International US citizen departures in July 2025 rose by 4.6 percent to 11,765,102 compared to the same period last year, according to data from the National Travel and Tourism Office (NNTO).
“The year-to-date market share for North America (Mexico & Canada) was 48.8 percent and overseas was 51.2 percent, NNTO said, adding that Mexico was the recipient of the biggest outbound visitor volume of 3,778,909, which represented 32.1% of July departures.
“Canada recorded a year-over-year decrease of 4.3 percent,” NNTO said.
“Combined year-to-date, Mexico (24,529,733) and the Caribbean (7,393,922) accounted for 48.7 percent of total U.S. citizen international visitor departures,” NNTO said.
Europe was the second largest market for outbound U.S. visitors with 2,787,158 departures,” NNTO said. “This accounted for 23.7 percent of all departures in July. Outbound visitation to Europe in July 2025 increased 6.4 percent compared to July 2024.”
On the domestic front, visitor arrivals in the US (6,275,257) in July 2025 decreased by 8.9%, representing an 8.9% decrease compared to the same period last year.
The greatest number of international arrivals from Mexico (1,593,931), Canada (1,362,334), the UK (380,233), India (187,219) and France (176,222), the tourism office said.
“Combined, these top five source markets accounted for 59% of total international arrivals, NNTO said, adding that the “top five overseas tourism arrivals for July were the UK (344,884), France (164,222), Brazil (149,229), Germany (142,219) and Japan (140,589).”
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