International guests spent greater than $15.9 billion on journey to, and tourism-related actions inside, the United States
According to the most recent knowledge launched by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO), in November 2022, worldwide guests spent greater than $15.9 billion on journey to, and tourism-related actions inside, the United States – a rise of practically 57 p.c in comparison with November 2021.
At the identical time, Americans spent greater than $15.2 billion touring overseas, yielding an ever-so-slight steadiness of commerce surplus of $703 million for the month.
Year thus far (January by way of November 2022), worldwide guests have spent greater than $146.0 billion on US journey and tourism-related items and companies (up greater than 103% when in comparison with the identical interval within the earlier yr), injecting, on common, greater than $437 million a day into the US economic system.
Composition of Monthly Spending (Travel Exports)
Travel Spending
- Purchases of journey and tourism-related items and companies by worldwide guests touring within the United States totaled $8.6 billion in November 2022 (in comparison with $4.9 billion in November 2021), a rise of 77 p.c when in comparison with the earlier yr.
- For a pre-pandemic perspective, journey receipts totaled $11.7 billion in November 2019. These items and companies embrace meals, lodging, recreation, items, leisure, native transportation within the United States, and different objects incidental to overseas journey.
- Travel receipts accounted for 54 p.c of whole U.S. journey and tourism exports in November 2022.
Passenger Fare Receipts
- Fares acquired by U.S. carriers from worldwide guests totaled $3.2 billion in November 2022 (in comparison with $1.7 billion in November 2021), a rise of 88 p.c when in comparison with the earlier yr.
- For a pre-pandemic perspective, the United States exported practically $3.4 billion in passenger air transportation companies in November 2019. These receipts are expenditures by overseas residents on worldwide flights of U.S. air carriers.
- Passenger fare receipts accounted for 20 p.c of whole U.S. journey and tourism exports in November 2022.
Medical/Education/Short-Term Worker Spending
- Expenditures for instructional and health-related tourism, together with all expenditures by border, seasonal, and different short-term employees within the United States totaled $4.2 billion in November 2022 (in comparison with $3.6 billion in November 2021), a rise of 15 p.c when in comparison with the earlier yr.
- For a pre-pandemic perspective, this spending totaled practically $4.9 billion in November 2019.
- Medical tourism, schooling, and short-term employee expenditures accounted for 26 p.c of whole U.S. journey and tourism exports in November 2022.