USA Outbound Tourism for April 2014

The number of U.S. citizens traveling abroad in April 2014 increased 17 percent over the same month last year, according to monthly statistics released this week by the U.S. National Travel and Tourism Office.

USA Outbound Tourism for April 2014

Every month, the NTTO releases data regarding recent travel activity, including details about outbound travel from the United States. This is the most recent month for which this information is available.

One reason for the significant increase in tourism year-over-year was due to the timing of the Easter and Passover holidays. Easter fell on April 20, 2014, as opposed to March 31 the year prior. Passover in 2014 was April 14 to 22 while in 2013 it was March 25 to April 2.

USA Outbound Tourism for April 2014 North America, as usual, captured the greatest market share of U.S. international outbound travel with 42 percent heading to Mexico and 12 percent traveling to Canada.

Travel to both countries increased in April by a total of 25 percent year-over-year. This is significantly higher than 11-percent year-over-year increase experienced in March.

Among overseas markets, Europe captured 14 percent of outbound travel, or about 868,000 travelers, in April. The Caribbean was close behind with 12 percent of market share, or 683,000 travelers, in the same month.

Central America and the Middle East posted the highest year-over-year growth, 19 percent, in April. This is the second month in a row that Central America posted the highest growth.

South America was the only region to post a decline, one percent, in both March and April.

USA Outbound Tourism for April 2014

U.S. Citizen Outbound Travel April 2014

Region	Travelers [April 2014]	YTD Comparisons	YTD Market Share [April 2014]
North America	2.8M	14%	54%
Europe	868,000	4%	14%
Caribbean	630,000	7%	12%
Asia	382,000	3%	8%
South America	123,000	-1%	3%
Central America	214,000	11%	5%
Oceania	41,000	6%	1%
Middle East	142,000	12%	3%
Africa	28,000	– 4%	1%

Outbound U.S. travel increases every month from the beginning of year leading up to the busiest travel months between June and August.

U.S. Citizen Travel to International Regions in 2014 by Month

Regions	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
North America	2,439,199	2,442,851	2,846,314	2,750,197
Europe	577,691	497,003	806,663	868,367
Caribbean	498,620	550,203	705,211	629,774
Asia	376,296	312,814	397,296	381,817
South America	127,749	137,612	154,680	123,068
Central America	219,192	225,540	283,108	213,929
Oceania	51,774	62,658	60,097	41,314
Middle East	140,179	119,192	140,706	141,744
Africa	23,982	21,066	27,950	27,59
Grand Total	4,454,682	4,368,939	5,422,025	5,177,806

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