South America represent the growth area for the region, up 193% since 2006. Spending in the United States by all Latin countries in 2015 generated a record $60.1 billion of the record $246 billion spent by international travelers, up 78% since 2006.Total travel &am...
