The National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) has resumed publishing international visitation and spending data and today announced that the United States welcomed more than 76.9 million international visitors into the country in 2017, who collectively spent a record-setting $251.4 billion experiencing the United States, an increase of 2 percent over 2016. These data reflect the resolution of underlying technical issues with a number of records received from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Customs and Border Protection, which led to the temporary suspension of publication of overseas arrivals data.
“International travelers continue to set spending records visiting the United States, and I expect that trend to continue in 2018 spawning further job growth,” said Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. “The American tourism industry, which generated a trade surplus of more than $77.4 billion last year, continues to help drive our economy to new heights.”
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