Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in February 2023, international travel to and from the US was up.
In February 2023, International Visitor Arrivals to the United States Totaled 4,116,450, an Increase of 82.6% Compared to February 2022
Outbound Travel Departures from the United States by U.S. Citizens Totaled 6,169,371 in February 2023, an Increase of 46% Compared to February 2022
International Arrivals to the United States
• Total non-U.S. resident international visitor volume to the United States of 4,116,450, increased 82.6% compared to February 2022 and represents 80.8% of the pre-COVID total visitor volume reported for February 2019, down from the prior month’s 82.2%.
• Overseas visitor volume to the United States of 1,791,183 increased 71% from February 2022.
• February 2023 was the twenty-third consecutive month that total non-U.S. resident international arrivals to the United States increased on a year-over-year (YOY) basis.
• Of the top 20 tourist generating countries to the United States, Colombia (with 42,074 visitors), was the only country that reported a decrease in visitor volume in February 2023 compared to February 2022, with a -17.7% change.
• The largest number of international visitor arrivals was from Canada (1,476,370), Mexico (848,897), the United Kingdom (251,750), South Korea (116,425) and France (114,659). Combined, these top 5 source markets accounted for 68.2% of total international arrivals.
International Departures from the United States
• Total U.S. citizen international visitor departures from the United States of 6,169,371 increased 45.9% compared to February 2022 and were 97.4% of total departures in pre-pandemic February 2019.
• February 2023 was the twenty-third consecutive month that total U.S. citizen international visitor departures from the United States increased on a YOY basis.
• February 2023 year-to-date (YTD) total U.S. citizen international visitor departures from the United States totaled 12,562,975, a YOY increase of 52.8%. The YTD market share for North America (Mexico & Canada) was 53.6% and overseas was 46.4%.
• Mexico recorded the largest outbound visitor volume of 2,696,107 (43.7% of total departures for February and 45.2% YTD). Canada recorded a YOY increase of 166.1%.
• Combined YTD, Mexico (5,675,530) and the Caribbean (1,638,729) accounted for 58.2% of total U.S. citizen international visitor departures, down 0.9 percentage points from January 2023.
• The Caribbean was the second largest market for outbound U.S. visitors during the month of February (840,228 departures) and accounted for 13.6% of all departures. Outbound visitation to the Caribbean increased 32.8% compared to February 2022. This is the second consecutive month that U.S. outbound visitor volume to the Caribbean outpaced that to Europe. February outbound visitation to Europe totaled 746,169 and was up 101.7% compared to February 2022.
