July 2023 Total International Travel Volume

July 2023 Total International Travel Volume to and from the United States

— In July 2023, International Visitor Arrivals to the United States Totaled 6,465,828, an Increase of 24.8% Compared to July 2022

— U.S. Citizen Outbound Travel Departures from the United States Totaled 10,634,095 in July 2023, an Increase of 16.5% Compared to July 2022

Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in July 2023:

International Arrivals to the United States

Total non-U.S. resident international visitor volume to the United States of 6,465,828 increased 24.8% compared to July 2022 and represents 84% of the pre-COVID total visitor volume reported for July 2019, up from the prior month’s 79%.
Overseas visitor volume to the United States of 3,137,570 increased +21.1% from July 2022.
July 2023 was the twenty-eighth consecutive month that total non-U.S. resident international arrivals to the United States increased year-over-year (YOY).
Of the top 20 tourist generating countries to the United States, Colombia (with 83,617 visitors), and Spain (with 74,969) reported a decrease in visitor volume in July 2023 compared to July 2022, with a -6.5%, and -2.1% change, respectively.
The largest number of international visitor arrivals was from Canada (1,981,513), Mexico (1,346,745), the United Kingdom (376,916), France (178,206) and Germany (174,904). Combined, these top 5 source markets accounted for 63% of total international arrivals.

International Departures from the United States

Total U.S. citizen international visitor departures from the United States of 10,634,095 increased 16.5% compared to July 2022 and were 99% of total departures in pre-pandemic July 2019.
July 2023 was the twenty-eighth consecutive month that total U.S. citizen international visitor departures from the United States increased on a YOY basis.
July 2023 year-to-date (YTD) total U.S. citizen international visitor departures from the United States totaled 57,271,140, a YOY increase of 28.4%. The YTD market share for North America (Mexico & Canada) was 49.4% and overseas was 50.6%.
Mexico recorded the largest outbound visitor volume of 3,505,557 (33.0% of total departures for July and 36.9% YTD). Canada recorded a YOY increase of 31.9%.
Combined YTD, Mexico (21,121,631) and the Caribbean (6,713,892) accounted for 48.6% of total U.S. citizen international visitor departures, down 1.1 percentage points from June 2023.
Europe was the second largest market for outbound U.S. visitors with 2,316,272 departures. This accounted for 21.8% of all departures in July and 20.4% YTD. Outbound visitation to Europe in July 2023 increased 13.1% compared to July 2022.

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!

Dive into the I-94 Visitor Arrivals Program

Explore the I-92 U.S. International Air Passenger Monitor

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.