BTS | Table 2.6 - Top 40 Foreign Countries of Origin for Overnight Arrivals in the United States: 2000

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Table 2.6
Top 40 Foreign Countries of Origin for Overnight Arrivals in the United States: 2000–2004

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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.

Table 2.6 Top 40 Foreign Countries of Origin for Overnight Arrivals in the United States: 2000–2004

Table 2.6
Top 40 Foreign Countries of Origin for Overnight Arrivals in the United States: 2000–2004