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Travel and Tourism

November 2023 Total International Travel Volume

»In November 2023, International Visitor Arrivals to the United States totaled 5,279,813, an increase of 15.9% Compared to November 2022

»Outbound Travel Departures from the United States by U.S. Citizens Totaled 7,359,922 in November 2023, an Increase of 11.3% Compared to November 2022

International Travel Volume during November 2023

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

International Arrivals to the United States

  • Total non-U.S. resident international visitor volume to the United States of 5,279,813, increased 15.9% compared to November 2022 and represents 86.6% of the pre-COVID total visitor volume reported for November 2019.
  • Overseas visitor volume to the United States of 2,404,745 increased +23.9% from November 2022.
  • November 2023 was the thirty-second consecutive month that total non-U.S. resident international arrivals to the United States increased year-over-year (YOY).
  • November 2023 was the ninth consecutive month that overseas visitors totaled over 2 million.
  • Of the top 20 tourist generating countries to the United States, none reported a decrease in visitor volume from November 2022.
  • The largest number of international visitor arrivals was from Canada (1,494,839), Mexico (1,380,229), the United Kingdom (297,862), Japan (152,843) and Brazil (133,499). Combined, these top 5 source markets accounted for 65.5% of total international arrivals.

International Departures from the United States

  • Total U.S. citizen international visitor departures from the United States of 7,359,922 increased 11.3% compared to November 2022 and were 101.6% of total departures in pre-pandemic November 2019.
  • November 2023 was the thirty-second consecutive month that total U.S. citizen international visitor departures from the United States increased on a YOY basis.
  • November 2023 year-to-date (YTD) total U.S. citizen international visitor departures from the United States totaled 89,032,208, a YOY increase of 23.0%. The YTD market share for North America (Mexico & Canada) was 49.9% and overseas was 50.1%.
  • Mexico recorded the largest outbound visitor volume of 3,059,179 (40.7% of total departures for November and 36.6% year-to-date (YTD)). Canada recorded a YOY increase of 15.4%.
  • Combined YTD, Mexico (32,575,482) and the Caribbean (9,684,111) accounted for 47.5% of total U.S. citizen international visitor departures.
  • Europe was the second largest market for outbound U.S. visitors with 1,224,397 departures. This accounted for 16.6% of all departures in November and 21.0% year-to-date (YTD). Outbound visitation to Europe in November 2023 increased 14.2% compared to November 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!

 

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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.

I-92/APIS International Air Passengers 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.