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U.S. Is on Track to Welcome Nearly 84 Million Foreign Visitors a Year by 2018

Samantha Shankman

Photo Credit: Chinese tourists eat hot dogs and pizza outside of Central Park in New York City. Flickr / Ed Yourdon

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It's not a surprise that Chinese tourists will be driving arrivals over the next four years, but expectations for substantial growth out of South America and Middle East prove that the U.S. needs to ease visa restrictions and increase marketing worldwide to make the most of the increase.

The United States is expected to see international visitor arrivals increase up to 4.3 percent annually for the next four years, according to National Travel and Tourism Office's 2013 Fall Travel Forecast. This puts the country on track to welcome 83.9 million foreign visitors in 2018, up 26 percent from the 66.7 million visitors that arrived in 2012. The greatest growth is expected from South America where a 65 percent

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