FINAL
U.S. CITIZEN AIR TRAFFIC TO OVERSEAS REGIONS, CANADA & MEXICO
2002

Regions	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Final 1 Annual	% Change 2 02/01
Europe	590,564	598,234	910,849	769,269	1,080,818	1,305,355	1,012,332	867,279	980,829	805,423	745,117	830,737	10,677,881	-12%
Caribbean	295,475	325,787	414,239	331,490	356,062	409,107	427,202	360,603	232,082	280,557	369,759	462,828	4,324,345	-2%
Asia	299,581	266,496	352,648	295,386	350,468	193,451	326,734	259,839	284,880	323,047	325,843	376,016	3,918,842	3%
South America	204,337	138,049	146,897	103,714	117,835	158,779	153,944	122,634	99,500	116,359	141,618	215,195	1,675,376	-11%
Central America	118,816	117,973	159,229	99,436	115,702	157,315	160,036	106,823	79,403	99,212	129,489	199,598	1,565,459	-2%
Oceania	35,157	67,078	74,425	46,645	51,165	64,867	65,336	45,073	49,277	64,076	62,313	76,003	746,464	-9%
Middle East	18,417	18,495	23,335	20,894	23,380	34,558	28,113	35,172	26,797	25,502	21,559	27,337	310,048	-7%
Africa	8,655	11,640	13,389	8,542	13,419	20,020	21,368	16,745	13,415	13,548	14,060	20,954	178,973	-23%
Total Overseas 3	1,571,002	1,543,752	2,095,011	1,675,376	2,108,849	2,343,452	2,195,065	1,814,168	1,766,183	1,727,724	1,809,758	2,208,668	23,397,388	-7%
Mexico	288,137	302,682	384,673	308,007	339,638	389,683	379,508	323,804	243,362	311,958	375,278	468,146	4,175,927	-9%
Canada	197,044	212,876	249,850	240,347	315,939	437,658	509,412	501,821	332,999	291,311	224,222	279,071	3,792,550	0%
Grand Total	2,056,183	2,059,310	2,729,534	2,223,730	2,764,426	3,170,793	3,083,985	2,639,793	2,342,544	2,330,993	2,409,258	2,955,885	31,365,865	-7%

1 Total Annual figures may not equal to the sum of the month departure figures because late records are added to the monthly annual sum.
2 Percentage change is compared to the same time frame from the previous year.
3 Total Overseas figure excludes Canada and Mexico figures.

Note: All data reported are from the Office of Travel and Tourism Industries (OTTI) "U.S. International Air Travel Statistics Report" except for the Canada air data.
OTTI obtains the information on U.S. departures to Canada from Statistics Canada.

Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Travel and Tourism Industries.

Released: May 2003

To learn more about this program, visit:

• Analysis of the 2001 U.S. Citizen Outbound Travel
• U.S. International Air Travel Statistics