Chapter 3 North American Travel Trends

Over 85 percent of U.S.-international travel is with Canada and Mexico. Almost three-fourths of this travel, about 220 million visits, took place between the United States and Mexico with the remaining 70 million visits between the United States and...

Figure 3.1D Passengers Arriving by Train from Mexico and Canada: 2000–2004

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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unemployment Rate, seasonally adjusted, LNS14000000, www.bls.gov.

Figure 3.1B Pedestrians Arriving from Mexico and Canada: 2000–2004

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Figure 3.1D Passengers Arriving by Train from Mexico and Canada: 2000–2004

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Figure 3.2U.S. Land Border Ports with 1 Million or More Incoming Personal Vehicle Crossings: 2004

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Box International Travel Data

There are multiple sources for U.S.-international travel and related transportation data. These sources include data collected primarily for administrative/regulatory purposes, data collected by air carriers, and data collected through travel surveys. Each source...

Sources

U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), International Trade Administration (ITA). Preliminary International Travel receipts Analysis for 2004, available at: tinet.ita.doc.gov/view/a-2004-402/index.html as of October 2005.

U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), International Trade...

Acknowledgments

Maria Cino Acting Secretary

Ashok G. Kaveeshwar Administrator

Eric C. Peterson Deputy Administrator

Terry T. Shelton Acting...

Figure 4.2 Gateways with the Longest Average Wait Times for Personal Vehicles on the United States-Canada Border: 2003-2004

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NOTES: Wait times for personal vehicles are recorded hourly. The selected gateways are the top 10...

Figure 4.1 Worldwide Terrorist Incidents Against Infrastructure: 2000–2004

(Number of incidents)

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