Table 4-12: Overseas Visitors to the United States: Top 20 Destination Cities1
Table 4-12: Overseas Visitors to the United States: Top 20 Destination Cities1
| 1995 | 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Visitors (thousands) | Share of U.S. total | Rank | Visitors (thousands) | Share of U.S. total | |
| Washington cities in top 20 | ||||||
| Seattle | 12 | 537 | 2.6 | 20 | 416 | 1.6 |
| Top 20 cities | ||||||
| New York City, NY | 1 | 4,254 | 20.6 | 1 | 5,714 | 22.0 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 2 | 3,323 | 16.1 | 2 | 3,533 | 13.6 |
| Orlando, FL | 4 | 2,621 | 12.7 | 3 | 3,013 | 11.6 |
| Miami, FL | 3 | 2,951 | 14.3 | 4 | 2,935 | 11.3 |
| San Francisco, CA | 5 | 2,539 | 12.3 | 5 | 2,831 | 10.9 |
| Las Vegas, NV | 7 | 1,754 | 8.5 | 6 | 2,260 | 8.7 |
| Oahu/Honolulu, HI | 6 | 2,373 | 11.5 | 7 | 2,234 | 8.6 |
| Washington, DC (metro) | 8 | 1,589 | 7.7 | 8 | 1,481 | 5.7 |
| Chicago, IL | 9 | 1,053 | 5.1 | 9 | 1,351 | 5.2 |
| Boston, MA | 10 | 970 | 4.7 | 10 | 1,325 | 5.1 |
| San Diego, CA | 11 | 722 | 3.5 | 11 | 701 | 2.7 |
| Atlanta, GA | 14 | 495 | 2.4 | 11 | 701 | 2.7 |
| Tampa/St. Petersburg, FL | 13 | 516 | 2.5 | 13 | 519 | 2.0 |
| San Jose, CA | 22 | 289 | 1.4 | 14 | 494 | 1.9 |
| Anaheim, CA | 14 | 495 | 2.4 | 14 | 494 | 1.9 |
| Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX | 21 | 310 | 1.5 | 14 | 494 | 1.9 |
| Ft. Lauderdale, FL | 17 | 413 | 2.0 | 17 | 468 | 1.8 |
| Houston, TX | 16 | 433 | 2.1 | 18 | 442 | 1.7 |
| Maui, HI | U | U | U | 18 | 442 | 1.7 |
| Seattle, WA | 12 | 537 | 2.6 | 20 | 416 | 1.6 |
| United States, total | 20,639 | 25,975 | ||||
1International travelers to the United States from Canada and Mexico are not included.
KEY: U = data are unavailable.
NOTE: A visitor may visit more than one city. "Share of U.S. total" represents the percent of visitors visiting the city. These columns, therefore, do not sum to 100.
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Tourism Industries, Overseas Visitors to Select U.S. Cities/Hawaiian Islands 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 to Select U.S. Cities/Hawaiian Islands 2000-1999 (Ranked by 2000 Market Share), Washington, DC: 2001, available at http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/ as of Nov. 13, 2001.