U.S. Outbound Tourism Snapshot for October 2016
Skift Take
With more airlift from the U.S. to Mexico, and the country's increased focus on luxury travel, combined with a stronger U.S. economy, it makes sense that U.S. travel growth to Mexico became robust in 2016.
Some 2.5 million U.S. citizens traveled abroad in October, up four percent over October 2015, according to monthly statistics released this week by the U.S. National Travel and Tourism Office.
This brings U.S. citizen overseas travel to 29.6 million in the first 10 months of the year, up seven percent for the year (this excludes travel to Mexico and Canada).
Every month, the National Travel
