NTTO: U.S. Travel and Tourism Exports in July 2026
Date postedSeptember 14, 2026
Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in July 2026:
- International visitors spent nearly $20.4 billion on travel to, and tourism-related activities within, the United States during the month of July, a decrease of nearly 1 percent when compared to July 2025.
- Americans spent nearly $20.0 billion traveling abroad during July (up nearly 3% compared to last year), yielding a $413 million balance of trade surplus (exports minus imports) for the month.
- International visitors have spent an estimated $145.4 billion on U.S. travel and tourism-related goods and services during 2026, relatively unchanged (down -0.1%) when compared to the same period (January - July) last year; international visitors injected, on average, $686 million a day into the U.S. economy in 2026.
Composition of Monthly Spending (Travel Exports)
- Travel Spending
- Purchases of travel and tourism-related goods and services by international visitors traveling in the United States totaled nearly $11.3 billion during July 2026 (compared to $11.5 billion in July 2025), down 2 percent when compared to the previous year. These goods and services include food, lodging, recreation, gifts, entertainment, local transportation in the United States, and other items incidental to foreign travel.
- Travel receipts accounted for 55 percent of total U.S. travel and tourism exports in July 2026.
- Purchases of travel and tourism-related goods and services by international visitors traveling in the United States totaled nearly $11.3 billion during July 2026 (compared to $11.5 billion in July 2025), down 2 percent when compared to the previous year. These goods and services include food, lodging, recreation, gifts, entertainment, local transportation in the United States, and other items incidental to foreign travel.
- Passenger Fare Receipts
- Fares received by U.S. carriers from international visitors totaled $2.8 billion in July 2026, down nearly 3 percent when compared to July 2025. These receipts represent expenditures by foreign residents on international flights provided by U.S. air carriers.
- Passenger fare receipts accounted for 14 percent of total U.S. travel and tourism exports during July.
- Fares received by U.S. carriers from international visitors totaled $2.8 billion in July 2026, down nearly 3 percent when compared to July 2025. These receipts represent expenditures by foreign residents on international flights provided by U.S. air carriers.
- Medical/Education/Short-Term Worker Spending
- Expenditures for educational and health-related tourism, along with all expenditures by border, seasonal, and other short-term workers in the United States totaled $6.3 billion in July, an increase of nearly 3 percent when compared to the previous year.
- Medical tourism, education, and short-term worker expenditures accounted for 31 percent of total U.S. travel and tourism exports in July 2026.
- Expenditures for educational and health-related tourism, along with all expenditures by border, seasonal, and other short-term workers in the United States totaled $6.3 billion in July, an increase of nearly 3 percent when compared to the previous year.
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