U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Travel and Tourism Industries
International Arrivals to the U.S. by Region & Country of Residency
January - December 2004 vs. 2003, with percentage change
| Region/ Country of Residence |
2004 Arrivals TOTAL |
2003 Arrivals TOTAL |
2004/2003 % Change |
| TOTAL ALL
COUNTRIES (1) |
46,077,257 |
41,218,213 |
12% |
| NORTH AMERICA (2) |
25,755,000 |
23,192,000 |
11% |
| CANADA (3) |
13,849,000 |
12,666,000 |
9% |
| Canada Air (3) |
4,578,000 |
4,173,000 |
10% |
| MEXICO (3) |
11,906,000 |
10,526,000 |
13% |
| Mexico Air (4) |
1,439,971 |
1,359,418 |
6% |
| OVERSEAS (5) |
20,322,257 |
18,026,213 |
13% |
| WESTERN
EUROPE |
9,305,859 |
8,294,083 |
12% |
| UNITED KINGDOM |
4,302,737 |
3,936,112 |
9% |
| GERMANY |
1,319,904 |
1,180,212 |
12% |
| FRANCE |
775,274 |
688,887 |
13% |
| ITALY |
470,805 |
408,633 |
15% |
| NETHERLANDS |
424,872 |
373,690 |
14% |
| IRELAND |
345,119 |
254,320 |
36% |
| SPAIN |
333,432 |
284,031 |
17% |
| SWEDEN |
254,258 |
211,386 |
20% |
| SWITZERLAND |
243,186 |
230,042 |
6% |
| BELGIUM |
175,997 |
151,069 |
17% |
| DENMARK |
150,839 |
125,435 |
20% |
| NORWAY |
130,400 |
113,233 |
15% |
| AUSTRIA |
112,950 |
99,924 |
13% |
| FINLAND |
78,612 |
67,761 |
16% |
| PORTUGAL |
60,930 |
54,572 |
12% |
| GREECE |
43,208 |
40,993 |
5% |
| ICELAND |
26,777 |
21,389 |
25% |
| CROATIA |
11,176 |
9,685 |
15% |
| SLOVENIA |
11,045 |
9,420 |
17% |
| LUXEMBOURG |
10,709 |
9,522 |
12% |
| MALTA |
5,157 |
4,080 |
26% |
| BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA |
4,656 |
4,154 |
12% |
| MONACO |
4,136 |
3,707 |
12% |
| YUGOSLAVIA |
3,241 |
5,670 |
-43% |
| MACEDONIA |
2,633 |
3,119 |
-16% |
| GIBRALTAR |
1,336 |
841 |
59% |
| LIECHTENSTEIN |
1,235 |
1,099 |
12% |
| ANDORRA |
866 |
800 |
8% |
| SAN MARINO |
362 |
284 |
27% |
| HOLY
SEE/VATICAN |
7 |
13 |
-46% |
| EASTERN
EUROPE |
380,059 |
344,594 |
10% |
| POLAND |
123,003 |
107,892 |
14% |
| RUSSIA |
72,419 |
62,330 |
16% |
| HUNGARY |
32,694 |
31,984 |
2% |
| CZECH REPUBLIC |
30,944 |
33,174 |
-7% |
| ROMANIA |
30,270 |
25,058 |
21% |
| UKRAINE |
18,822 |
15,098 |
25% |
| BULGARIA |
14,639 |
13,868 |
6% |
| SLOVAKIA |
11,641 |
10,677 |
9% |
| CZECHOSLOVAKIA |
8,132 |
7,535 |
8% |
| LITHUANIA |
6,997 |
7,539 |
-7% |
| ESTONIA |
5,919 |
5,569 |
6% |
| LATVIA |
5,787 |
5,280 |
10% |
| BYELARUS |
4,751 |
5,033 |
