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Select Destinations Visited by U.S. Resident Travelers 2000-1999
Printing Note: Set your print mode to landscape and/or reduce your margin settings if this document is too wide for your printer. Posted July 2001
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Rank Country** 2000
Travelers
(000)		 Percent Change
2000/1999		 1999
Travelers
(000)
1 Mexico 18,849 6% 17,743
2 Canada 15,114 0% 15,180
3 U.K. 4,189 1% 4,129
4 France 2,927 7% 2,728
5 Germany 2,309 17% 1,966
6 Italy 2,148 14% 1,893
7 Japan 1,262 1% 1,254
7 Spain 1,262 39% 909
8 Netherlands 1,101 7% 1,032
9 Switzerland 994 26% 787
10 Bahamas 913 -27% 1,254
11 Jamaica 886 -41% 1,499
12 Hong Kong 832 6% 787
13 Republic of Korea 779 13% 688
14 Ireland 725 64% 442
15 Australia 698 18% 590
16 Brazil 671 24% 541
16 Republic of China (Taiwan) 671 14% 590
17 People's Republic of China 644 14% 565
18 Israel 618 79% 344
19 Austria 564 27% 442
20 Philippines 457 43% 320
20 Belgium 457 -7% 492
20 Greece 457 24% 369
20 India 457 -2% 467
20 New Zealand 457 24% 369
20 Singapore 457 9% 418
21 Argentina 376 39% 270
21 Thailand 376 2% 369
22 Bermuda 322 -13% 369
22 Peru 322 -6% 344
22 Turkey 322 1% 320
23 Sweden 295 9% 270
24 Czech Republic 269 21% 221
24 Poland 269 21% 221
24 Portugal 269 82% 147
24 Venezuela 269 -1% 270
24 Aruba 269 n.a n.a
25 Columbia 242 -24% 320
25 Denmark 242 23% 197
Subtotal to Overseas* 26,853 9% 24,579
Total U.S. Resident Travelers 60,816 4% 58,358

* Overseas includes all countries except Canada and Mexico

** Ranked by 2000 visitation volume.

n.a = estimate not provided due to low sample size

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, ITA, Tourism Industries, July 2001