The U.S. International Trade Administration, led by the Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, announced the total non-U.S. resident international visitor volume to the United States in July 2022 and compared it to July 2021.
Total non-U.S. resident international visitor volume to the United States of 5,210,752 increased 160.8% compared to July 2021 and rose to 67.6% of the pre-COVID total visitor volume reported for July 2019, up from the prior month’s 64.2%.
Overseas visitor volume to the United States of 2,589,898 increased 199.7% from July 2021.
July 2022 was the sixteenth consecutive month that total non-U.S. resident international arrivals to the United States increased on a year-over-year (YOY) basis.
Of the top 20 tourist-generating countries to the United States, Colombia (with 89,385 visitors) and the Dominican Republic (with 45,460 visitors) were the only countries that reported a decrease in visitor volume in July 2022 compared to July 2021, with a -30.7% and -0.1% change respectively.
The largest number of international visitor arrivals were from Canada (1,467,348), Mexico (1,153,506), the United Kingdom (361,313), France (169,994) and Germany (163,675). Combined, these top 5 source markets accounted for 63.6% of total international arrivals.
International Departures from the United States
Total U.S. citizen international visitor departures from the United States of 9,177,301 increased 63% compared to July 2021 and were 85% of total departures in pre-pandemic July 2019.
July 2022 was the sixteenth consecutive month that total U.S. citizen international visitor departures from the United States increased on a year-over-year basis.
Mexico recorded the largest outbound visitor volume of 3,270,261 (35.6% of total departures for July and 42.8% year-to-date (YTD). Canada recorded a significant year-over-year increase of 1,263%.
Combined YTD, Mexico (19,228,305) and the Caribbean (5,578,944) accounted for 55.2% of total U.S. citizen international visitor departures, down 2.3 percentage points from June 2022 YTD.
Europe YTD (8,570,790), the second largest outbound visitor volume, increased 375% YOY, accounting for 19.1% of all departures. This was up 0.8 percentage points from a 18.3% share in June 2022 YTD.
