According to a survey conducted in March 2022, the most common months in which adults planned to travel in summer 2022 in the United States varied among U.S. travelers. The majority of respondents, 29 percent, stated that they planned to travel in June. Meanwhile, 12 percent of travelers planned to travel in August.

In July 2025, booking.com was the most visited travel and tourism website worldwide. That month, Booking’s web page recorded almost 519 million visits. Tripadvisor.com and wetter.com followed in the ranking, with roughly 133 million and 108 million visits, respectively. Popular online travel agencies in the U.S. Online travel agencies (OTAs), such as Booking.com and Expedia, offer a wide variety of services, including online hotel bookings, flight reservations, and car rentals. According to the Statista Consumer Insights Global survey, when looking at flight search engine online bookings by brand in the United States, Booking.com and Expedia were the most popular options when it came to making online flight reservations in 2025. When focusing on hotel and private accommodation online bookings in the U.S., Booking.com was again the most popular brand, followed by Airbnb, Expedia, and Hotels.com. Booking Holdings vs. Expedia Group Booking.com is one of the most popular sites of the online travel group Booking Holdings, the leading online travel agency worldwide based on revenue, that also owns brands like Priceline, Kayak, and Agoda. In 2024, Booking Holdings' revenue amounted to almost 24 billion U.S. dollars, the highest figure reported by the company to date. Meanwhile, global revenue of Expedia Group, which manages brands like Expedia, Hotels.com, and Vrbo, reached nearly 14 billion U.S. dollars that year.

As of April 2025, it was found that Florida and New York were the two most visited states by adults in the United States, having been visited by ** and ** percent of respondents, respectively. In contrast, only ** percent of respondents said they had visited Alaska, making it the least-visited state. What is the most visited national park in the U.S.? With approximately **** million recreational visits in 2023, the Blue Ridge Parkway was the most visited National Park Service park in the United States. The park extends *** miles through Virginia and North Carolina, connecting the Shenandoah National Park to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Meanwhile, the number of recreational visitors to Yellowstone National Park in 2023 was *** million, up from the previous year’s total of **** million. How many domestic leisure trips do Americans take? The number of domestic leisure trips in the U.S. amounted to **** billion in 2022. As estimated, domestic leisure travels in the U.S. dropped to *** billion in 2020. This was due to travel restrictions related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It is forecast that the number of leisure trips will recover gradually during the following years, reaching * billion by 2026. The number of business trips, by comparison, is forecast to reach *** million that same year.

This statistic shows the most popular months for staying in a vacation rental in the United States as of March 2015. During the survey, 21 percent of the respondents said they preferred to stay in a vacation rental in June.

Adults in the United States were surveyed about the tourist attractions that they viewed most positively as of the third quarter of 2024. The Grand Canyon National Park ranked first on the list with a popularity score amounting to 81 percent. Meanwhile, the Statue of Liberty and Niagra Falls ranked second and third, respectively.

According to a survey conducted in March 2022, the most popular types of summer vacation destinations varied among travelers in the United States. The most popular summer vacation destination among U.S. travelers was the beach, with ** percent of respondents stating that this was the case.

In 2024, the most visited state in the United States by international tourists was New York, attracting just nearly ********** visitors. Florida and California followed in the ranking, with almost ************ and slightly under ************* international visitors, respectively.

According to 2023 estimates, Booking Holdings' global revenue was evenly split between mobile and desktop bookings. As estimated, the online travel agency (OTA) generated revenue of roughly **** billion U.S. dollars through mobile devices and **** billion U.S. dollars via desktop bookings. In contrast, it was estimated that most of the Expedia Group and Airbnb's revenue came from desktop users that year. What are the most visited travel and tourism websites? In January 2024, booking.com topped the ranking of the most visited travel and tourism websites worldwide, ahead of tripadvisor.com and airbnb.com. When breaking down the visits to booking.com by country that month, the United States emerged as the leading market, followed by the United Kingdom and Germany. What are the most popular online travel agency apps worldwide? In 2024, Airbnb, Booking.com, and Expedia were among the most downloaded online travel agency apps worldwide. Booking.com is one of the leading brands of Booking Holdings, along with Priceline, Agoda, and Kayak. Meanwhile, Expedia is among the most popular brands of the Expedia Group, together with Vrbo, Hotels.com, and Trivago.

In the first 11 months of 2022, Airbnb was the largest travel-related advertiser on TV, having spent an estimated **** million U.S. dollars on promotion in the medium. The second in the ranking was Delta Air Lines and its TV ad spending of **** million, while Expedia.com rounded out the top three with ** million.

