October 2024 Total International Travel Volume
October 2024 Total International Travel Volume to and from the United States
In October 2024, International Visitor Arrivals to the United States totaled 6,212,089, an Increase of +4.2 Percent Compared to October 2023
Outbound Travel Departures from the United States by U.S. Citizens Totaled 8,427,611 in October 2024, an Increase of +11.9 Percent Compared to October 2023
Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office show that in October 2024:
International Arrivals to the United States
- Total non-U.S. resident international visitor volume to the United States of 6,212,089 increased +4.2 percent compared to October 2023 and represented 92.9 percent of the pre-COVID total visitor volume reported for October 2019.
- Overseas visitor volume to the United States of 3,153,605 increased +5.8 percent from October 2023.
The largest number of international visitor arrivals was from Canada (1,581,338), Mexico (1,477,146), the United Kingdom (428,256), Germany (226,462), and France (185,129). Combined, these top 5 source markets accounted for 62.8 percent of total international arrivals.
- Of the top 20 tourist generating countries to the United States, Canada (-4.3 percent), South Korea (-4.4 percent), Spain (-3 percent), Australia (-3.4 percent), Switzerland (-2.4 percent), and Ecuador (-8.2 percent) reported a decrease in visitor volume in October 2024 compared to October 2023.
- The top 5 overseas tourism arrivals for October were the United Kingdom (428,256), Germany (226,462), France (185,129), Brazil (172,245), and India (154,500).
- The top 5 overseas business arrivals for October were the United Kingdom (59,237), India (41,332), Japan (30,446), Germany (29,743), and China (19,677).
- The top 5 overseas student arrivals for October were China (8,387), India (7,379), South Korea (2,365), Brazil (1,481), and Taiwan (1,375).
International Departures from the United States
- Total U.S. citizen international visitor departures from the United States of 8,427,611 increased +11.9 percent compared to October 2023 and were 110.8 percent of total departures in pre-pandemic October 2019.
- The year-to-date (YTD) market share for North America (Mexico & Canada) was 49.6 percent and overseas was 50.4 percent.
Mexico recorded the largest outbound visitor volume of 3,357,754 (39.8 percent of total departures for October and 36 percent (YTD)). Canada recorded a year-over-year (YOY) increase of +8.9 percent.
- Combined YTD, Mexico (32,292,339) and the Caribbean (9,430,810) accounted for 46.5 percent of total U.S. citizen international visitor departures.
- Europe was the second largest market for outbound U.S. visitors with 1,791,265 departures. This accounted for 21.3 percent of all departures in October. Outbound visitation to Europe in October 2024 increased +10.1 percent compared to October 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.
