The Mexican city of Cancún was the top Latin American destination for foreign visitors in 2018, with approximately 6.04 million international tourist arrivals. This number was expected to increase by 1.8 percent in 2019, reaching 6.15 million foreign arrivals that year. Argentina's capital, Buenos Aires, ranked second on the list of top city destinations for international tourism in Latin America, with nearly 2.7 million international tourist arrivals in 2018 and an estimate of 2.77 million arrivals for 2019. During the depicted period, the most visited city in the whole American continent was New York.
Leading city destinations in Latin America from 2017 to 2019, by number of international tourist arrivals
(in millions)
* Forecast
International arrivals include visitors from abroad staying for at least 24 hours but not exceeding 12 months. Data also encompasses visitors to the city who arrived in the country via a different point of entry but traveled to the city for all purposes of visit: business, leisure, and visiting friends or relatives.
Arrivals excludes domestic visitors, same-day visitors, people in transit, and cruise passengers.
Numbers have been rounded.
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