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Travel and Tourism

July 2022 Total International Travel Volume

  • Total Non-U.S. Resident International Visitor Volume to the United States of 5,210,752 Increased 160.8% Compared to July 2021
  • International Outbound Travel Volume (U.S. Citizen Visitor Departures) from the United States Totaled 9,177,301 — a Year-Over-Year Increase of 63%, and Reaching 85% of July 2019 Departures

Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in July 2022:

International Arrivals to the United States

  • Total non-U.S. resident international visitor volume to the United States of 5,210,752 increased 160.8% compared to July 2021 and rose to 67.6% of the pre-COVID total visitor volume reported for July 2019, up from the prior month’s 64.2%.
  • Overseas visitor volume to the United States of 2,589,898 increased 199.7% from July 2021.
  • July 2022 was the sixteenth consecutive month that total non-U.S. resident international arrivals to the United States increased on a year-over-year (YOY) basis.
  • Of the top 20 tourist-generating countries to the United States, Colombia (with 89,385 visitors) and the Dominican Republic (with 45,460 visitors) were the only countries that reported a decrease in visitor volume in July 2022 compared to July 2021, with a -30.7% and -0.1% change respectively.
  • The largest number of international visitor arrivals were from Canada (1,467,348), Mexico (1,153,506), the United Kingdom (361,313), France (169,994) and Germany (163,675). Combined, these top 5 source markets accounted for 63.6% of total international arrivals.

International Departures from the United States

  • Total U.S. citizen international visitor departures from the United States of 9,177,301 increased 63% compared to July 2021 and were 85% of total departures in pre-pandemic July 2019.
  • July 2022 was the sixteenth consecutive month that total U.S. citizen international visitor departures from the United States increased on a year-over-year basis.
  • Mexico recorded the largest outbound visitor volume of 3,270,261 (35.6% of total departures for July and 42.8% year-to-date (YTD). Canada recorded a significant year-over-year increase of 1,263%.
  • Combined YTD, Mexico (19,228,305) and the Caribbean (5,578,944) accounted for 55.2% of total U.S. citizen international visitor departures, down 2.3 percentage points from June 2022 YTD.
  • Europe YTD (8,570,790), the second largest outbound visitor volume, increased 375% YOY, accounting for 19.1% of all departures. This was up 0.8 percentage points from a 18.3% share in June 2022 YTD.
     

Want to view interactive data visualization of these statistics? Please visit our ADIS/I-94 Visitor Arrivals Monitor (Country of Residence) and (Country of Citizenship) and our  I-92/APIS International Air Passenger Monitor for a more comprehensive and customizable experience!

ADIS/I-94 Visitor Arrivals

I-92/APIS International Air Passengers  

The ADIS/I-94 Visitor Arrivals Program, in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), provides a count of visitor arrivals (Overseas + Canada + Mexico) to the United States (with stays of 1-night or more and visiting under certain visa types) and is used to calculate U.S. travel and tourism exports. Visit the ADIS/I-94 Visitor Arrivals Program home page for more information on U.S. visitor arrivals.

The APIS/I-92 Program provides information on non-stop international air traffic between the United States and other countries. The data has been collected from the Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection’s Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) since July 2010. The APIS based “I-92” system provides air traffic data on the following parameters: number of passengers, by country, airport, scheduled or chartered, U.S. Flag, foreign flag, citizens and non-citizens. Visit the APIS/I-92 Data Program home page for more information on airline travel to and from the United States.  

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