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International Visits Up 11 Percent - Did You Get A Piece Of It?
By Craig Altschul
May 20, 2008
The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced that 3.4 million international visitors came to our shores (maybe even our mountains) in January 2008 over the previous January. That's an 11 percent leap.
We welcomed a 13 percent rise in Canadian visitors with 47 percent of those arriving by air, while 17 came by land. Overseas arrivals increased by nine percent. United Kingdom visitors were up six percent, and that was on top of solid growth last year. Those crossing the southern border and heading for interior cities increased by 10 percent.
Asian visitors increased almost four percent, but not from Japan. They stayed home for a drop of three percent. South Americans came in solid numbers, for a rise of 25 percent. Double-digit growth came from Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, and Columbia. Brazil accounted for 41 percent of arrivals from that region.
The top three ports of entry in January were New York's JFK Airport, Miami, and Los Angeles. Did you get your share?
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