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Most-Visited U.S. Cities

Name the American cities that received the most international visitors from overseas.
For the year 2018. Source
Based on % of survey respondents who visited the city
Cities that are the not the primary city in their urban area have been filled in
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Last updated: June 28, 2019
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First submittedJune 28, 2019
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% of Visitors
City
26.5
New York City
12.9
Miami
12.7
Los Angeles
10.9
Orlando
8.83
San Francisco
7.78
Las Vegas
6.49
Honolulu
% of Visitors
City
5.11
Washington D.C.
4.14
Boston
3.82
Chicago
2.84
San Diego
2.43
Fort Lauderdale
2.23
Houston
1.94
Anaheim
% of Visitors
City
1.83
Seattle
1.78
Atlanta
1.60
Philadelphia
1.60
Dallas
1.50
San Jose
1.25
Tampa
1.14
New Orleans
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Level ∞
Jun 28, 2019
If you're thinking of visiting Seattle, save your money. Hotels are like $250 a night, traffic is brutal, and there's nothing to see.
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Level 76
Jun 28, 2019
Well I enjoyed it. Maybe you're taking your home city for granted!
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Level 31
Nov 21, 2020
Missed Houston, New Orleans, Tampa and Honolulu
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Level 89
Jun 28, 2019
Steve Miller went from Phoenix, Arizona to Tacoma and U-turned straight for Philadelphia, Atlanta and L.A. instead of continuing to Seattle.
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Level 88
Jun 30, 2019
Only those of us of a certain age can appreciate that comment. Well done.
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Level 84
Jul 25, 2021
Wasn't that from his song about his bout with a kidney stone?
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Level 77
Oct 21, 2022
He even ended up in Northern California, but never went further.
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Level 43
Jun 29, 2019
I enjoyed my visit to Seattle a few years ago
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Level 68
Jun 29, 2019
So true lol
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Level 78
Jun 29, 2019
If its so bad why did Frasier move from Boston !
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Level ∞
Jun 29, 2019
It's a great city to live in (if you can afford it). Unfortunately, the population has increased by 22% since 2010 which has made everything crowded and expensive. Thanks a lot Amazon.
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Level 82
Jun 29, 2019
I visited a couple friends there in 2001. One of them was attending DigiPen and toured me around the school and we went over to Nintendo of America as well and GameWorks downtown. I saw Pike's Place Market and the original Starbucks with the other friend and went to some nightclubs and the park with the Space Needle. I enjoyed the moody atmospherics of constant overcast drizzling which matched my mindset at the time and complimented the music I was listening to then. Wasn't a bad weekend. I don't remember what I spent on hotels but I think I got something through Priceline back when the only option was still to name your own price and I'm sure it was much less than $250. Probably closer to 35 or 40 I rarely paid more than that for hotels those days.
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Level 80
Jul 2, 2019
I was in Seattle about three weeks ago and enjoyed the visit but the traffic in the downtown area was horrendous! There also seemed to be a huge amount of long term construction work going on which was causing chaos. Hopefully it will all be sorted eventually but it may take a while.
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Level 29
Aug 13, 2019
Sounds like Frankfurt for me as a german ;)
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Level 56
Feb 22, 2021
I live a 4, almost 5, hour drive away from you.
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Level 70
Apr 24, 2021
I live in Washington. This is just not true. Maybe not just Seattle, but Washington is an extremely beautiful and nice place. Seattle not as much, but it's still pretty cool not going to lie.
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Level 28
Jun 28, 2019
were gonna go to Honolulu next month
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Level 76
Jun 28, 2019
I checked the source, and places 15-21 are occupied by Seattle, Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, Flagstaff, Philadelphia, San Jose, Tampa and Dallas. I suspect the Anaheim bracket was mostly Disneyland visitors.
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Level 67
Aug 13, 2019
Flagstaff is probably because of the Grand Canyon.
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Level 82
Jul 1, 2019
Wow, I've been to 12 on only one trip, and passed through 2 others
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Level 73
Aug 13, 2019
"the most international visitors from overseas." So it doesn't count visitors from Canada or Mexico?
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Level 53
Aug 13, 2019
As a non-american, I am at a disadvantage in most US geography quizzes. Here I easily scored 100% on my first try with few wrong guesses ;)

Just had to think about where my friends usually travel in the US...

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Level 67
Aug 13, 2019
You should not have left some cities filled in. The fun of these quizzes is being hard.
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Level 46
Aug 13, 2019
I agree - leaving those blank would've made this quiz more fun. Plus, if people can get Orlando because of Disneyworld, they can get Anaheim for Disneyland.
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Level 77
Aug 13, 2019
Agree completely. I have never appreciated being given the answers for any reason. If it belongs on the quiz then I deserve the chance to figure it out.
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Level 77
Sep 16, 2020
Yeah, it's very annoying when they fill in Cologne-Dusseldorf and the Ruhr on city quizzes as well.
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Level 83
Aug 4, 2020
I always forget Washington DC.
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Level 68
Sep 12, 2020
No city really surprised me. Missed out on New Orleans first try for some reason though
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Level 65
Jan 17, 2021
It was three seconds left when I thought about Texas. I typed Houston, and then Dallas with half a second left to barely get 100%.
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Level 46
Apr 4, 2021
As a New Orleans resident, I'm pretty sure the only reason we're up there is because of Mardi Gras
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Level 85
Mar 24, 2022
A classic example of how people never appreciate their own cities. New Orleans is one of the most beautiful and most historic cities in the country with great food, great music, great architecture, and great culture.

And I couldn't care less about Mardi Gras.

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Level 87
Dec 15, 2022
As another New Orleans resident, MyNameWasTaken's comment is probably still accurate. I love living here with all of the things you just mentioned, but (un?)fortunately Mardi Gras seems to be the big draw. I absolutely take part in the celebrations of course, but there's a lot more to the city to offer than just a big party that lasts a few weeks and doesn't stop until Ash Wednesday
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Level 67
Apr 23, 2022
I have only seen three of these cities; NYC, Las Vegas, and Orlando.
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Level 50
Jun 26, 2022
why did you fill in those three cities. Put them in the quiz so it is more of a challenge
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Level 72
May 23, 2023
They are in an urban area of a different city.