-6% |
| ALBANIA |
4,160 |
4,101 |
1% |
| ARMENIA |
3,664 |
3,244 |
13% |
| GEORGIA |
2,811 |
3,106 |
-9% |
| MOLDOVA |
1,661 |
1,427 |
16% |
| AZERBAIJAN |
1,563 |
1,508 |
4% |
| USSR |
182 |
171 |
6% |
| ASIA |
5,801,834 |
5,003,261 |
16% |
| JAPAN |
3,747,620 |
3,169,682 |
18% |
| SOUTH KOREA |
626,595 |
617,573 |
1% |
| CHINA |
325,879 |
271,438 |
20% |
| CHINA, PRC |
202,544 |
157,326 |
29% |
| HONG KONG |
123,335 |
114,112 |
8% |
| INDIA |
308,845 |
272,161 |
13% |
| TAIWAN |
297,684 |
238,999 |
25% |
| PHILIPPINES |
143,962 |
134,338 |
7% |
| SINGAPORE |
106,527 |
87,525 |
22% |
| THAILAND |
66,287 |
55,884 |
19% |
| INDONESIA |
45,905 |
40,744 |
13% |
| MALAYSIA |
45,396 |
34,274 |
32% |
| PAKISTAN |
34,233 |
31,222 |
10% |
| VIETNAM |
12,401 |
9,463 |
31% |
| BANGLADESH |
8,384 |
8,434 |
-1% |
| SRI LANKA |
7,512 |
7,622 |
-1% |
| NEPAL |
6,446 |
6,270 |
3% |
| UZBEKISTAN |
3,885 |
4,907 |
-21% |
| KAZAKHSTAN |
3,784 |
3,355 |
13% |
| KAMPUCHEA |
3,480 |
3,115 |
12% |
| MACAU |
2,366 |
2,209 |
7% |
| LAOS |
1,192 |
955 |
25% |
| BURMA |
945 |
829 |
14% |
| BRUNEI |
696 |
702 |
-1% |
| KYRGYZSTAN |
641 |
600 |
7% |
| TURKMENISTAN |
334 |
176 |
90% |
| AFGHANISTAN |
304 |
227 |
34% |
| TAJIKISTAN |
231 |
250 |
-8% |
| BHUTAN |
187 |
188 |
-1% |
| MALDIVES |
93 |
82 |
13% |
| EAST TIMOR |
14 |
8 |
75% |
| NORTH KOREA |
6 |
29 |
-79% |
| MIDDLE EAST |
502,170 |
447,112 |
12% |
| ISRAEL |
275,373 |
249,034 |
11% |
| TURKEY |
76,404 |
75,227 |
2% |
| UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES |
22,571 |
18,353 |
23% |
| EGYPT |
20,772 |
20,225 |
3% |
| SAUDI ARABIA |
18,573 |
18,727 |
-1% |
| ARABIAN
PENINSULA |
16,412 |
26 |
63023% |
| KUWAIT |
15,247 |
13,775 |
11% |
| LEBANON |
15,074 |
12,981 |
16% |
| JORDAN |
12,265 |
11,798 |
4% |
| CYPRUS |
9,087 |
9,485 |
-4% |
| IRAN |
4,311 |
3,454 |
25% |
| BAHRAIN |
4,148 |
3,745 |
11% |
| SYRIA |
3,901 |
3,843 |
2% |
| OMAN |
3,221 |
2,911 |
11% |
| QATAR |
3,203 |
2,698 |
19% |
| IRAQ |
1,046 |
442 |
137% |
| YEMEN |
562 |
388 |
45% |
| AFRICA |
240,752 |
236,266 |
2% |
| SOUTH AFRICA |
78,433 |
72,029 |
9% |
| NIGERIA |
45,606 |
46,938 |
-3% |
| GHANA |
18,679 |
20,760 |
-10% |
| KENYA |
14,979 |
13,913 |
8% |
| MOROCCO |
12,538 |
11,857 |
6% |
| SENEGAL |
5,689 |
6,830 |
-17% |
| ZIMBABWE |
5,138 |
5,223 |
-2% |
| ETHIOPIA |
4,975 |
5,582 |
-11% |
| CAMEROON |
4,366 |
