The U.S. International Trade Administration, led by the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, released the total volume of non-U.S. international visitors to the United States in July 2022, comparing it to July 2021.
Total US non-resident international visitors to the United States of 5,210,752 increased by 160.8% compared to July 2021 and increased to 67.6% of the total pre-COVID visitor numbers reported for July 2019. up from 64.2% last month.
The volume of overseas visitors in the United States of 2,589,898 increased by 199.7% since July 2021.
July 2022 marked the sixteenth consecutive month that total non-US international arrivals to the United States increased on a year-over-year (YOY) basis.
Of the top 20 U.S. tourist-generating countries, Colombia (with 89,385 visitors) and the Dominican Republic (with 45,460 visitors) were the only countries to report a decrease in visitors in July 2022 compared to July 2021, with -30.7 % and -0.1% change respectively.
The most international visitor arrivals were from Canada (1,467,348), Mexico (1,153,506), the United Kingdom (361,313), France (169,994) and Germany (163,675). Together, these 5 largest source markets accounted for 63.6% of all international arrivals.
International Departures from the United States
Total international departures by US citizens from the United States of 9,177,301 were up 63% from July 2021 and represented 85% of all departures in pre-pandemic July 2019.
July 2022 marked the sixteenth consecutive month that the total number of US citizens, international visitors departing the United States increased year over year. On the same subject : 50 billion Chipotle search for the future of fast food.
Mexico recorded the highest volume of outbound visitors at 3,270,261 (35.6% of all departures in July and 42.8% year-to-date). Canada saw a significant year-over-year increase of 1,263%.
Year-over-year, Mexico (19,228,305) and the Caribbean (5,578,944) accounted for 55.2% of all U.S. citizen international visitor departures, down 2.3 percentage points from June 2022 year-over-year.
Europe YTD (8,570,790), the second largest volume of outbound visitors, is up 375% year-on-year and accounts for 19.1% of all departures. This was up 0.8 percentage points from June 2022’s year-to-date share of 18.3%.
