Table 4-5: Overseas Visitors to the United States: Top 20 Destination States and Territories1
Table 4-5: Overseas Visitors to the United States: Top 20 Destination States and Territories1
| 1995 | 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Visitors (thousands) | Share of U.S. total | Rank | Visitors (thousands) | Share of U.S. total | |
| California | 2 | 5,304 | 25.7 | 1 | 6,364 | 24.5 |
| Florida | 1 | 5,345 | 25.9 | 2 | 6,026 | 23.2 |
| New York | 3 | 4,479 | 21.7 | 3 | 5,922 | 22.8 |
| Hawaii | 4 | 2,910 | 14.1 | 4 | 2,727 | 10.5 |
| Nevada | 5 | 1,858 | 9.0 | 5 | 2,364 | 9.1 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | 1,053 | 5.1 | 6 | 1,429 | 5.5 |
| Illinois | 7 | 1,115 | 5.4 | 7 | 1,377 | 5.3 |
| Guam | 6 | 1,238 | 6.0 | 8 | 1,325 | 5.1 |
| Texas | 10 | 867 | 4.2 | 9 | 1,169 | 4.5 |
| New Jersey | 11 | 599 | 2.9 | 10 | 909 | 3.5 |
| Arizona | 9 | 887 | 4.3 | 11 | 883 | 3.4 |
| Georgia | 11 | 599 | 2.9 | 12 | 805 | 3.1 |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | 599 | 2.9 | 13 | 649 | 2.5 |
| Colorado | 15 | 433 | 2.1 | 14 | 519 | 2.0 |
| Michigan | 18 | 372 | 1.8 | 15 | 494 | 1.9 |
| Washington | 11 | 599 | 2.9 | 16 | 468 | 1.8 |
| Utah | 15 | 433 | 2.1 | 17 | 416 | 1.6 |
| North Carolina | 21 | 310 | 1.5 | 17 | 416 | 1.6 |
| Louisiana | 17 | 413 | 2.0 | 19 | 390 | 1.5 |
| Ohio | 19 | 351 | 1.7 | 19 | 390 | 1.5 |
| United States, total | 20,639 | 25,975 | ||||
NOTE: A visitor may visit more than one state. "Share of U.S. total" represents the percent of overseas visitors visiting the state. These columns, therefore, do not sum to 100.
1 International travelers to the United States from Canada and Mexico are not included.
SOURCES FOR DATA ON THIS PAGE: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Tourism Industries, Overseas Visitors ot Select U.S. States and Territories 2000-1999 (Ranked by 2000 Market Share), Washington, DC: 2001, available at http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/ as of Oct. 19, 2001; U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Tourism Industries, Overseas Visitors ot Select U.S. States and Territories 1996-1995, Washington, DC: 2001, available at http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/ as of Nov. 13, 2001.