When surveyed in 2022, it was found that Florida and New York were the two most visited states by adults in the United States, having been visited by 61 and 54 percent of respondents, respectively. Although it is not a state, the federal district of Washington, D.C. proved a popular travel destination for respondents, 49 percent of whom claimed to have visited the U.S. capital. In contrast, only 13 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 15.7 million recreational visits in 2022, the Blue Ridge Parkway was the most visited National Park Service park in the United States. The park extends 469 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 2022 was 3.29 million, down from the previous year’s total of 4.86 million.

How many domestic leisure trips do Americans take?

The number of domestic leisure trips in the U.S. amounted to 1.88 billion in 2022. As estimated, domestic leisure travels in the U.S. dropped to 1.4 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 two billion by 2026. The number of business trips, by comparison, is forecast to reach 480 million that same year.

In 2023, the most visited state in the United States by international tourists was New York, attracting just over nine million visitors. Florida and California followed in the ranking, with almost eight million and slightly under 6.3 million international visitors, respectively.

The statistic depicts the number of overseas visitors to selected U.S. states and territories from 2009 to 2016. In 2016, the state of New York was the most frequently selected travel destination for overseas visitors with approximately 10.01 million visitations over the course of the year.

This table contains 45 series, with data for years 2014 - 2014 (not all combinations necessarily have data for all years). This table contains data described by the following dimensions (Not all combinations are available): Geography (1 item: Canada) State visited (15 items: Florida; New York; Washington; California; ...) Travel characteristics (3 items: Visits; Nights; Spending in country).

During a 2022 survey, adults in the United States were asked how many states they had visited. In response, nine percent of survey participants answered that they had visited between two and five states, with the source also including the respondents' home states as a state visited. In contrast, two percent of respondents claimed to have visited all 50 U.S. states, with some also having been to Washington D.C.

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

Most visited tourist attractions - additional information

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.

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To provide information on the effect of travel publicity material and attitudes of visitors to the USA towards their experiences.
Main Topics:

Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Publicity and information material: what first interested respondent in considering a trip to the USA (e.g. travel movie, television), views on USTS, promotional material (i.e. whether text informative, whether illustrations appealing, whether additional material needed, and if so, what kind), where travel posters and advertisements were seen, whether they were the product of the USTS. The appeal of such material is recorded (i.e. whether they stimulated interest in a trip to USA), whether respondent has actually recently read an article, heard or seen a radio or television programme on travel to or within the USA; finally, whether respondent plans to visit the USA in the next 12 months.
The second part of the survey is concerned with the attitudes towards their trips of those respondents who have already visited the USA.
Information includes: approximate date and length of most recent visit, whether this was first trip, main purpose of trip (7 categories), total expenditure incurred, whether it was an inclusive tour, number of other people in party, who organised the trip (11 categories), whether travel arrangements were made through a travel agent, modes of inter-city transportation used (6 categories), public accommodation used.
Attitudinal data include: degrees of satisfaction with the 99 day - dollar 99 unlimited bus travel plan (if used), degree of satisfaction with the special local service airline fare (if used), degree of enjoyment of USA visit (4 point scale). Respondents are asked to state their general opinion, according to a 3 point scale for both quality and price, on public accommodation used and food eaten in public eating places. They are also asked to state what sightseeing highlighted their trip, and the things they least liked and most liked about the USA.
Background Variables
Occupation, magazine and newspaper readership, whether a holiday or business trip has been taken outside the UK within the last 12 months, and, if so, countries visited.

The number of international tourist arrivals in the Americas rose sharply in 2023 compared to the previous year. That said, it remained below the figures reported before the impact of COVID-19. Overall, the United States was the most visited country by inbound travelers in the Americas in 2023, with over 66 million international tourist arrivals. Mexico and Canada followed in the ranking that year, with around 42 million and 18 million arrivals, respectively.

The New York Times is releasing a series of data files with cumulative counts of coronavirus cases in the United States, at the state and county level, over time. We are compiling this time series data from state and local governments and health departments in an attempt to provide a complete record of the ongoing outbreak.

Since late January, The Times has tracked cases of coronavirus in real time as they were identified after testing. Because of the widespread shortage of testing, however, the data is necessarily limited in the picture it presents of the outbreak.

We have used this data to power our maps and reporting tracking the outbreak, and it is now being made available to the public in response to requests from researchers, scientists and government officials who would like access to the data to better understand the outbreak.

The data begins with the first reported coronavirus case in Washington State on Jan. 21, 2020. We will publish regular updates to the data in this repository.

