Tourism to US continues to drop

A drop except for medical and education visits. 

According to the data:

Composition of Monthly Spending (Travel Exports)

• Travel Spending 
• Purchases of travel and tourism-related goods and services by international visitors traveling in the United States totaled $10.5 billion during March 2025 (compared to $11.7 billion in March 2024), a decrease of 10 percent when compared to the previous year. These goods and services include food, lodging, recreation, gifts, entertainment, local transportation in the United States, and other items incidental to foreign travel.
• Travel receipts accounted for 52 percent of total U.S. travel and tourism exports in March 2025.
• Passenger Fare Receipts
• Fares received by U.S. carriers from international visitors totaled $3.1 billion in March 2025 (compared to $3.4 billion in the previous year), down 8 percent when compared to March 2024. These receipts represent expenditures by foreign residents on international flights provided by U.S. air carriers.
• Passenger fare receipts accounted for 15 percent of total U.S. travel and tourism exports during March.
• Medical/Education/Short-Term Worker Spending
• Expenditures for educational and health-related tourism, along with all expenditures by border, seasonal, and other short-term workers in the United States totaled $6.5 billion in March 2025 (compared to $5.9 billion in March 2024), an increase of 9 percent when compared to the previous year.
• Medical tourism, education, and short-term worker expenditures accounted for 32 percent of total U.S. travel and tourism exports in March 2025.

Read my paper on Medical Tourism here.

U.S. Travel Abroad Declined Two Percent in 2010

The overall U.S. outbound market totaled 60.3 million in 2010, down two percent compared to 2009. Travel to overseas regions declined* six percent, while travel to Mexico and Canada were up three percent and one percent, respectively.

The top five destination countries in 2010 for U.S. visitors were: Mexico (20.0 million), Canada (11.7 million), the United Kingdom (2.4 million), Dominican Republic (1.8 million), France and Italy (both 1.8 million). Six of the top 10 destinations visited by U.S. travelers posted increases in 2010. PRC moved ahead of Japan as the most visited Asian country.

For details, see:
http://www.tinet.ita.doc.gov/outreachpages/outbound.general_information.outbound_overview.html

The Recession Doesn’t Spare Travel & Tourism

A report from the Wall Street Journal states travel is down. Duhhh! People are looking for deals and ways to save money on lodging (cheaper motels, family and camping), meals (making their own), entertainment (cards) and travel (stay closer to home, staycations).

When someone has to choose between eating and travel, guess what goes first?