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. ",,,,,,,