From 2010 to 2019, the total trip expenditure of international tourists visiting Australia had increased steadily. Total trip expenditure fell from over 44 billion Australian dollars in 2019 to an all-time low of around 1.2 billion in 2021. This significant change in an otherwise upward trend was largely due to global travel restrictions. However, international visitor trip expenditure rebounded in the 2024 financial year, exceeding pre-pandemic levels at over 47 billion Australian dollars, indicating a strong recovery from the impact of the pandemic. International visitors to Australia: where are they traveling from? Among the top international source markets of visitors to Australia, New Zealand residents led the way, with over 1.2 million visitors to Australia in the year ending June 2024, followed closely by tourists from China at nearly 800,000. The majority of international travelers came for vacations or to visit family and friends, with approximately three million holiday-makers that year. Notably, holiday-makers contributed the highest trip expenditure, at around 16.7 billion Australian dollars. Regional preferences and economic impact of international tourism New South Wales emerged as the most popular destination of international visitors by state, welcoming over 3.7 million international travelers in the year ended June 2024. This state alone accounted for more than a third of all international visitor nights across Australia. Tourists from China were the biggest spenders among international arrival groups to Australia in 2024, contributing about nine billion Australian dollars to the economy, followed by visitors from the United States, who spent just over 4.5 billion.

U.S. States & EquivalentsThis feature layer, utilizing National Geospatial Data Asset (NGDA) data from the U.S. Census Bureau, displays states and equivalent entities such as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Per USCB, "States and equivalent entities are the primary governmental divisions of the United States. In addition to the fifty states, the Census Bureau treats the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and each of the Island Areas (American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) as the statistical equivalents of states for the purpose of data presentation."New JerseyData currency: This cached Esri federal service is checked weekly for updates from its enterprise federal source (State-County) and will support mapping, analysis, data exports and OGC API – Feature access.NGDAID: 90 (Series Information for State and Equivalent Entities National TIGER/Line Shapefiles, Current)OGC API Features Link: U.S. States and EquivalentsFor more information, please visit: State or Statistically Equivalent EntityFor feedback please contact: Esri_US_Federal_Data@esri.comNGDA Data SetThis data set is part of the NGDA Governmental Units, and Administrative and Statistical Boundaries Theme Community. Per the Federal Geospatial Data Committee (FGDC), this theme is defined as the "boundaries that delineate geographic areas for uses such as governance and the general provision of services (e.g., states, American Indian reservations, counties, cities, towns, etc.), administration and/or for a specific purpose (e.g., congressional districts, school districts, fire districts, Alaska Native Regional Corporations, etc.), and/or provision of statistical data (census tracts, census blocks, metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, etc.). Boundaries for these various types of geographic areas are either defined through a documented legal description or through criteria and guidelines. Other boundaries may include international limits, those of federal land ownership, the extent of administrative regions for various federal agencies, as well as the jurisdictional offshore limits of U.S. sovereignty. Boundaries associated solely with natural resources and/or cultural entities are excluded from this theme and are included in the appropriate subject themes."For other NGDA Content: Esri Federal Datasets

In November 2024, Google.com was the most visited website in the United States, with over 25 billion total visits. YouTube.com came in second with 12 billion total visits. Reddit.com and Amazon.com counted approximately 3.12 billion and 2.89 monthly visits each from U.S. online audiences.

This statistic shows the leading winter domestic state destinations for travelers in the United States in 2014. According to 58 percent of ASTA member travel agency owners and managers, Florida was the most popular winter domestic state destination for travelers in 2014.

This statistic shows the most popular types of vacation destination for United States travelers in 2015. During the survey, 24 percent of the respondents said they were planning to vacation at a national or state park in 2015.

The Magic Kingdom Theme Park, located at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, was the most visited Disney theme park location in the United States in 2023, with over 17.7 million visitors. Meanwhile, the Disney theme park with the fewest visitors that year, also located at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, was Typhoon Lagoon, which reported just under two million guests.

The statistic depicts the number of visitors received by the most visited museums in Brazil in 2016. That year, the Imperial Museum located in the city of Petrópolis (state of Rio de Janeiro) was the most visited Brazilian museum in 2016, with approximately 321,600 visitors.

In the academic year 2022/23, California was the most popular state for international students, with 138,393 international students studying there. New York, Texas, Massachusetts, and Illinois rounded out the top five leading states for international students in the United States.

The economic impact of tourism in New York state saw significant growth in 2023, reaching 137 billion U.S. dollars. When looking at a breakdown of tourism’s economic impact in New York, direct sales accounted for the highest share of economic impact, followed by induced sales. Is New York the most visited state in the U.S.? In 2023, the most visited state in the U.S., by international tourists, was New York. This was followed closely by Florida, and in third place, California. In 2023, visitation to New York City saw significant growth, reaching 62.2 million visitors. What do visitors spend the most on in New York? In 2023, the tourism segment with the highest visitor spending in New York was lodging. Visitors to New York also spent a significant amount on food and beverages, followed by retail and services. Comparatively, the industry which held the lowest share of visitor spending was recreation.

This statistic shows the share of people who state Jack in the Box is their most frequented quick service restaurant in the United States as of April 2016, by ethnicity. During the survey, five percent of the respondents of Hispanic origin stated that Jack in the Box is the fast food restaurant they eat at most often.

Mexico City was the leading travel destination in Mexico in 2019 - based on the number of tourist arrivals - with over 11.3 million arrivals that year. Cancún, located in the state of Quintana Roo, at the Yucatán Peninsula, ranked second, with approximately 8.6 million visitor arrivals that same year. Mexico was by the far the leading international tourist destination in Latin America in 2018.