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It'll be a while before another region overtakes Canada and Mexico's combined outbound U.S. visitation numbers but the increases across the board demonstrate much of the growth came from developing countries.
The U.S. welcomed a record 75 million international visitors last year, with Canada and Mexico remaining the top countries for visitor arrivals to the U.S. with nearly 40 million inbound U.S. arrivals between the two, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced this week.
But arrivals from China saw the most growth from last year (up 21.1%) followed by Mexico (up 19.2%). Brazil and China each had more than two million arrivals to the U.S. in 2014 putting them in the top 10 countries with the most arrivals. Colombia and India also had some of the highest percentages of year-over-year growth, 17.8% and 11.9% respectively.
Besides North America, Western Europe remained the region contributing the second highest number of international arrivals last year (12.7 million visitors) and Canada held onto its status as the country with the most international arrivals