BTS | Table 2.5 - Top 40 Foreign Countries Visited by U.S. Residents for Overnight Travel: 2000

Table 2.5
Top 40 Foreign Countries Visited by U.S. Residents for Overnight Travel: 2000–2004

(Thousands of visits)

Rank in 2004	Country	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	Percentage change, 2000–2004
1	Mexico	19,285	18,623	18,501	17,566	19,370	0.4
2	Canada	15,188	15,570	16,168	14,232	15,056	–0.9
3	United Kingdom	4,189	3,383	3,229	3,252	3,692	–11.9
4	France	2,927	2,626	2,223	1,883	2,407	–17.8
5	Italy	2,148	1,944	1,661	1,638	1,915	–10.9
6	China	2,308	2,146	2,223	1,540	1,805	–21.8
	People's Republic of China	1,476	1,414	1,474	1,051	1,067	–27.7
	Hong Kong	832	732	749	489	738	–11.3
7	Germany	2,309	1,894	1,591	1,540	1,750	–24.2
8	Jamaica	886	1,313	983	1,492	1,258	42.0
9	Japan	1,262	1,060	1,287	1,051	1,067	–15.5
10	Bahamas	913	555	796	1,418	1,012	10.8
11	Dominican Republic	NA	1,338	1,100	929	957	–28.5
12	Netherlands	1,101	858	866	831	930	–15.5
13	Spain	1,262	1,010	866	929	903	–28.5
14	Ireland	725	757	562	562	738	1.8
17	Costa Rica	295	379	398	489	629	113.0
17	India	457	454	398	416	629	37.8
17	Republic of China (Taiwan)	671	656	632	489	629	–6.3
19	Australia	698	833	562	562	602	–13.8
19	Brazil	671	606	491	611	602	–10.4
20	South Korea	779	530	608	513	574	–26.2
21	Switzerland	994	707	562	611	520	–47.7
24	Colombia	242	328	304	318	438	81.1
24	Greece	457	429	328	293	438	–4.1
24	Philippines	457	429	234	269	438	–4.1
27	Austria	564	404	304	367	410	–27.2
27	Peru	322	303	281	269	410	27.3
27	Thailand	376	404	398	342	410	9.1
28	Czech Republic	269	278	211	220	356	32.6
30	Argentina	376	303	187	318	328	–12.7
30	New Zealand	457	480	257	293	328	–28.1
32	El Salvador	161	303	328	245	301	86.7
32	Belgium	457	353	328	220	301	–34.1
33	Ecuador	NA	252	164	220	274	8.7
35	Singapore	457	328	374	220	274	–40.1
35	Turkey	322	404	304	245	274	–15.1
37	Poland	269	278	187	220	246	–8.3
37	South Africa	134	126	117	171	246	83.3
37	Sweden	295	278	164	171	246	–16.7
40	Chile	188	227	164	171	219	16.4
40	Denmark	242	227	117	196	219	–9.5
40	Norway	134	202	94	98	219	63.0
40	Trinidad/Tobago¹	NA	126	187	220	219	73.3

¹ Percent change and average annual growth rate for Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Trinidad/Tobago are from 2001-2004 as 2000 data are not available.

NOTE: Numbers are based on an estimation procedure. Identical or similar rankings are the result of the source estimation methodology.

KEY: NA = data are not available.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Travel and Tourism Industries, "U.S. Resident Travel Abroad: Historical Visitation Outbound: 1994-2004," available at http://tinet.ita.doc.gov as of August 2005.

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Table 2.5 Top 40 Foreign Countries Visited by U.S. Residents for Overnight Travel: 2000–2004

Table 2.5
Top 40 Foreign Countries Visited by U.S. Residents for Overnight Travel: 2000–2004