Table 1 Travel Between the United States and Foreign Countries: 1990, 1995, and 2000
Table 1
Travel Between the United States and Foreign Countries: 1990, 1995, and 2000
(Thousands of trips)
| 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | Percentage change, 1990-2000 | Annual growth rate (percent) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL TRIPS | 315,173 | 314,188 | 366,251 | 16.2 | 1.5 |
| Outbound travel from the United States | 131,145 | 138,670 | 171,152 | 30.5 | 2.7 |
| Inbound travel to the United States | 184,028 | 175,518 | 195,099 | 6.0 | 0.6 |
| NORTH AMERICA 1 | 284,124 | 274,490 | 313,423 | 10.3 | 1.0 |
| Overnight2 | 52,939 | 54,456 | 58,881 | 11.2 | 1.1 |
| U.S. residents to Canada | 12,252 | 13,005 | 15,114 | 23.4 | 2.1 |
| U.S. residents to Mexico | 16,381 | 18,771 | 18,849 | 15.1 | 1.4 |
| Canadian residents to the United States | 17,263 | 14,662 | 14,594 | -15.5 | -1.7 |
| Mexican residents to the United States | 7,041 | 8,016 | 10,322 | 46.6 | 3.9 |
| Same-day | 231,185 | 220,034 | 254,542 | 10.1 | 1.0 |
| U.S. residents to Canada | 22,482 | 24,325 | 28,769 | 28.0 | 2.5 |
| U.S. residents to Mexico | 64,038 | 63,508 | 81,565 | 27.4 | 2.4 |
| Canadian residents to the United States | 53,171 | 37,491 | 28,019 | -47.3 | -6.2 |
| Mexican residents to the United States | 91,494 | 94,710 | 116,189 | 27.0 | 2.4 |
| North America share of total (percent) | 90.1 | 87.4 | 85.6 | ||
| OVERSEAS OVERNIGHT TRAVEL3 | 31,049 | 39,698 | 52,828 | 70.1 | 5.5 |
| Outbound travel from the United States | 15,990 | 19,059 | 26,853 | 67.9 | 5.3 |
| Inbound travel to the United States | 15,059 | 20,639 | 25,975 | 72.5 | 5.6 |
| OVERSEAS OVERNIGHT TRAVEL BY REGION 3(bidirectional) | |||||
| Europe | 14,702 | 17,389 | 24,970 | 69.8 | 5.4 |
| Western Europe | 14,439 | 16,706 | 24,091 | 66.8 | 5.3 |
| Eastern Europe | 503 | 1,158 | 1,228 | 144.3 | 9.3 |
| Asia | 6,902 | 10,180 | 12,468 | 80.7 | 6.1 |
| Caribbean | 4,367 | 4,665 | 5,198 | 19.0 | 1.8 |
| South America | 2,239 | 4,069 | 5,036 | 125.0 | 8.4 |
| Middle East | 893 | 1,464 | 2,072 | 132.0 | 8.8 |
| Oceania 4 | 1,238 | 1,179 | 1,778 | 43.7 | 3.7 |
| Central America | 1,020 | 1,271 | 1,708 | 67.4 | 5.3 |
| Africa | 425 | 605 | 778 | 83.1 | 6.2 |
1 North American data in this table are different from and should
not be compared with the border-crossing data in
table 7. See also
box 1 on page 4.
2 U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico overnight travel data
presented in this table are from the U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade
Administration, Office of Tourism Industries. They reflect overall totals for inbound
and outbound overnight travel with Canada and Mexico.
Table 5 in this report also presents overall totals, but with mode of transportation
details. Data for
table 5 are from Canadian and Mexican government agencies. These agencies make adjustments
and revisions to their data at the modal level. Because of this, the overall overnight
travel totals in
table 5 will differ from those in this table. Throughout this report, U.S. Department of
Commerce data are used for overall overnight travel totals, while Canadian and Mexican
sources are used for mode of transportation and trip purpose analysis.
3 The aggregate figures for overseas trips differ from the
sum of trips to or from individual regions because a single outbound trip by a U.S. resident
is counted once as an "overseas" trip but could be attributed to multiple regions.
4 Oceania includes Australia and New Zealand.
SOURCES: Overnight - U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Tourism Industries, "Arrivals to the U.S. 1990-2000," and "U.S. Resident Travel Abroad: Historical Visitation-Outbound 1990-2000 (One or More Nights)," available at http://tinet.ita.doc.gov, as of July 1, 2001.
Same-day -- Statistics Canada, International Travel: Travel Between Canada and Other Countries (Touriscope), Catalogue No. 66-201-XPB (Ottawa, Ontario: Banco de México, Dirección General de Investigación Económica, Dirección de Medición Económica, 1999 and 2001.