With BCG Matrix model, the preference of the major inbound tourists generating nations to the US as a tourist destination, the market competition state of the major inbound tourists generating nations in the US inbound tourism market, and the competitive advantage and the development potential of these tourists generating nations, especially to the US from 1990 to 2014 were analyzed. Based on a view of spatial and temporal integration, the dynamic characteristics of the US inbound tourists generating nations were discussed. The results showed that, in temporal the growth and evolution progress of the main inbound tourists generating nations to the US in the last 25 years was complex and fluctuated, and its structure has been constantly optimized. In spatial, the US inbound tourists generating nations expanded from Europe to Asia-Pacific. Moreover, the various objective and subjective factors of the inbound tourism market of the US in that their long-term high and benign operations were revealed. As a result, it aims at reflecting the changes of the world international tourism regional pattern, while starting from a typical international tourism destination. Much more, it also aims at revealing the general development rule of the inbound tourism market, and intends to provide a realistic model for the development of the inbound tourism market of China.

BCG Matrix model; inbound tourism; the market competition state of market; a view of spatial and temporal integration; USA