Both sides keep making strikes against each other and now the US has issued a warning to all who are traveling abroad. The Department of State advises Americans worldwide, and especially in the Middle East, to exercise increased caution. How many people travel overseas from New York? While there not an exact stat on how many of those people go to the Middle East, it is estimated that 1.1 million people travel between the Middle East and New York, according to a study from 2024. That number of travelers has likely gone up as we become further removed from the pandemic and people are traveling more freely.