NTTO Releases May Arrival/Departure Data

The National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) released air travel data for May that indicates international inbound travel to the United States is on the rise.

International Arrivals 

• Total non-U.S. resident international visitor volume of 6,068,711 increased +12.7 percent compared to May 2023 and represented 90.5 percent of the pre-COVID total visitor volume reported for May 2019.
• Overseas visitor volume to the U.S. of 3,042,475 increased +17.5 percent from May 2023.
• May was the 38th consecutive month that total non-U.S. resident international arrivals increased on a year-over-year (YOY) basis.
• May was the 15th consecutive month that overseas visitors totaled over 2 million.
• Of the top 20 tourist-generating countries, only Canada (with 1,726,007) reported a decrease in visitor volume in May compared to May 2023, with a -0.2 percent change.
• The largest number of international visitor arrivals was from Canada (1,726,007), Mexico (1,300,229), the United Kingdom (355,648), India (263,150), and Germany (189,693). Combined, these top 5 source markets accounted for 63.2 percent of total international arrivals.
   

International Departures 

• Total U.S. citizen departures from the U.S. of 9,265,840 increased 9.7 percent compared to May 2023 and were 108.6 percent of total departures in pre-pandemic May 2019.
• May was the 38th consecutive month that total U.S. citizen departures increased on a YOY basis.
• The year-to-date (YTD) market share for outbound travel within North America (Mexico & Canada) was 49.6 percent, and overseas was 50.4 percent.
• Mexico recorded the largest U.S. citizen volume of 3,024,756 (32.6 percent of total departures for May and 39.6 percent (YTD)). Canada recorded a YOY increase of 12.5 percent.
• Combined YTD, Mexico (15,963,170) and the Caribbean (4,974,473) accounted for 51.9 percent of total U.S. citizen international visitor departures.
• Europe was the second largest market for outbound U.S. visitors, with 2,382,286 departures. This accounted for 25.7 percent of all departures in May. Outbound visitation to Europe in May increased 10.9 percent compared to May 2023.