What the Data Shows
US overseas travel destinations are ranked by resident visits in 2024. The comparison uses five National Travel and Tourism Office destination-country rows, with shares measured against 53.8 million US resident visits to overseas countries excluding Canada and Mexico. The United Kingdom ranked first with 6.0 million visits, followed by Italy at 4.2 million and France at 4.1 million. The top five countries accounted for 39.2% of US overseas-country visits, and the United Kingdom had nearly twice Spain’s visits.
Data table
Unit: visits · Period: 2024
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | 6.0M | 2024 |
| 2 | Italy | 4.2M | 2024 |
| 3 | France | 4.1M | 2024 |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 3.7M | 2024 |
| 5 | Spain | 3.1M | 2024 |
Sources
Data notes & caveats
NTTO’s overseas-country frame excludes Canada and Mexico. Shares use 53.8 million US visits to overseas countries as the denominator.
Methodology
Ranked the top five NTTO overseas countries by US resident visits. Top-five concentration sums the five shares, and the leader multiple divides United Kingdom visits by Spain visits.
Source consistency notes
Rows and denominator come from the same NTTO 2024 release and use the same overseas-country visit frame.
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