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Total International Visitors, 2016 05. New York: 12.75 million international visitors
21. Los Angeles: 5.60 million international visitors
24. Miami: 5.24 million international visitors
29. Toronto: 4.52 million international visitors
33. San Francisco: 3.93 million international visitors
34. Vancouver: 3.90 million international visitors
43. Mexico City: 2.98 million international visitors
51. Montreal: 2.24 million international visitors
53. Washington D.C.: 2.18 million international visitors
55. Chicago: 2.08 million international visitors
60. Boston: 1.74 million international visitors
69. Houston: 1.50 million international visitors
83. Atlanta: 1.02 million international visitors
93. Dallas/Fort Worth: 0.78 million international visitors
99. Philadelphia: 0.72 million international visitors
Dollar amount spent by International Visitors, 2016 (valuations in $USD):
01. New York: $18.52 Billion
02. Miami: $8.15 Billion
03. Los Angeles: $8.10 Billion
04. San Francisco: $5.93 Billion
05. Chicago: $2.95 Billion
06. Washington D.C.: $2.54 Billion
07. Houston: $2.48 Billion
08. Mexico City: $2.27 Billion
09. Boston: $2.18 Billion
10. Toronto: $2.16 Billion
11. Vancouver: $2.12 Billion
12. Atlanta: $1.47 Billion
13. Dallas/Fort Worth: $1.13 Billion
14. Montreal: $1.08 Billion
15. Philadelphia: $1.05 Billion
In case people were wondering, cities such as Cancun, Cabo San Lucas, Cozumel, Honolulu, Las Vegas, and Orlando were not included in this assessment. Had they been, it is presumed they would've been up pretty high for this.
For the American cities, they got their information from the United States' tourism bureau, a government agency that works with the trade department as well, so this is a rough sketch of the information the government has. These numbers for the United States cities do include Canada and Mexico, but only if those Canadian and Mexican visitors arrived via plane. Same for Canada and Mexico with regard to American visitors, counted for them only if they arrived via plane.
Surprising the Los Angeles and Miami are so close, and Chicago ranking below Vancouver, DC, and Montreal confirms what a lot have been saying around here-that its not really an international city. It's barely beating Houston.
Surprising the Los Angeles and Miami are so close, and Chicago ranking below Vancouver, DC, and Montreal confirms what a lot have been saying around here-that its not really an international city. It's barely beating Houston.
I don't the full economics involved in traveling over seas, but I would imagine it costs more and takes longer to get to Chicago than coastal cities. On the flip side, Chicago is more accesible to domestic travelers, which is why it probably crushes most non tourism cities (even NYC if you account for the size difference) in domestic visitors.
Surprising the Los Angeles and Miami are so close, and Chicago ranking below Vancouver, DC, and Montreal confirms what a lot have been saying around here-that its not really an international city. It's barely beating Houston.
On the other hand, Chicago has nearly as many international visitors as the nation's capital, which I consider pretty international in terms of drawing tourists.
I was surprised to see TO so high, but it looks like a bulk of their tourist numbers come from the U.S., according to the survey.
I'm surprised that Houston is as high as it is. Good for Houston. But these aren't strictly vacationers right? This could be folks in town for business.
I'm surprised that Houston is as high as it is. Good for Houston. But these aren't strictly vacationers right? This could be folks in town for business.
Yeah, I think the report cited nearly 43% business travelers.
Yeah, I think the report cited nearly 43% business travelers.
And not to downplay it as it's a great city, but I'm guessing a lot of Vancouver's bucks are coming from Seattlites driving a couple of hours across the border.
Surprising the Los Angeles and Miami are so close, and Chicago ranking below Vancouver, DC, and Montreal confirms what a lot have been saying around here-that its not really an international city. It's barely beating Houston.
Philadelphia is slacking. I quite honestly expected DFW to be bottom of the list. With how CD say Boston is an international city, boosters say Philadelphia is at least on level with Boston, and people saying tourism is a major part of what makes an international and global city.
Toronto, Vancouve, and Montreal are pretty close to the US border and, aside from maybe Montreal, American population centers. Their visitor numbers may be inflated by that, which lowers spending per tourist.
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