Region/Country | 1988 (000) | 1989 (000) | 1990 (000) | 1991 (000) | 1992 (000) | 1993 (000) | 1994 (000) | 1995 (000) | 1996 (000) | 1997 (000) | 1998 (000) |
Canada | 12,763 | 12,184 | 12,252 | 12,003 | 11,819 | 12,024 | 12,542 | 12,933 | 12,909 | 13,401 | 14,880 |
Mexico | 13,463 | 14,163 | 16,381 | 15,042 | 16,114 | 15,285 | 15,759 | 18,771 | 19,616 | 17,909 | 18,338 |
OVERSEAS | 14,443 | 14,791 | 15,990 | 14,521 | 15,965 | 17,102 | 18,149 | 19,059 | 19,786 | 21,634 | 23,069 |
EUROPE | 7,438 | 7,233 | 8,043 | 6,316 | 7,136 | 7,491 | 8,167 | 8,596 | 8,706 | 9,800 | 11,143 |
W. EUROPE | 7,352 | 7,144 | 7,979 | 6,215 | 6,929 | 7,217 | 7,786 | 8,214 | 8,251 | 9,432 | 10,681 |
Austria | n/a | n/a | 543 | 261 | 427 | 445 | 417 | 476 | 416 | 389 | 461 |
Belgium | 277 | 338 | 347 | 248 | 286 | 291 | 290 | 362 | 317 | 325 | 484 |
Denmark | n/a | n/a | 236 | 188 | 211 | 205 | 218 | 229 | 218 | 195 | 208 |
Finland | n/a | n/a | 96 | 73 | 80 | 86 | 127 | 114 | 79 | 87 | 115 |
France | 1,665 | 1,893 | 1,681 | 1,222 | 1,617 | 1,522 | 1,670 | 1,849 | 1,860 | 2,098 | 2,399 |
Germany | 2,124 | 1,752 | 1,877 | 1,551 | 1,562 | 1,505 | 1,633 | 1,601 | 1,642 | 1,796 | 1,892 |
Greece | n/a | n/a | 331 | 164 | 337 | 428 | 472 | 457 | 396 | 433 | 554 |
Ireland | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 239 | 290 | 362 | 356 | 411 | 461 |
Italy | 1,122 | 1,181 | 1,166 | 800 | 1,053 | 1,112 | 1,270 | 1,429 | 1,385 | 1,471 | 1,892 |
Netherlands | 444 | 396 | 379 | 362 | 571 | 547 | 635 | 743 | 772 | 822 | 1,015 |
Norway | n/a | n/a | 144 | 87 | 112 | 120 | 145 | 152 | 158 | 195 | 185 |
Portugal | n/a | n/a | 192 | 158 | 193 | 171 | 145 | 210 | 119 | 108 | 161 |
Spain | 313 | 625 | 587 | 378 | 578 | 547 | 490 | 610 | 613 | 714 | 946 |
Sweden | n/a | n/a | 204 | 134 | 145 | 154 | 218 | 229 | 198 | 216 | 277 |
Switzerland | 718 | 694 | 751 | 425 | 605 | 650 | 744 | 724 | 693 | 671 | 830 |
U.K. | 3,497 | 2,914 | 2,943 | 2,190 | 2,266 | 2,394 | 2,668 | 2,821 | 2,869 | 3,570 | 3,645 |
E. EUROPE | 361 | 444 | 304 | 334 | 527 | 667 | 780 | 858 | 831 | 779 | 923 |
Former U.S.S.R. | n/a | n/a | 131 | 134 | 225 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Czech Republic | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 137 | 145 | 191 | 158 | 195 | 231 |
Hungary | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 120 | 145 | 133 | 158 | 151 | 161 |
Poland | n/a | n/a | 48 | 73 | 96 | 137 | 181 | 210 | 198 | 195 | 254 |
Russia | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 257 | 290 | 305 | 277 | 238 | 254 |
CARIBBEAN | 3,019 | 3,091 | 3,230 | 3,456 | 3,241 | 3,574 | 3,630 | 3,621 | 3,858 | 3,851 | 3,622 |
Antigua & Barbuda | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 86 | 91 | 133 | 79 | 130 | 69 |
Bahamas | 2,024 | 1,096 | 1,011 | 825 | 780 | 838 | 853 | 934 | 1,504 | 1,017 | 623 |
Barbados | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 154 | 218 | 172 | 198 | 195 | 138 |
Bermuda | 158 | 225 | 79 | 278 | 252 | 274 | 272 | 267 | 277 | 368 | 300 |
Cayman Is. | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 291 | 236 | 210 | 40 | 130 | 254 |
Dominican Rep | 416 | 416 | 1,004 | 827 | 783 | 667 | 672 | 324 | 237 | 195 | 208 |
Jamaica | 89 | 751 | 480 | 437 | 303 | 821 | 926 | 1,086 | 1,029 | 1,341 | 1,546 |
Neth. Antilles | 184 | 282 | 339 | 724 | 635 | 171 | 73 | 133 | 40 | 130 | 115 |
Trinidad/Tobago | 27 | 45 | 79 | 113 | 143 | 137 | 163 | 229 | 297 | 216 | 92 |
S. AMERICA | 852 | 976 | 911 | 1,133 | 1,102 | 1,231 | 1,488 | 1,620 | 1,682 | 1,817 | 1,984 |
