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NTTO Reports Quarterly SIAT Results (Q1 2023) For the First Time

—Quarterly Overseas SIAT Results Available From Q1 2012 to Q1 2023 in SIAT Monitor Data Visualization Tool
—Quarterly and Annual Overseas, Canada-Air and Mexico-Air Available in Excel Reports From 2022 Q1 to 2023 Q1

The National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) now reports more-timely and detailed results of the Survey of International Air Travelers (SIAT). 

The SIAT is a primary research program that gathers statistical data (including information on trip planning, travel patterns, demographics, spending, and more) about international air passengers traveling between the United States and Canada, Mexico and overseas countries.

For the first time ever, NTTO has begun publishing SIAT results on a quarterly basis that can be accessed two ways:

The SIAT Inbound Survey Monitor is an interactive data tool that provides salient annual and quarterly SIAT results of overseas visitors (by country and world region) to the United States from Q1 2012 to Q1 2023 (Canada-air and Mexico-air will be added soon).

The SIAT National Reports are annual and quarterly excel reports starting from 2022 that provide additional detail of SIAT results for overseas (by country and world region), Canada-air and Mexico-air visitors.

2023 Q1SIAT Inbound Overseas Visitor Highlights:

  • Florida was the most-visited state by overseas visitors with 1.7 million, followed by New York (1.5 million), California (1.2 million) and Texas (387,000).
     
  • New York City was the most-visited Metropolitan Statistical Area by overseas visitors with 1.4 million, followed by Miami (938,000), Orlando (702,000), and Los Angeles (667,000).
     
  • The average overseas visitor had an annual household income of $88,826 and spent $1,729 while traveling in the United States.
     
  • 64.7% of overseas visitors traveled alone to the United States.
     
  • The top three leisure activities of overseas visitors were shopping (80.9%), sightseeing (75.9%) and visiting national parks and monuments (32%).
     
  • 69% of overseas visitors stayed in a hotel or motel while 29.9% traveled by air between U.S. cities during their visit.

Interested in an interactive data visualization of these statistics? Please visit our SIAT Inbound Survey Monitor for a more comprehensive and customizable experience.

I-92/APIS International Air Passengers

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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