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U.S. citizens’ outbound travel from the USA to International Regions grew by 6.3% in 2018.

3/17/2019

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​The United States Government’s Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration’s National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) recently released the full year 2018 figures for U.S. citizens outbound travel from the USA to International Regions.
U.S. Citizens Outbound Travel: 2018          
Number of Trips 2018 % share 2017 % share % change
Europe 17,742,258 19.1% 15,792,769 18.0% 12.3%
Caribbean 8,702,217 9.4% 8,320,516 9.5% 4.6%
Asia 6,252,903 6.7% 5,770,890 6.6% 8.4%
South America 2,104,107 2.3% 1,925,300 2.2% 9.3%
Central America 3,236,733 3.5% 3,032,002 3.5% 6.8%
Oceania 860,554 0.9% 776,496 0.9% 10.8%
Middle East 2,443,291 2.6% 2,306,334 2.6% 5.9%
Africa 431,745 0.5% 403,151 0.5% 7.1%
Mexico (Air) 10,075,187 10.8% 9,810,713 11.2% 2.7%
Mexico (Other) 26,847,824 28.9% 25,136,237 28.7% 6.8%
Canada 14,341,438 15.4% 14,280,387 16.3% 0.4%
Total 93,038,257 100.0% 87,554,795 100.0% 6.3%
Source: ITA: National Travel & Tourism Office          
Released: February 2019        

The numbers for air traffic both to and from all international regions (on US and foreign flagged carriers) are reported to the NTTO by means of the “U.S. International Air Travel Statistics Report”.
For more details of this survey go to: -
http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/research/programs/i92/index.html
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As can be seen: -
  • The overall number of trips taken by US citizens to international destinations increased by 6.3% in 2018 compared to 2017, growing from 87.5 million trips in 2017 to 93.0 million trips in 2018.
  • The largest growth was in trips to Europe (up 12.3%), growing from 15.8 million trips in 2017 to 17.7 million trips in 2018. Europe’s share of all trips grew from 18.0% in 2017 to 19.1% in 2018.
  • The number of trips taken to the Caribbean grew by 4.6%, from 8.3 million trips in 2017 to 8.7 million trips in 2018. The share of trips taken to the Caribbean thus fell from 9.5% in 2017 to 9.4% in 2018.
  • The number of trips taken to Mexico by air grew by just 2.7%, from 9.8 million trips in 2017 to 10.0 million trips in 2018.
The NTTO’s definition of the Caribbean does not include Puerto Rico or the United States Virgin Islands as, for the purposes of the study, they are deemed to be US territories and the focus of this system (APIS) is non-stop air traffic (segmented here for U.S. citizens) to foreign countries, thus does not include substantial declines in trips to both Puerto Rico and The USVI.
The NTTO defines the Caribbean as including the following countries: -

Included in Caribbean for APIS:
 
  • Anguilla
  • Antigua/Barbuda
  • Aruba
  • The Bahamas
  • Barbados
  • Bermuda
  • British Virgin Islands.
  • Cuba
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Grand Cayman (Cayman Islands)
  • Grenada
  • Guadeloupe
  • Haiti
  • Jamaica
  • Martinique
  • Netherlands Antilles (including Bonaire, Curacao and Sint Maarten)
  • St Kitts/Nevis
  • St Lucia
  • St. Vincent
  • Trinidad/Tobago
  • Turks/Caicos
US Citizens Outbound Travel to the Caribbean 2018
U.S. Citizens Outbound Travel - Caribbean      
  2018 2017 % change
Jan 598,896 621,686 -3.7%
Feb 673,271 683,538 -1.5%
Mar 889,631 822,751 8.1%
Apr 722,504 783,076 -7.7%
May 725,539 714,117 1.6%
Jun 900,872 865,847 4.0%
Jul 951,631 959,510 -0.8%
Aug 746,542 718,092 4.0%
Sep 451,939 356,693 26.7%
Oct 537,150 473,086 13.5%
Nov 654,185 567,498 15.3%
Dec 850,057 754,622 12.6%
YTD 8,702,217 8,320,516 4.6%
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US Citizens Outbound Travel Total 2018
U.S. Citizens Outbound Travel - Total      
  2018 2017 % change
Jan 6,057,128 5,670,475 6.8%
Feb 6,007,548 5,562,187 8.0%
Mar 7,983,318 6,976,771 14.4%
Apr 6,885,644 6,914,368 -0.4%
May 7,915,303 7,452,730 6.2%
Jun 9,756,362 9,280,209 5.1%
Jul 9,959,378 9,750,504 2.1%
Aug 9,011,316 8,192,258 10.0%
Sep 7,304,529 6,826,425 7.0%
Oct 6,948,874 6,515,675 6.6%
Nov 6,861,084 6,489,528 5.7%
Dec 8,347,774 7,923,666 5.4%
YTD 93,038,257 87,554,795 6.3%
Source: ITA: National Travel & Tourism Office    

​Caribbean share of total outbound trips made by US citizens 2018
U.S. Citizens Outbound Travel - Caribbean Share      
  2018 2017 % pt change
Jan 9.9% 11.0% -1.1%
Feb 11.2% 12.3% -1.1%
Mar 11.1% 11.8% -0.6%
Apr 10.5% 11.3% -0.8%
May 9.2% 9.6% -0.4%
Jun 9.2% 9.3% -0.1%
Jul 9.6% 9.8% -0.3%
Aug 8.3% 8.8% -0.5%
Sep 6.2% 5.2% 1.0%
Oct 7.7% 7.3% 0.5%
Nov 9.5% 8.7% 0.8%
Dec 10.2% 9.5% 0.7%
YTD 9.4% 9.5% -0.1%
Source: ITA: National Travel & Tourism Office      
Released: February 2019    
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