Table 2.2B
Overseas
Visitors to the United States by Destination City: 2000–2004
(Thousands of visitors1)
2004 rank | City | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | Percent change, 2000–2004 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | New York City | 5,714 | 4,803 | 4,244 | 3,984 | 5,162 | –9.7 |
2 | Los Angeles | 3,533 | 2,816 | 2,256 | 2,127 | 2,276 | –35.6 |
3 | Miami | 2,935 | 2,554 | 2,198 | 2,073 | 2,195 | –25.2 |
4 | Orlando | 3,013 | 2,467 | 1,873 | 1,767 | 1,951 | –35.2 |
5 | San Francisco | 2,831 | 1,965 | 1,644 | 1,694 | 1,870 | –33.9 |
5 | Honolulu | 2,234 | 1,747 | 1,587 | 1,622 | 1,870 | –16.3 |
7 | Las Vegas | 2,260 | 1,506 | 1,223 | 1,298 | 1,565 | –30.8 |
8 | Washington DC | 1,481 | 1,201 | 1,032 | 865 | 1,057 | –28.6 |
9 | Chicago | 1,351 | 1,070 | 1,013 | 775 | 935 | –30.8 |
10 | Boston | 1,325 | 1,070 | 822 | 757 | 833 | –37.1 |
11 | San Diego | 701 | 589 | 440 | 433 | 508 | –27.5 |
12 | Philadelphia | 390 | 415 | 421 | 397 | 427 | 9.5 |
13 | Houston | 442 | 415 | 363 | 397 | 386 | –12.7 |
13 | Tampa/St. Petersburg | 519 | 502 | 363 | 324 | 386 | –25.6 |
15 | Atlanta | 701 | 699 | 535 | 379 | 366 | –47.8 |
16 | Ft. Lauderdale | 468 | 415 | 287 | 342 | 345 | –26.3 |
16 | San Jose | 494 | 415 | 344 | 324 | 345 | –30.2 |
18 | Dallas/Ft. Worth | 494 | 349 | 325 | 306 | 325 | –34.2 |
18 | Seattle | 416 | 349 | 306 | 306 | 325 | –21.9 |
18 | Anaheim | 494 | 393 | 325 | 288 | 325 | –34.2 |
1 Excludes visitors from Canada and Mexico.
NOTES: Some cities not shown due to low sampling size of overseas visitors (i.e., less than 100 respondents for 2002 and 2003). Numbers are estimated based on source estimation procedure. Identical or similar rankings are the result of the source estimation methodology. Overseas visitors idenitfy their main destination while in the United States.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Travel and Tourism Industries, Information on Inbound Travel to the United States available at http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/view/f-2004-45-561/index.html as of June 2005.