North America Tourism Statistics 1995-2024
International tourism receipts are expenditures by international inbound visitors, including payments to national carriers for international transport. These receipts include any other prepayment made for goods or services received in the destination country. They also may include receipts from same-day visitors, except when these are important enough to justify separate classification. For some countries they do not include receipts for passenger transport items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.
- North America tourism statistics for 2019 was 305,557,753,783.12, a 1.04% decline from 2018.
- North America tourism statistics for 2018 was 308,764,195,752.15, a 3.54% increase from 2017.
- North America tourism statistics for 2017 was 298,204,194,729.91, a 2.31% increase from 2016.
- North America tourism statistics for 2016 was 291,480,722,526.51, a 0.85% decline from 2015.
| Similar Country Ranking |
| Country Name |
Spending ($) |
| World |
1,863,068,555,520.54 |
| OECD members |
997,063,700,763.72 |
| European Union |
432,150,008,319.40 |
| Euro Area |
355,218,744,907.19 |
| North America |
305,557,753,783.12 |
| Latin America & Caribbean |
104,584,816,431.26 |
| South Asia |
41,884,000,000.00 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |
34,919,262,972.84 |
| North America Tourism Statistics - Historical Data |
| Year |
Spending ($) |
% of Exports |
| 2019 |
305,557,753,783.12 |
9.42 |
| 2018 |
308,764,195,752.15 |
9.53 |
| 2017 |
298,204,194,729.91 |
9.78 |
| 2016 |
291,480,722,526.51 |
10.21 |
| 2015 |
293,969,247,357.57 |
10.12 |
| 2014 |
284,052,062,212.41 |
9.32 |
| 2013 |
271,830,923,131.60 |
9.23 |
| 2012 |
248,930,130,172.22 |
8.70 |
| 2011 |
228,403,300,798.49 |
7.41 |
| 2010 |
206,969,357,937.94 |
7.70 |
| 2009 |
175,314,450,895.65 |
7.69 |
| 2008 |
192,069,621,677.96 |
7.01 |
| 2007 |
175,395,970,605.48 |
7.06 |
| 2006 |
158,294,054,015.18 |
7.15 |
| 2005 |
152,215,668,890.70 |
7.70 |
| 2004 |
140,472,238,015.53 |
7.89 |
| 2003 |
122,911,055,454.35 |
7.89 |
| 2002 |
126,480,700,212.94 |
8.54 |
| 2001 |
135,637,315,507.18 |
8.92 |
| 2000 |
150,812,611,349.69 |
9.31 |
| 1999 |
139,171,367,153.04 |
9.62 |
| 1998 |
133,352,467,302.10 |
9.79 |
| 1997 |
134,837,044,552.94 |
9.92 |
| 1996 |
128,903,328,209.29 |
10.35 |
| 1995 |
118,167,986,140.18 |
10.16 |