5,214 |
-16% |
| UGANDA |
3,622 |
3,215 |
13% |
| NIGER |
3,614 |
1,720 |
110% |
| GUINEA |
3,528 |
3,958 |
-11% |
| TANZANIA |
3,357 |
3,506 |
-4% |
| ANGOLA |
3,060 |
2,781 |
10% |
| TUNISIA |
2,920 |
2,020 |
45% |
| ZAMBIA |
2,882 |
2,782 |
4% |
| BOTSWANA |
2,273 |
1,873 |
21% |
| GAMBIA |
2,055 |
2,910 |
-29% |
| ALGERIA |
1,802 |
1,631 |
10% |
| IVORY COAST |
1,638 |
1,649 |
-1% |
| TOGO |
1,549 |
1,695 |
-9% |
| MALI |
1,480 |
2,705 |
-45% |
| CONGO |
1,223 |
1,111 |
10% |
| CAPE VERDE |
1,208 |
1,211 |
0% |
| BURKINA FASO |
1,129 |
1,075 |
5% |
| MALAWI |
1,092 |
1,098 |
-1% |
| GABON |
1,062 |
980 |
8% |
| ERITREA |
1,039 |
1,034 |
0% |
| LIBERIA |
1,038 |
848 |
22% |
| NAMIBIA |
1,033 |
912 |
13% |
| RWANDA |
945 |
674 |
40% |
| SIERRA LEONE |
919 |
882 |
4% |
| MAURITIUS |
836 |
701 |
19% |
| BENIN |
795 |
698 |
14% |
| MOZAMBIQUE |
689 |
623 |
11% |
| SUDAN |
628 |
670 |
-6% |
| MAURITANIA |
582 |
564 |
3% |
| MADAGASCAR |
454 |
499 |
-9% |
| BURUNDI |
294 |
181 |
62% |
| LIBYA |
264 |
199 |
33% |
| LESOTHO |
232 |
201 |
15% |
| CHAD |
222 |
230 |
-3% |
| SWAZILAND |
215 |
191 |
13% |
| SEYCHELLES |
164 |
246 |
-33% |
| DJIBOUTI |
136 |
191 |
-29% |
| REUNION |
127 |
174 |
-27% |
| ZAIRE |
70 |
76 |
-8% |
| CENTRAL
AFRICAN REPUBLIC |
49 |
47 |
4% |
| EQUATORIAL
GUINEA |
43 |
78 |
-45% |
| SOMALIA |
35 |
22 |
59% |
| SAO TOME AND
PRINCIPE |
28 |
33 |
-15% |
| GUINEA-BISSAU |
12 |
15 |
-20% |
| COMOROS |
6 |
10 |
-40% |
| WESTERN SAHARA |
0 |
1 |
N.A. |
| OCEANIA |
659,753 |
524,599 |
26% |
| AUSTRALIA |
519,955 |
405,698 |
28% |
| NEW ZEALAND |
127,394 |
107,214 |
19% |
| FIJI |
3,685 |
3,408 |
8% |
| FRENCH
POLYNESIA |
2,831 |
2,434 |
16% |
| TONGA |
1,915 |
1,713 |
12% |
| NEW CALEDONIA |
1,116 |
961 |
16% |
| WESTERN SAMOA |
1,015 |
1,208 |
-16% |
| PAPUA NEW
GUINEA |
537 |
586 |
-8% |
| COOK ISLANDS |
469 |
456 |
3% |
| KIRIBATI |
453 |
547 |
-17% |
| VANUATU |
176 |
184 |
-4% |
| SOLOMON
ISLANDS |
93 |
99 |
-6% |
| WALLIS AND
FUTUNA ISLANDS |
41 |
26 |
58% |
| TUVALU |
31 |
23 |
35% |
| NAURU |
19 |
18 |
6% |
| CHRISTMAS
ISLAND |
11 |
15 |
-27% |
| COCOS ISLANDS |
5 |
3 |
67% |
| PITCAIRN
ISLANDS |
4 |
0 |
N.A |
| NIUE |
3 |
6 |
-50% |
| SOUTH AMERICA |
1,645,342 |
1,522,191 |
8% |
| BRAZIL |
384,734 |
348,945 |
10% |
| VENEZUELA |
330,285 |
284,423 |
16% |
| COLOMBIA |
295,371 |
280,259 |
5% |
| ARGENTINA |
167,726 |