 In 2024, approximately *** million visitors from China arrived in the United States, representing a significant increase from the previous year. Before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, around **** million arrivals were recorded for the year 2019. Tourism in the United States In 2024, the United States had more than ** million international visitors, where the majority of visitors to the United States came from the North American countries Canada and Mexico, with China being the fourth biggest source of Asian tourists, after India, Japan, and South Korea. However, in terms of travel spending in the United States, in 2023, Chinese tourists were estimated to have spent more than any other Asian country, explaining the increasingly important role played by Chinese tourists among other international tourists. Outbound tourism from China In the past decade, the number of outbound Chinese tourists has soared threefold, with the vast majority of trips being made for private purpose. The United States was one of the popular international travel destinations among Chinese a few years back, despite Thailand, Japan, and Vietnam still being very popular potentially due to the shorter distance to travel. Chinese tourists also became more willing to spend when they travel. The share of outbound tourism expenditure in China’s GDP exceeded *** percent for several years before the coronavirus pandemic.

This statistic shows the most visited tourist attractions worldwide as of April 2014. Each year, 22.5 million people visit Niagara Falls.

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Attracting just short of 40 million visitors per year, the Las Vegas Strip was the most visited tourist attraction in the world as of April 2014, closely followed by Times Square in New York City with 39.2 million. The top nine tourist attractions, and 28 out of the top 50, were located in the United States. With so much to see and do in their own country, it is not surprising that many U.S. travelers choose to take domestic trips over international ones – in 2014, 84 percent of people taking trips were traveling domestically, compared to just 16 percent traveling abroad.

The Las Vegas Strip, situated in Las Vegas in the state of Nevada, is well-known for its gambling and casino scene, nightlife, restaurants and shopping. The city is packed with resorts offering a variety of entertainment for visitors. Nevada’s most famous industry, casino gaming, was expected to generate around 13 billion U.S. dollars in 2015. Las Vegas is also a leader in the U.S. meetings and conventions industry, hosting more than 22 thousand conventions in 2013.

Outside of the U.S., the most visited tourist attraction was the Forbidden City in Beijing, receiving more than 15 million visitors annually. Built in the early fifteenth century, the Forbidden City was home to Emperors and the center of Chinese government from the Ming dynasty until the end of the Qing dynasty in 1912. The most visited tourist attraction in Europe was the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul, Turkey. The ancient market received 15 million visitors in 2014, although only ranked 11th worldwide.

In 2022, Jamaica welcomed nearly *** million overnight tourist arrivals from the United States, ranking as the most popular country of origin among foreign visitors in the Caribbean island that year. The second place in the ranking was occupied by Canada with almost *** thousand tourist arrivals. How long do visitors stay in Jamaica? The average number of nights spent by international tourists in Jamaica showed an overall declining trend between 2010 and 2019, going from an average of **** to less than *****, with some small growth happening between 2014 and 2016. However, foreign visitors in Jamaican territory stayed once again around **** nights in 2020 and 2021 on average, representing an increase of more than ** percent versus 2019. Nonetheless in 2022, the average number of nights spent by tourists in the country decreased again to around * nights. When is the most popular month for tourists to travel to Jamaica? In July and December 2022, the average number of international overnight tourist arrivals in Jamaica was roughly *** and *** thousand visitors respectively, making these two months the most popular amongst tourists. Additionally, the month of December 2022 saw the highest year-over-year number of arrivals, with an increase of approximately ** percent compared to December of the previous year. Thus, this recovery nearly reached pre-pandemic levels of *** thousand in 2019. In terms of spending, international tourists in Jamaica contributed around *** billion U.S. dollars in 2022, representing a ** percent increase compared to the previous year. This growth was part of a broader trend throughout the *****, where inbound tourism spending in the Caribbean country steadily increased.

In 2024, the number of global cruise passengers increased by **** percent over the previous year, totaling **** million. This figure was forecast to grow steadily in the following years, reaching an estimated **** million in 2028. What are the most popular cruise destinations worldwide? Cruises travel to nearly all parts of the world, from local coastal destinations to remote places such as Antarctica. Some cruises may last only a few days, but others may last weeks or months as they travel across entire oceans or even take a trip around the world. In 2024, the Caribbean, Bahamas, and Bermuda were the most popular cruise destinations worldwide. That year, Central and Western Mediterranean countries reported the second-highest passenger volume. Which are the global leading cruise companies? Two of the largest cruise companies worldwide are Carnival Corporation & plc and Royal Caribbean Cruises, both based in the United States. In 2024, Carnival Corporation & plc's global revenue amounted to ** billion U.S. dollars, the highest figure reported by the company to date. Meanwhile, Royal Caribbean’s global revenue also reached an all-time high, exceeding ** billion U.S. dollars.

