April 2024 Total International Travel Volume
April 2024 Total International Travel Volume to and from the United States
—In April 2024, International Visitor Arrivals to the United States Totaled 5,889,335, an Increase of 5.2% Compared to April 2023
—Outbound Travel Departures from the United States by U.S. Citizens Totaled 8,072,519 in April 2024, an Increase of 8.0% Compared to April 2023
Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in April 2024:
International Arrivals to the United States
- Total non-U.S. resident international visitor volume to the United States of 5,889,335, increased +5.2% compared to April 2023 and represented 83.6% of the pre-COVID total visitor volume reported for April 2019.
- Overseas visitor volume to the United States of 2,820,940 increased +9.2% from April 2023.
- April 2024 was the thirty-seventh consecutive month that total non-U.S. resident international arrivals to the United States increased on a year-over-year (YOY) basis.
- April 2024 was the fourteenth consecutive month that overseas visitors totaled over 2 million.
- Of the top 20 tourist generating countries to the United States, Canada (with 1,781,119), the United Kingdom (with 350,860), and Spain (with 64,915) reported a decrease in visitor volume in April 2024 compared to April 2023, with a -7.4%, -0.1%, and -8.1% change respectively.
- The largest number of international visitor arrivals was from Canada (1,781,119), Mexico (1,287,276), the United Kingdom (350,860), France (208,134), and India (175,211). Combined, these top 5 source markets accounted for 64.6% of total international arrivals.
International Departures from the United States
- Total U.S. citizen international visitor departures from the United States of 8,072,519 increased 8.0% compared to April 2023 and were +106.3% of total departures in pre-pandemic April 2019.
- April 2024 was the thirty-seventh consecutive month that total U.S. citizen international visitor departures from the United States increased on a YOY basis.
- The year-to-date (YTD) market share for North America (Mexico & Canada) was 50.8% and overseas was 49.2%.
- Mexico recorded the largest outbound visitor volume of 3,105,473 (38.5% of total departures for April and 41.6% (YTD)). Canada recorded a YOY increase of 12.9%.
- Combined YTD, Mexico (12,938,414) and the Caribbean (3,985,597) accounted for 54.5% of total U.S. citizen international visitor departures.
- Europe was the second largest market for outbound U.S. visitors with 1,630,759 departures. This accounted for 20.2% of all departures in April. Outbound visitation to Europe in April 2024 increased 4.6% compared to April 2023.
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.
