Chapter 2 Travel Destinations and Expenditures

Tourism is an enormous worldwide industry. In 2004, Japanese visitors’ expenditures were largely responsible for the U.S. travel and passenger fare expenditures surplus (see table 2.1). They spent almost $10 billion dollars more in the...

Figure 2.4 Top 5 Countries for Nonstop Air Travel to and from the United States: 2000–2004

(Millions of international passengers)

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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology...

Table 2.4 Top 20 Routes Between the United States and Foreign Airports by Number of Passengers: 2000–2004

(Thousands of international passengers1)

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Table 1.1 Travel Between the United States and Foreign Countries: 2000–2004

(Thousands of visits)

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Table 1.4 Same-Day Travel Between the United States and Canada and the United States and Mexico: 2000–2004

(Thousands of visits)

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Figure 1.2 Travel Between the United States and Overseas Regions: 2000–2004

(Thousands of bidirectional visits)

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Table 1.3 Overnight Travel Between the United States and Canada and the United States and Mexico: 2000–2004

(Thousands of visits)

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Chapter 1 Travel Trends to and from the United States by International Region

U.S.-international travel rebounded in 2004, showing growth from 2003 and surpassing pre-9/11 levels in a few categories. In two categories, U.S. residents traveling overseas and Mexican residents visiting the United...

Table 1.2 Travel Between the United States and Overseas Regions: 2000–2004

(Thousands of bidirectional visits)

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Figure 1.1 Travel Between the United States and Foreign Countries: 2000–2004

(Millions of visits)

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NOTE: 2000 data are revised from the previous edition.

SOURCES: Overnight—U.S. Department of...