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United States

North America

United States is a tourism destination in North America. This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

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International Tourist Arrivals

72.4M

Latest verified value · 2024

International Tourism Receipts

$251.6B

Latest verified value · 2024

Tourism Employment Share

4%

Latest verified value · 2023

TCTI Destination Profile

Established tourism destination

United States has maintained relatively stable tourism demand. This profile is calculated from the best available annual and monthly tourism records currently held by TCTI.

Executive tourism profile for United States

Profile confidence

50

/ 100

Confidence reflects the intelligence modules currently supported by compatible source data.

Growth profile

Stable

Seasonality profile

Not yet available

What this means

  • Stable demand may indicate a mature visitor economy with comparatively consistent arrival levels.

The destination profile combines TCTI's available growth and seasonality intelligence. Confidence reflects whether both compatible annual-arrivals and monthly-tourist-night datasets are available.

Tourism Intelligence

Executive summary

A concise interpretation of the strongest official tourism records currently available for United States.

3 indicators available
North America
High income

United States is a tourism destination in North America. This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

International tourist arrivals were 72.4M in 2024. International tourism receipts were $251.6B in 2024. Tourism's direct share of employment was 4% in 2023.

The figures shown here are drawn from UN Tourism and OECD. Reporting years may differ between indicators because TCTI displays the strongest verified or published value currently available for each measure.

Derived Intelligence

Tourism growth

How international tourist arrivals changed between 1995 and 2024.

TCTI Growth Insight

Stable

Confidence

95%

United States's international tourist arrivals decreased by 9.2% between 1995 and 2024. This is equivalent to an average annual growth rate of -0.3%. The sharpest annual decline was 72.8% in 2020.

Total growth

-9.2%

1995 to 2024

Average annual growth

-0.3%

Compound annual growth rate

Starting arrivals

79.7M

Reported in 1995

Latest arrivals

72.4M

Reported in 2024

Largest annual increase

+156.3%

Change recorded in 2006

Largest annual decline

-72.8%

Change recorded in 2020

What this means

  • Long-term growth trends can indicate changes in destination popularity.
  • Growth should be interpreted alongside seasonality, visitor spending, and tourism dependence.

Growth is calculated using the earliest and latest available international arrivals data held by TCTI. Results may reflect gaps or methodological changes in the underlying series.

Key Tourism Indicators

Tourism performance at a glance

Verified tourism indicators currently available for United States. Reporting years may differ by dataset.

2024

International Tourist Arrivals

72.4M

UN Tourism · 2024

International Tourist Arrivals

VerifiedCurrent
2024

International Tourism Receipts

$251.6B

UN Tourism · 2024

International Tourism Receipts

VerifiedCurrent
2023

Tourism Employment Share

4%

OECD · 2023

OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators

VerifiedCurrent

Rankings & Comparisons

How United States compares

Positions use each country's best currently available official record. Years can differ, so use these as directional benchmarks rather than synchronized league tables.

Data Availability

50% dashboard coverage

3 of 6 dashboard indicators currently have usable official data for United States.

3 current0 reporting lag0 historical

Available

  • ✓International Tourist Arrivals · 2024 · Current
  • ✓International Tourism Receipts · 2024 · Current
  • ✓Tourism Employment Share · 2023 · Current

Not Yet Available

  • ○Tourist Nights
  • ○Tourism Direct Share of GDP
  • ○Resident Tourism Trips

Official Sources

Data sources used for United States

These organizations and datasets provide the indicators currently displayed on this country dashboard.

✓

OECD

Latest displayed year: 2023

Official

Indicators

  • • Tourism Employment Share

Datasets

  • OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
✓

UN Tourism

Latest displayed year: 2024

Official

Indicators

  • • International Tourist Arrivals
  • • International Tourism Receipts

Datasets

  • International Tourist Arrivals
  • International Tourism Receipts
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Historical Trend

International arrivals over time

Annual international tourist arrivals reported for United States. Values are shown in millions.

Source: UN TourismYears: 1995–2024Annual data

Dataset: International Tourist Arrivals

About the Data

Best available official data

TCTI evaluates available tourism records by reporting status, year, source priority, official-source status, and publication history. The dashboard displays the strongest available record while preserving historical observations and alternative sources in the database.