Even though Los Angeles, Miami, Toronto, San Francisco, Vancouver, Chicago, Washington, Montreal and Boston follow this leading hot spot of America, a survey from the MasterCard Global Destination Cities Index, show that they are nowhere close to the amount of international tourists attracted by New York alone. Los Angeles with its celebrity charms pulls almost a sizable 5 million tourists making overnight stays.
New York has observed a consistent rise since 2010 with 9.4 million International tourists visiting the city. The number reached its peak in 2013 when New York witnessed a huge leap of 11.1 million tourists and in 2014, breaking all records in the first half the number has increased to 11.08 million, a clear 6.60 per cent more than 2013 helping New York to earn US$18.60 billion.
New York has also ranked second in the world for international visitation followed by Los Angeles, Miami, Toronto and San Francisco.
Boston has received a promising start in 2014 with a 5.2 per cent rise since 2013, although much behind in the count it has fetched about US$2.5 billion just through tourism.
Los Angeles, the second ranking city in the USA too saw 5.80 per cent rise from 2013. Almost 5 million international visitors have already arrived in LA helping the city to earn US$7.70 billion in 2014.
Chicago recorded some great performance with a rise of 6.90 per cent from 2013 more than 2.4 million visited the city, earning revenue of US$3.80 billion.
Montreal needs to make better plans at wooing tourists with visitor numbers remaining consistent in 2013-14 to just 2 million. There has been a marginal 1.3 per cent rise and the city has managed to earn only US$1.1 million.
Toronto and Vancouver have performed better recording a rise of 4.30 per cent to 4.50 per cent respectively earning about US$2.30 billion on an average in 2014.
Known for its night life, New York naturally ranks at the top in international overnight spending which has reached US$18.60 billion in 2014 from US$16.40 in 2013.
Los Angeles also known for its night life saw international tourists spending US$7.70 in 2014. There has been a rise of 10.50 per cent since 2013 bringing 5 million visitors already to LA. Miami, San Francisco Chicago, Washington and Vancouver, the less popular overnight destinations have earned US$3.50 billion and US$2.50 billion respectively. Boston and Toronto which have earned between US$2.50 to US$2.20 billion in 2014 saw a rise of 11.50 per cent and 11.40 per cent. Houston which saw a 20 per cent rise in overnight spending is doing remarkably well by fetching 1.4 million international tourists to the city.
Almost 90 per cent visitors to New York come from outside North America making it more prominently a global city. New York saw 979 thousand visitors from London followed by other feeder cities like Sao Paulo who spent $1,521 million, Toronto, Paris and Beijing spent US$1,418 million in 2014.
Los Angeles saw maximum tourists arriving from feeder cities of Vancouver, followed by London, Seoul, Paris and Taipei whose visitors marked a 15.40 per cent rise in 2014. Tourists from Seoul visited in most numbers in 2014. Almost 284 visitors came to LA with a rise of 15.80 per cent from 2013, adding a US$577 million more to the city’s revenue.
Miami had maximum visitations from Sao Paulo. Tourist numbers from Caracas, London, Buenos Aires, and Bogota have dropped from 2013. An average of 380 tourists from Caracas had visited Miami in 2013 but the numbers have dropped by -8.50 per cent in 2014. Miami will definitely need to think hard to rebuild stronger tourism strategy to woo more international tourists. In 2014 visitors from Sao Paulo have spent US$1,073 in Miami.
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