New York City hosted 65.0 million visitors in 2025 — 52.4 million domestic, 12.5 million international — generating $84.7 billion in economic impact. The international share dipped 3.2% as Canada's boycott bit, but the domestic market and the luxury tier carried the city to its third year as America's fullest hotel market.
The United Kingdom remains New York's largest international source: 1.08 million British visitors, up 1.3% year on year. Then Canada (796,000 — down a striking 19.1% amid the tariff-era boycott), Italy (745,000, +5.5%), France (725,000), Brazil (670,000) and Mexico, which set a record 559,000.
The pattern beneath the table: Europe held or grew, the Americas split (Mexico up, Canada down), and the long-haul recovery still trails 2019's 13.5 million. NYC Tourism projects a rebound to 12.9 million international visitors in 2026, with growth from all top-20 markets.
52.4 million domestic visitors — up 1.7% — came overwhelmingly from the tristate area, Philadelphia, Washington, Los Angeles and Boston. Overnight trips rose 2.3% and now make up 51% of domestic visitation; leisure hit 99% of its 2019 peak. Business travel, at 12.6 million, is still rebuilding toward record levels.
The 2026 accelerant is the FIFA World Cup: matches in the NY/NJ region are expected to add 1.2 million visitors and $3.3 billion in economic impact — a demand spike stacked on top of a market already at 84% occupancy.
International visitors are roughly 20% of volume but a far larger share of value: they stay longer, book higher categories and average $627 per night in spend. That asymmetry explains Manhattan's luxury-first pipeline — the Waldorf's 375 large rooms, Faena, the coming Wolseley — and why the 3.2% international dip in 2025 barely dented rates: domestic and luxury demand absorbed it whole.
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