February 2024 Total International Travel Volume
February 2024 Total International Travel Volume to and from the United States
»In February 2024, International Visitor Arrivals to the United States Totaled 4,735,844, an Increase of 14.7% Compared to February 2023
»Outbound Travel Departures from the United States by U.S. Citizens Totaled 7,050,562 in February 2024, an Increase of 14.1% Compared to February 2023
Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in February 2024:
International Arrivals to the United States
- Total non-U.S. resident international visitor volume to the United States of 4,735,844 increased +14.7% compared to February 2023 and represented 93% of the pre-COVID total visitor volume reported for February 2019.
- Overseas visitor volume to the United States of 2,253,174 increased +25.8% from February 2023.
- Of the top 20 tourist generating countries to the United States, Canada (with 1,411,746), was the only country that reported a decrease in visitor volume in February 2024 compared to February 2023, with a -4.4% change.
- The largest number of international visitor arrivals was from Canada (1,411,746), Mexico (1,070,924), the United Kingdom (262,478), Japan (147,437) and Brazil (144,089). Combined, these top 5 source markets accounted for 64.1% of total international arrivals.
International Departures from the United States
- Total U.S. citizen international visitor departures from the United States of 7,050,562 increased 14.1% compared to February 2023 and were +11.3% higher than total departures in pre-pandemic February 2019.
- The market share for North America (Mexico & Canada) was 52.1% and overseas was 47.9%.
- Mexico recorded the largest outbound visitor volume of 3,012,255 (42.7% of total departures in February.
- The Caribbean was the second largest market for outbound U.S. visitors with 959,323 departures (13.6% of total departures in February).
- Combined, Mexico (6,212,456) and the Caribbean (1,842,822) accounted for 57.6% of total U.S. citizen international visitor departures year-to-date (YTD).
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.
