March 2025 International Visitor Spending
U.S. Travel and Tourism Exports and Imports in March 2025
Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in March 2025:
- International visitors spent nearly $20.1 billion on travel to, and tourism-related activities within, the United States during the month of March, a decrease of 4 percent compared to March 2024; last year, Easter was in March, so this year-over-year decline was expected.
- Americans spent $22.0 billion traveling abroad during March, more than international visitors spent in the United States, yielding a nearly $2.0 billion balance of trade deficit for travel and tourism-related goods and services.
- International visitors have spent more than $63.6 billion on U.S. travel and tourism-related goods and services year to date (January through March 2025), an increase of 2 percent when compared to the same period last year; international visitors have injected, on average, $707 million a day into the U.S. economy this year.
- U.S. travel and tourism exports accounted for 21 percent of U.S. services exports during March 2025 and 7 percent of all U.S. exports, goods and services alike.
Composition of Monthly Spending (Travel Exports)
Travel Spending
- Purchases of travel and tourism-related goods and services by international visitors traveling in the United States totaled $10.5 billion during March 2025 (compared to $11.7 billion in March 2024), a decrease of 10 percent when compared to the previous year. These goods and services include food, lodging, recreation, gifts, entertainment, local transportation in the United States, and other items incidental to foreign travel.
- Travel receipts accounted for 52 percent of total U.S. travel and tourism exports in March 2025.
- Purchases of travel and tourism-related goods and services by international visitors traveling in the United States totaled $10.5 billion during March 2025 (compared to $11.7 billion in March 2024), a decrease of 10 percent when compared to the previous year. These goods and services include food, lodging, recreation, gifts, entertainment, local transportation in the United States, and other items incidental to foreign travel.
Passenger Fare Receipts
- Fares received by U.S. carriers from international visitors totaled $3.1 billion in March 2025 (compared to $3.4 billion in the previous year), down 8 percent when compared to March 2024. These receipts represent expenditures by foreign residents on international flights provided by U.S. air carriers.
- Passenger fare receipts accounted for 15 percent of total U.S. travel and tourism exports during March.
- Fares received by U.S. carriers from international visitors totaled $3.1 billion in March 2025 (compared to $3.4 billion in the previous year), down 8 percent when compared to March 2024. These receipts represent expenditures by foreign residents on international flights provided by U.S. air carriers.
Medical/Education/Short-Term Worker Spending
- Expenditures for educational and health-related tourism, along with all expenditures by border, seasonal, and other short-term workers in the United States totaled $6.5 billion in March 2025 (compared to $5.9 billion in March 2024), an increase of 9 percent when compared to the previous year.
- Medical tourism, education, and short-term worker expenditures accounted for 32 percent of total U.S. travel and tourism exports in March 2025.
- Expenditures for educational and health-related tourism, along with all expenditures by border, seasonal, and other short-term workers in the United States totaled $6.5 billion in March 2025 (compared to $5.9 billion in March 2024), an increase of 9 percent when compared to the previous year.
Interested in an interactive data visualization of these statistics? Please visit our Monthly Travel Trade Monitor for a more comprehensive and customizable experience.
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