Top Foreign Travelers to USA

Top Foreign Travelers to USA- 66.6 millioh: Number of international arrivals in the U.S. in 2012, including 29.6 million from overseas. International travel spending directly supports 1.1 million u.S. jobs and wages of $27.7 billion. These are the top 10 countries for international visitors to the U.S. 1,895,952 22,698,986 3,763,381 4. 3,698,073 ...: 14,509,341 1474,408 1455,720 8. 1,791,103 9. 1251,432 10 1,122,180 Source: U.S. Dept of Commerce 1 out of 8: U.S. jobs depend on travel and Travel is among the top 10 industries in 48 states and D.C. in terms of tourism employment. 2.8% Percentage of the No. 1: Where travel ranks United States' GDP is among all U.S. industry attributed to travel and exports tourism The U.S. is the Top Tourism Earner on Earth! (in billions) 32.8 * 33.7 85.7 51.1 38.10 33.9 42.9 17.8 Source: World Tourism Organization (WTO). Top U.S. States and Cities Visited by Overseas Travelers State/territory U.S. city 6.13 million 2.87 million 1.31 million 2.78 million 1.19 million 2.87 million 9.50 million 9.28 milllon 976,000 WA ME 2.87 million MT ND OR MN NH NY CT SD WI MI New York City WY Boston IA Chicago RI San Francisco PA NE NV ОН MD NEW YORK UT IN CO WASHINGTON D.C CA Las Vegas KS VA MO KY 3.65 million Los Angeles 1.42 million TN AZ OK NM AR MS AL GA 5.68 million TX Orlando AK FL 1.81 million Miami 1.31 million 1.31 million 2.28 million 1.28 million Every overseas traveler spends around $4,455 when they visit the U.S. and stays more than 18 nights on average. Direct spending by resident and international travelers in the U.S. averaged: $97.7 million an hour, • $1.6 million every minute and $2.3 billion a day, (24 $27,125 per second. $128.8 billion: Tax revenue generated by travel spending for federal, state and local governments in one year. These fascinating figures brought to you by notelstip.com Sources: http://www.blizzardinternet.com/travel-stats/ http://www.ustravel.org/news/press-kit/travel-facts-and-statistics http://www.infoplease.com/world/statistics/top-destinations-us.html http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0922054.html HotelsTip.com http://www.ustravel.org/sites/default/files/page/2009/11/US_Travel_Answer_Sheet_March_2013.pdf