Table 2.6 ,,,,,,,
Top 40 Foreign Countries of Origin for Overnight Arrivals in the United States: 2000–2004 ,,,,,,,
(Thousands of visits) ,,,,,,,
Rank in 2004,Country,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,"Percentage change, 2000–2004 "
1,Canada ,"14,666","13,527","13,025","12,666","13,849",–5.6 
2,Mexico ,"10,596","11,567","11,440","10,526","11,906",12.4
3,United Kingdom ,"4,703","4,097","3,817","3,936","4,303",–8.5 
4,Japan ,"5,061","4,083","3,627","3,170","3,748",–26.0 
5,Germany ,"1,786","1,314","1,190","1,180","1,320",–26.1 
6,France ,"1,087",876,734,689,775,–28.7 
7,South Korea ,662,618,639,618,627,–5.3 
8,Australia ,540,426,407,406,520,–3.6 
9,Italy ,612,472,406,409,471,–23.1 
10,Netherlands ,553,412,384,374,425,–23.2 
11,Brazil ,737,551,405,349,385,–47.8 
12,Ireland ,286,277,260,254,345,20.8
13,Spain ,361,291,270,284,333,–7.7 
14,Venezuela ,577,555,396,284,330,–42.7 
15,China ,453,403,361,271,326,–28.0
,People’s Republic of China ,249,232,226,157,203,–18.8
,Hong Kong ,203,170,135,114,123,–39.3 
16,India ,274,270,257,272,309,12.6
17,Taiwan ,457,357,288,239,298,–34.9 
18,Colombia ,417,372,321,280,295,–29.2 
19,Israel ,325,305,263,249,275,–15.3 
20,Bahamas ,294,293,262,253,266,–9.6 
21,Sweden ,322,231,204,211,254,–21.0 
22,Switzerland ,395,311,254,230,243,–38.4 
23,El Salvador ,185,208,197,177,181,–1.8 
24,Dominican Republic ,197,172,154,153,180,–8.7 
25,Belgium ,250,182,159,151,176,–29.6 
26,Argentina ,534,434,165,151,168,–68.6 
27,Jamaica ,243,229,184,159,163,–32.9 
28,Guatemala ,186,172,162,152,162,–12.8 
29,Peru ,192,186,164,154,151,–21.2 
30,Denmark ,149,126,119,125,151,1.1
31,Philippines ,168,181,173,134,144,–14.3 
32,Ecuador ,130,148,139,120,133,2.4
33,Norway ,148,123,113,113,130,–11.6 
34,New Zealand ,172,144,110,107,127,–25.9 
35,Costa Rica ,176,143,125,113,127,–27.8 
36,Poland ,116,108,109,108,123,5.8
37,Trinidad & Tobago ,138,127,118,112,121,–12.0 
38,Austria ,176,123,98,100,113,–35.7 
39,Singapore ,136,99,97,88,107,–21.9 
40,Chile ,192,150,115,95,101,–47.4 
NOTE: The Office of Travel and Toursim Industries data in this table includes U.S. and foreign citizen arrivals to the United States. ,,,,,,,
"SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Travel and Tourism Industries, “Arrivals to the U.S., 1990-2004,” available at http://tinet.ita.doc.gov as of August 2005. ",,,,,,,