July 2023 Total International Travel Volume
July 2023 Total International Travel Volume to and from the United States
—In July 2023, International Visitor Arrivals to the United States Totaled 6,465,828, an Increase of 24.8% Compared to July 2022
—U.S. Citizen Outbound Travel Departures from the United States Totaled 10,634,095 in July 2023, an Increase of 16.5% Compared to July 2022
Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in July 2023:
International Arrivals to the United States
- Total non-U.S. resident international visitor volume to the United States of 6,465,828 increased 24.8% compared to July 2022 and represents 84% of the pre-COVID total visitor volume reported for July 2019, up from the prior month’s 79%.
- Overseas visitor volume to the United States of 3,137,570 increased +21.1% from July 2022.
- July 2023 was the twenty-eighth consecutive month that total non-U.S. resident international arrivals to the United States increased year-over-year (YOY).
- Of the top 20 tourist generating countries to the United States, Colombia (with 83,617 visitors), and Spain (with 74,969) reported a decrease in visitor volume in July 2023 compared to July 2022, with a -6.5%, and -2.1% change, respectively.
- The largest number of international visitor arrivals was from Canada (1,981,513), Mexico (1,346,745), the United Kingdom (376,916), France (178,206) and Germany (174,904). Combined, these top 5 source markets accounted for 63% of total international arrivals.
International Departures from the United States
- Total U.S. citizen international visitor departures from the United States of 10,634,095 increased 16.5% compared to July 2022 and were 99% of total departures in pre-pandemic July 2019.
- July 2023 was the twenty-eighth consecutive month that total U.S. citizen international visitor departures from the United States increased on a YOY basis.
- July 2023 year-to-date (YTD) total U.S. citizen international visitor departures from the United States totaled 57,271,140, a YOY increase of 28.4%. The YTD market share for North America (Mexico & Canada) was 49.4% and overseas was 50.6%.
- Mexico recorded the largest outbound visitor volume of 3,505,557 (33.0% of total departures for July and 36.9% YTD). Canada recorded a YOY increase of 31.9%.
- Combined YTD, Mexico (21,121,631) and the Caribbean (6,713,892) accounted for 48.6% of total U.S. citizen international visitor departures, down 1.1 percentage points from June 2023.
- Europe was the second largest market for outbound U.S. visitors with 2,316,272 departures. This accounted for 21.8% of all departures in July and 20.4% YTD. Outbound visitation to Europe in July 2023 increased 13.1% compared to July 2022.
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!
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.
