NTTO: Top U.S. States And Cities Visited Monitor Updated To Calendar Year 2025

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Top State Visited by Overseas Visitors: Florida (9,340,000)
Top City-MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) Visited by Overseas Visitors: New York City (8,915,000)


The International Trade Administration’s National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) has updated its U.S. States and Cities Visited Monitor, a data visualization tool highlighting overseas visitation to U.S. states (and U.S. territories) and cities through interactive tables and maps, to calendar year 2025.  Highlights for 2025 include:

  • Top state visited by overseas visitors: Florida (9,340,000)
  • Top city-MSA visited by overseas visitors: New York City (8,915,000)
  • Biggest state # gain of overseas visitors from 2024: Florida (+480,000)
  • Biggest % gain of overseas visitors from 2024: Puerto Rico (+60.1%)
  • Top 5 states’ combined market share: 62.5% of overseas visitors
  • Top 5 city-MSA’s combined market share: 48.9% of overseas visitors

U.S. States and Cities Visited Monitor has six sections:

  • Top 5 States and U.S. Cities in 2025: volume, gains and declines
  • Select a U.S. State: state rank, volume, # change, % change, market share and top cities-MSAs
  • Map of Top States-Cities-MSAs: interactive display of top cities-MSAs visited in each state
  • Top U.S. States Visited: table of 2025 rank, market share, # change, % change and 2024 visitation and market share
  • Top U.S. Cities-MSAs VisitedT: table of 2025 rank, market share, # change, % change and 2024 visitation and market share
  • Download Data: download data into excel

The U.S. States and Cities Visited Monitor is located on NTTO’s Data Visualizations home page.

 

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