2021 Overseas Visitation Statistics and New Data Visualization Tool
Today, the International Trade Administration’s National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) is pleased to announce the release of 2021 overseas visitation statistics to U.S. states, territories and cities-MSAs, and a new data visualization tool called the U.S. States & Cities Visited Monitor.
These statistics cover overseas visitation to 45 U.S. states and territories and 91 U.S. cities-MSAs for years 2021 and 2020. Data include visitor volume, market share, volume % change and volume # change for each reported state, territory and city-MSA. 2021 highlights include:
- Top state visited by overseas visitors in 2021: Florida (4,092,000)
- Top city-MSA visited by overseas visitors in 2021: Miami (2,759,000)
- Biggest gain of overseas visitors from 2020: Florida (+1,793,000)
- Biggest decline of overseas visitors from 2020: Hawaii (-503,000)
- Top 5 states’ market share was 91.7% of overseas visitors in 2021
Overseas visitation statistics to U.S. states, territories and U.S. cities-MSAs can either be downloaded in excel or explored in a new interactive data visualization tool called the U.S. States and Cities Visited Monitor, which has six sections:
- Top 5 States and U.S. Cities in 2021: volume, gains and declines
- Select a U.S. State: state rank, volume, # change, % change, market share and top cities-MSAs
- Map of Top States-Cities-MSAs: interactive display of top cities-MSAs visited in each state
- Top U.S. States Visited: table of 2021 rank, 2021 and 2020 market share, 2021 and 2020 visitation, # change, % change
- Top U.S. Cities-MSAs Visited: table of 2021 rank, 2021 and 2020 market share, 2021 and 2020 visitation, # change, % change
- Download Data: download data into excel
Location: The U.S. States and Cities Visited Monitor is located under the NTTO Monitors-Interactive Data Tools tab on the NTTO Research webpage. In addition, the monitor and the excel file containing this data are located under the Markets and Sector Profiles tab of the NTTO Research webpage.