Argentina | 277 | 160 | 109 | 142 | 143 | 171 | 272 | 191 | 257 | 260 | 300 |
Brazil | 287 | 268 | 147 | 292 | 268 | 257 | 218 | 305 | 376 | 498 | 577 |
Chile | 58 | 59 | 64 | 87 | 96 | 120 | 163 | 172 | 158 | 151 | 161 |
Colombia | 113 | 401 | 244 | 395 | 223 | 257 | 327 | 362 | 257 | 325 | 392 |
Ecuador | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 173 | 92 |
Peru | 132 | 62 | 125 | 163 | 97 | 137 | 200 | 229 | 317 | 260 | 254 |
Venezuela | 203 | 205 | 287 | 88 | 270 | 257 | 345 | 267 | 317 | 281 | 346 |
C. AMERICA | 332 | 325 | 608 | 566 | 942 | 924 | 762 | 762 | 791 | 1,038 | 946 |
Belize | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 65 | 23 |
Costa Rica | 170 | 132 | 63 | 45 | 239 | 291 | 218 | 210 | 237 | 303 | 300 |
El Salvador | n/a | n/a | 64 | 44 | 144 | 103 | 127 | 114 | 79 | 108 | 115 |
Guatemala | n/a | n/a | 52 | 57 | 271 | 274 | 218 | 191 | 158 | 303 | 300 |
Honduras | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 108 | 69 |
Panama | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 108 | 115 |
AFRICA | 246 | 296 | 288 | 203 | 271 | 325 | 381 | 419 | 455 | 476 | 508 |
Morocco | 58 | 104 | 64 | n/a | 64 | 51 | 54 | 76 | 59 | 108 | 115 |
S. Africa | 74 | 43 | 52 | 57 | 49 | 86 | 91 | 133 | 158 | 130 | 185 |
MIDDLE EAST | 448 | 473 | 528 | 290 | 782 | 838 | 889 | 1,010 | 1,108 | 1,147 | 1,084 |
Turkey | n/a | n/a | 96 | 73 | 255 | 222 | 218 | 286 | 475 | 519 | 323 |
Egypt | 88 | 102 | 110 | 45 | 126 | 120 | 109 | 343 | 139 | 151 | 92 |
Israel | 217 | 238 | 270 | 90 | 347 | 359 | 399 | 286 | 297 | 303 | 231 |
Saudi Arabia | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 108 | 254 |
ASIA | 2,181 | 2,514 | 2,542 | 2,570 | 2,730 | 3,147 | 3,267 | 3,564 | 3,601 | 3,981 | 4,268 |
People's Republic of China | 271 | 225 | 128 | 171 | 210 | 342 | 399 | 419 | 396 | 476 | 508 |
Republic of China (Taiwan) | 263 | 382 | 306 | 376 | 384 | 376 | 490 | 515 | 495 | 562 | 577 |
Hong Kong | 681 | 696 | 496 | 490 | 555 | 667 | 762 | 762 | 752 | 671 | 738 |
India | 146 | 117 | 116 | 177 | 194 | 274 | 254 | 305 | 317 | 368 | 484 |
Indonesia | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 171 | 181 | 172 | 198 | 173 | 92 |
Japan | 793 | 921 | 1,103 | 897 | 1,017 | 1,043 | 871 | 839 | 871 | 1,082 | 1,061 |
South Korea | 478 | 462 | 541 | 432 | 411 | 547 | 544 | 591 | 554 | 649 | 692 |
Malaysia | n/a | n/a | 79 | 104 | 109 | 120 | 109 | 152 | 158 | 151 | 161 |
Philippines | 319 | 385 | 209 | 248 | 255 | 274 | 363 | 496 | 475 | 476 | 415 |
Singapore | 246 | 210 | 211 | 289 | 317 | 325 | 345 | 343 | 376 | 389 | 415 |
Thailand | n/a | n/a | 206 | 162 | 123 | 239 | 218 | 286 | 297 | 303 | 323 |
Vietnam | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 65 | 69 |
OCEANIA | 722 | 651 | 576 | 537 | 511 | 564 | 581 | 591 | 633 | 584 | 738 |
Australia | 505 | 449 | 445 | 439 | 415 | 428 | 472 | 496 | 534 | 454 | 531 |
New Zealand | 270 | 238 | 224 | 188 | 175 | 205 | 272 | 172 | 198 | 195 | 254 |
N/A = Not Available
Source: Tourism Industries, International Trade Administration. 9/99
* Note: Overseas excludes Canada and Mexico (For those two countries visitation estimates include all modes, for all other countries estimates are available only for air travel to that country)
The Visitation estimates are made based upon the airlines who voluntarily participate in this program. If a major carrier does not participate and we do not have access to other carriers who generate passenger travel to that destination, our estimates will be affected.
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