Table 1-38,,,,,,,,,,,, Air Passenger Travel Departures from the United States to Selected Foreign Countries (Thousands),,,,,,,,,,,, ,1975,1980,1985,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998 Flag of carrier,,,,,,,,,,,, United States,"5,912","9,369","10,696","17,628","17,530","18,858","20,232","21,355","22,231","22,901","24,302","24,513" Foreign,"6,141","9,886","11,791","16,418","15,756","17,353","18,022","18,993","20,795","22,884","25,382","26,350" Total departing passengers,"12,053","19,256","22,487","34,046","33,286","36,211","38,254","40,349","43,026","45,785","49,684","50,863" ,,,,,,,,,,,, Country of debarkationa,,,,,,,,,,,, Australia,103,245,232,540,581,609,588,522,560,614,606,607 Bahama Islands,704,"1,006","1,151","1,279","1,128","1,005","1,046",963,"1,024",994,983,955 Barbados,74,126,204,230,199,185,207,208,217,210,200,196 Belgium,134,231,249,395,318,355,372,334,340,380,513,622 Bermuda,372,467,389,277,237,217,247,242,199,196,215,207 Brazil,206,291,322,560,592,659,696,826,"1,024","1,135","1,292","1,297" Canadab,N,N,N,"6,870","6,263","6,546","6,798","6,764","7,405","8,477","8,890","9,381" China/Taiwan,41,90,187,337,447,481,616,803,891,945,939,934 Colombia,171,299,294,277,294,324,353,415,461,467,567,588 Denmark,188,254,254,307,239,266,272,254,229,227,259,217 Dominican Republic,322,443,528,896,780,881,949,980,995,"1,057","1,070","1,108" France,470,635,894,"1,626","1,523","1,769","1,759","1,896","1,868","2,021","2,147","2,289" Germany,649,"1,178","1,539","2,339","2,298","2,627","2,788","2,785","2,883","2,978","3,178","3,210" Grand Cayman,26,112,161,250,238,196,244,259,264,285,290,305 Greece,123,190,210,129,88,150,150,184,194,206,192,181 Haiti,81,124,169,201,178,139,180,118,292,288,284,295 Hong Kong,59,152,238,310,369,474,477,545,640,651,610,621 Ireland,163,212,233,311,263,316,324,380,409,449,488,554 Israel,105,186,255,259,249,294,317,367,426,492,499,488 Italy,409,495,660,731,694,873,878,918,955,"1,006","1,055","1,041" ,,,,,,,,,,,, Jamaica,416,382,607,888,821,796,887,909,987,988,"1,018","1,018" Japan,"1,183","1,602","2,255","4,471","4,431","4,795","4,757","4,954","5,452","6,187","6,796","6,487" "Korea, Republic of",60,186,333,723,759,887,961,"1,082","1,252","1,382","1,461","1,032" Mexico,"1,525","2,886","2,671","4,136","4,230","4,307","4,371","4,632","4,568","5,133","5,613","5,771" Netherlands,304,409,562,777,881,965,"1,150","1,319","1,444","1,636","1,920","1,933" Netherland Antilles,184,282,395,377,341,309,347,368,295,288,319,340 Panama Republic,100,142,209,183,189,186,194,211,214,221,240,272 Philippines,81,160,165,195,194,241,249,228,281,275,306,218 Spain,260,273,397,540,513,637,576,553,573,577,615,669 Switzerland,224,306,434,600,527,543,593,657,712,760,811,906 United Kingdom,"1,446","2,840","3,322","4,903","4,594","5,245","5,682","5,918","6,372","6,693","7,475","8,143" Venezuela,198,518,245,444,488,565,641,686,778,644,698,782 Total,"10,381","16,722","19,764","36,361","34,946","37,842","39,669","41,280","44,204","47,862","51,549","52,667" a Country where passenger deboarded a direct flight from the United States.,,,,,,,,,,,, b Canadian figure represents number of revenue passengers on scheduled commercial and charter flights. Does not include ,,,,,,,,,,,, "foreign (non-Canadian, non-U.S.) scheduled carriers.",,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, KEY: N = data do not exist.,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,, "NOTES: Includes passengers on international commercial flights departing U.S. airports, and ",,,,,,,,,,, "Travelers between U.S. ports in the 50 states, Puerto Rico, Guam, or the Virgin Islands, and other U.S. territories.",,,,,,,,,,, Data compiled from flight reports required by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service. Table includes a selected ,,,,,,,,,,, sample of countries of debarkation for passengers boarding in the United States.,,,,,,,,,,, "Because two different data sources are used, the total number of departing passengers may be less than the total",,,,,,,,,,, "for ""country of debarkation"" listed here.",,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,, "SOURCES: 1975-94: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Special Programs Administration, Volpe National ",,,,,,,,,,, "Transportation Systems Center, U.S. International Air Travel Statistics (Cambridge, MA: Annual issues), table IId.",,,,,,,,,,, "1995: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, U.S. International Air Passenger Statistics Report, ",,,,,,,,,,, "Calendar Year 1995 (Washington, DC: 1996), table IId.",,,,,,,,,,, "1996-98: Ibid., U.S. International Air Travel Statistics Report (Washington, DC: Annual issues), table IId. ",,,,,,,,,,, " Canada: Statistics Canada, Air Carrier Traffic at Canadian Airports (Canada: Annual issues) and personal communication, March 28, 2000.",,,,,,,,,,,