US OFFICE OF TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRIES has published its figures for 2005. Taking out Canada and Mexico, the UK comfortably retains its position as the number one generator of inbound traffic with 4.4m visitors, nearly half of the European total. Japan comes up next at 3.8m. In 2005 international visitation to the US increased 7% over 2004 to 49.9m visitors. This represents the second consecutive year the US travel and tourism industry has benefited from positive visitation growth, having increased 12% to 46.1m in 2004. In monetary terms this is valued at US$8.9m per month, a 12% increase.
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