From January to September, 66.7 million Americans made international trips – 9.5% higher than the results of the same period last year. According to data from the Tourism Office of the United States Department of Commerce, all markets showed improvement, except for South America, which had Brazil and Venezuela as negative highlights in the report.

Some markets, such as Europe (16.9%) and Africa (10.1%) had a considerable increase in the reception of the Americans. The Caribbean (6.5%), Asia (8.2%), Central America (0.9%), Oceania (6.3%) and the Middle East 6%) and Canada (2.7%) are accounted for separately.

Lonely among the markets that suffered a drop, South America received in the first nine months of the year 1.4 million tourists from that country – a drop of 6.9% in relation to the same cut of 2016.
According to the report, the decline in South American performance is linked to the significant drop in tourist arrivals, mainly in Brazil (-29%) and Venezuela (-42%), but also in Chile (-8%) and Peru (-5%).
With the brand, the region accounts for only 2.1% of the share of offshore regions receiving North Americans – overseas travel accounts for 44.4% of the total, which is complemented by trips in North America itself (Mexico and Canada) with 55.6%.
The market share of non-landed regions in the United States is dominated by Europe (18.9%), followed by the Caribbean (9.8%), Asia (6.3%), Central America (3.5%), , The Middle East (2.6%), South America (2.1%), Oceania (0.8%) and Africa (0.5%).

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Source: Panrotas