For the first time since 1997, the National Travel and Tourism Office has estimated the economic impact of overseas visitors on U.S. states and territories.
These new estimates capture overseas visitor spending on travel-related goods and services in each U.S. state and territory, as well as the local employment supported by this spending.
The National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) is releasing the Overseas Visitor Impact on State Economies (2024) report, which estimates the economic impact of overseas visitation on U.S. states and territories.
Highlights from the report include:
- The United States welcomed 35.2 million visitors from overseas countries.1
- These visitors spent $169.8 billion in the United States on travel
related goods and services, including international student expenditures on
education-related goods and services. - This spending directly supported nearly 906,000 jobs for the U.S. economy.
- The top five recipients of overseas visitor spending—New York, California, Florida, Texas, and Massachusetts—collectively received $99.7 billion, accounting for 59 percent of total overseas visitor spending in the United States.
- These same five states collectively supported more than 502,000 jobs, representing 56 percent of total direct employment generated by overseas visitors nationwide.
- Overseas visitors spent more than $1 billion in 26 individual states and U.S. territories and supported more than 10,000 jobs in 20 individual states.
The visitor spending by the top 10 overseas countries accounted for 59 percent of total overseas spending in the United States. These top 10 countries include:
- China
- India
- United Kingdom
- Brazil
- South Korea
- Germany
- Japan
- Australia
- Italy
- Colombia
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