"Table 4-22: Overseas Visitors to the United States by Destination City1: 1998, 2001, and 2005",,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,1998,,,2001,,,2005,,, ,Rank,Visitors (thousands),Percent of U.S. total,Rank,Visitors (thousands),Percent of U.S. total,Rank,Visitors (thousands),Percent of U.S. total, "New York City, NY",1,"5,000",21.1,1,"4,803",22.0,1,"5,810",26.8, "Los Angeles, CA",2,"3,555",15.0,2,"2,816",12.9,2,"2,580",11.9, "San Francisco, CA",5,"2,583",10.9,5,"1,965",9.0,3,"2,124",9.8, "Miami, FL",3,"3,270",13.8,3,"2,554",11.7,4,"2,081",9.6, "Orlando, FL",4,"2,867",12.1,4,"2,467",11.3,5,"2,016",9.3, "Honolulu/Oahu, HI",6,"2,228",9.4,6,"1,747",8.0,6,"1,821",8.4, "Las Vegas, NV",7,"1,801",7.6,7,"1,506",6.9,7,"1,778",8.2, "Washington, DC-MD-VA",8,"1,398",5.9,8,"1,201",5.5,8,"1,106",5.1, "Chicago, IL",9,"1,209",5.1,9,"1,070",4.9,9,1084,5.0, "Boston, MA",10,"1,043",4.4,9,"1,070",4.9,10,802,3.7, "Atlanta, GA",13,569,2.4,11,699,3.2,11,564,2.6, "San Diego, CA",11,782,3.3,12,589,2.7,12,499,2.3, "Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL",12,735,3.1,13,502,2.3,13,455,2.1, "Philadelphia, PA",23,355,1.5,14,415,1.9,14,434,2.0, "Anaheim, CA",14,521,2.2,18,393,1.8,15,390,1.8, "Houston, TX",16,498,2.1,14,415,1.9,16,369,1.7, "Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX",20,403,1.7,20,349,1.6,17,347,1.6, "San Jose, CA",17,474,2.0,14,415,1.9,17,347,1.6, "Seattle, WA",17,474,2.0,20,349,1.6,17,347,1.6, "Ft. Lauderdale, FL",14,521,2.2,14,415,1.9,20,260,1.2, "Newark, NJ",25,261,1.1,28,196,0.9,21,238,1.1, "Detroit, MI",25,261,1.1,22,284,1.3,22,217,1.0, "Florida Keys, FL",22,379,1.6,22,284,1.3,22,217,1.0, "Hawaii, HI",38,142,0.6,39,131,0.6,24,195,0.9, "Maui, HI",20,403,1.7,22,284,1.3,25,195,0.9, "Phoenix, AZ",19,427,1.8,25,262,1.2,25,195,0.9, "Riverside/San Bernadino, CA",30,237,1.0,30,175,0.8,25,195,0.9, "Cincinnati, OH",45,118,0.5,43,109,0.5,28,173,0.8, "Denver, CO",25,261,1.1,27,240,1.1,28,173,0.8, "Sacramento, CA",36,166,0.7,34,153,0.7,28,173,0.8, "Salinas, CA",30,237,1.0,34,153,0.7,28,173,0.8, "Baltimore, MD",38,142,0.6,34,153,0.7,32,152,0.7, "Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY",30,237,1.0,30,175,0.8,32,152,0.7, "Ft. Myers, FL",25,261,1.1,28,196,0.9,32,152,0.7, "Nassau, NY",45,118,0.5,34,153,0.7,35,130,0.6, "Portland, OR",33,190,0.8,43,109,0.5,35,130,0.6, "Salt Lake City, UT",45,118,0.5,34,153,0.7,35,130,0.6, "Santa Barbara, CA",36,166,0.7,39,131,0.6,35,130,0.6, "Austin, TX",45,118,0.5,39,131,0.6,39,108,0.5, "Melbourne, FL",38,142,0.6,43,109,0.5,39,108,0.5, "New Orleans, LA",23,355,1.5,18,393,1.8,39,108,0.5, "Oakland, CA",38,142,0.6,39,131,0.6,39,108,0.5, "San Antonio, TX",45,118,0.5,43,109,0.5,39,108,0.5, "Sarasota, FL",33,190,0.8,30,175,0.8,39,108,0.5, "St. Louis, MO",54,95,0.4,52,87,0.4,39,108,0.5, "West Palm Beach, FL",25,261,1.1,30,175,0.8,39,108,0.5, "Atlantic City, NJ",54,95,0.4,43,109,0.5,47,87,0.4, "Minn./St. Paul, MN",33,190,0.8,25,262,1.2,47,87,0.4, "Pittsburgh, PA",45,118,0.5,43,109,0.5,49,65,0.3, "Cleveland, OH",54,95,0.4,43,109,0.5,50,U,U, "Charlotte, NC",65,47,0.2,43,109,0.5,50,U,U, "Kauai, HI",54,95,0.4,43,109,0.5,50,U,U, "Nashville, TN",54,95,0.4,U,U,U,50,U,U, "Raleigh-Durham, NC",38,142,0.6,52,87,0.4,50,U,U, "Indianapolis, IN",54,95,0.4,U,U,U,50,U,U, "United States, total2",,"23,698",,,"21,833",,,"21,679",, ,, ,,,,,,,, 1International travelers to the United States from Canada and Mexico are not included.,,,,,,,,,, 2Includes U.S. territories.,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, KEY: U = data are unavailable.,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, "NOTE: A visitor may visit more than one city. ""Percent of U.S. total"" represents the percent of visitors visiting the city. These columns, therefore, do not sum to 100. Some cities are not shown due to low sampling size of overseas visitors.",,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,, "SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Tourism Industries, Overseas Visitors to Select U.S. Cities/Hawaiian Islands, Washington, DC: Annual Issues, available at http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/ as of Oct. 7, 2006. ",,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,