150,719 |
11% |
| PERU |
151,409 |
154,324 |
-2% |
| ECUADOR |
133,046 |
119,737 |
11% |
| CHILE |
101,171 |
95,389 |
6% |
| URUGUAY |
28,197 |
34,801 |
-19% |
| BOLIVIA |
22,843 |
22,307 |
2% |
| GUYANA |
14,777 |
15,991 |
-8% |
| PARAGUAY |
9,716 |
9,754 |
0% |
| SURINAME |
5,812 |
5,346 |
9% |
| FRENCH GUIANA |
181 |
102 |
77% |
| FALKLAND
ISLANDS |
74 |
94 |
-21% |
| CENTRAL
AMERICA |
691,580 |
655,841 |
5% |
| EL SALVADOR |
181,209 |
177,240 |
2% |
| GUATEMALA |
161,983 |
151,891 |
7% |
| COSTA RICA |
127,112 |
112,880 |
13% |
| HONDURAS |
85,506 |
82,099 |
4% |
| PANAMA |
76,032 |
72,413 |
5% |
| NICARAGUA |
38,308 |
37,244 |
3% |
| BELIZE |
21,430 |
22,074 |
-3% |
| CARIBBEAN |
1,094,908 |
998,266 |
10% |
| BAHAMAS |
265,681 |
253,229 |
5% |
| DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC |
180,048 |
153,019 |
18% |
| JAMAICA |
163,059 |
159,484 |
2% |
| TRINIDAD AND
TOBAGO |
121,158 |
111,820 |
8% |
| HAITI |
60,521 |
59,756 |
1% |
| NETHERLANDS
ANTILLES |
56,179 |
54,170 |
4% |
| BARBADOS |
49,198 |
41,558 |
18% |
| CAYMAN ISLANDS |
49,191 |
37,160 |
32% |
| CUBA |
22,762 |
18,543 |
23% |
| ANTIGUA-BARBUDA |
18,585 |
16,479 |
13% |
| BRITISH VIRGIN
ISLANDS |
16,902 |
14,748 |
15% |
| BERMUDA |
15,996 |
13,382 |
20% |
| ST. LUCIA |
13,846 |
12,007 |
15% |
| TURKS AND
CAICOS ISLANDS |
11,605 |
9,717 |
19% |
| ST.
KITTS-NEVIS |
9,863 |
7,897 |
25% |
| DOMINICA |
8,831 |
6,792 |
30% |
| GRENADA |
8,691 |
7,509 |
16% |
| GUADELOUPE |
6,623 |
6,019 |
10% |
| ST.
VINCENT-GRENADINES |
5,724 |
4,928 |
16% |
| MARTINIQUE |
5,531 |
5,902 |
-6% |
| ANGUILLA |
4,104 |
3,451 |
19% |
| MONTSERRAT |
810 |
696 |
16% |
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, ITA, Office of Travel & Tourism Industries: Statistics Canada;
& Banco de Mexico/Secretaria de Turismo (Mexico).
N.A. = not applicable.
(1) Total all countries is the sum of Canada, Mexico and all Overseas countries.
(2) North America includes Canada and Mexico only.
(3) Canada and Mexico figures are subject to revision. Both figures are based on survey
research from data obtained from their respective governments and therefore rounded to the nearest thousand.
(4) Mexico air data is based upon the Department of Homeland Security I-94 form.
(5) Overseas is all countries except Canada and Mexico.
Released: May 2005
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