In the financial year of 2025, Indira Gandhi international airport, serving the national capital region of Delhi, handled more than ** million passengers. The aviation industry in the country has grown drastically over the last decade, with the domestic air travel market witnessing the fastest growth worldwide. However, there was a decline of more than ** percent, in the total number of passengers handled on a year-over-year basis, in the financial year 2021. Low-cost carriers such as Indigo and Jet Airways were the prominent institutions in the domestic sector, but with the suspension of operations by the latter in early 2019, the runway seems set for IndiGo to take off in the market. Jet Airways resumed operation mid of 2022. The crashJet Airways, formerly one of the biggest private airline companies, began facing issues late in the year 2018. Increased pressure from owners and increasing consumer complaints in 2019 did not improve the situation, and after a debt of over a billion U.S. dollars, the company decided to suspend operations. With new credits from private investors, the airlines resumed operation in the mid of 2022. More runways, less stressIndira Gandhi international airport was the busiest airport in the south Asian country. The pressure on airport authorities from arrivals and departures is likely to reduce with the promise of up to ** new airports by the newly re-elected prime minister Narendra Modi. The addition to the already operating *** airports could be a possible blessing in disguise for the authorities as well as the passengers, who can then have the freedom of landing directly or close to the destination of their choice

As of August 2023, there were *** national parks in Latin America. Brazil registered the largest number up until that month, with *** national parks. Mexico followed with **, while Chile and Costa Rica recorded ** and ** national parks, respectively. At that time, Mexico and Brazil were the countries with the largest number of zoos and aquariums in the Latin American region.

The total consumer spending on restaurants and hotels in Latvia was forecast to continuously increase between 2024 and 2029 by in total 279.5 million U.S. dollars (+19.42 percent). After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the restaurants- and hotels-related spending is estimated to reach 1.7 billion U.S. dollars and therefore a new peak in 2029. Consumer spending, in this case concerning restaurants and hotels, refers to the domestic demand of private households and non-profit institutions serving households (NPISHs) in the selected region. Spending by corporations or the state is not included. Consumer spending is the biggest component of the gross domestic product as computed on an expenditure basis in the context of national accounts. The other components in this approach are consumption expenditure of the state, gross domestic investment as well as the net exports of goods and services. Consumer spending is broken down according to the United Nations' Classification of Individual Consumption By Purpose (COICOP). The shown data adheres broadly to group 11. As not all countries and regions report data in a harmonized way, all data shown here has been processed by Statista to allow the greatest level of comparability possible. The underlying input data are usually household budget surveys conducted by government agencies that track spending of selected households over a given period.The data is shown in nominal terms which means that monetary data is valued at prices of the respective year and has not been adjusted for inflation. For future years the price level has been projected as well. The data has been converted from local currencies to US$ using the average exchange rate of the respective year. For forecast years, the exchange rate has been projected as well. The timelines therefore incorporate currency effects.Find more key insights for the total consumer spending on restaurants and hotels in countries like Lithuania and Estonia.

As of July 2022, Accor was by a wide margin the hotel chain with the highest number of rooms in Brazil, counting nearly **** thousand. The French hotel chain was followed by the U.S. American Choice, which had more than ** thousand rooms in the South American country in that same month. These two hotel chains had a combined number of *** hotel establishments in Brazil.

In 2024, around *** million outbound tourists from South Korea visited the United States. This made it the most popular destination in the Americas for Korean tourists that year by far. The second-most visited country, Canada, saw almost ******* visitors from Korea.

The Capital District of Bogotá welcomed more than *** million international tourists in Colombia in 2023, while Antioquia – with Medellín as capital – received roughly *** thousand foreign visitors arriving in the South American country that year. Bogotá: the main travel hub in Colombia With a population approximating ***** million inhabitants, Bogotá is not only the capital of Colombia but also its most populated city. In addition to that, its geographic location —right in the middle of the country's territory— has also enabled this metropolis to become the most important crossing point for international and domestic travelers. Bogotá’s International Airport is by a wide margin, the main point of entry into the Latin American country, handling more than *** million passengers each month in pre-pandemic times. Cartagena: the most attractive destination of the Colombian Caribbean coast With its Spanish colonial buildings of the walled city, the modern vibe of Boca Grande, and the colorful houses of Getsemaní, Cartagena attracts many international and domestic tourists each year. This Caribbean city is also Colombia's cruise tourism center, with more than *** thousand passenger arrivals per year in pre-pandemic times. Consequently, Bolívar ranks among the departments with the largest number of accommodation establishments in Colombia, with nearly *** thousand in total.

The North-African nation Morocco ranked first among the African countries with the most international tourist arrivals, accounting for almost **** million arrivals in 2024. Following in second place and third place were Egypt and Tunisia, which received around **** million and **** million arrivals, respectively.    Which is the top tourist spot?  Egypt ranked first in terms of international tourism receipts in 2023, which amounted to approximately **** billion U.S. dollars. Morocco, South Africa, and Tanzania followed, with international tourist receipts of around **** billion, *** billion, and *** billion U.S. dollars, respectively. Furthermore, Egypt, Morocco, and South Africa have been the three leading countries since 2019. Regarding the Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI) in Africa in 2024, which measures factors and policies that make a country eligible for investments in the travel and tourism sector, South Africa, Mauritius, and Egypt held the top spots. South Africa received a TTCI score of **** out of seven, while Mauritius and Egypt received **** and **** points, respectively. Comparatively, Botswana and Kenya came in next.