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Spending on LEISURE TRAVEL by domestic and international travelers totaled $489. Billion in 2009. Spending on BUSINESS TRAVEL generated $214. Billion in tax revenue. Leisure TRAVEL activities include visiting relatives, shopping and visiting friends.
Spending on LEISURE TRAVEL by domestic and international travelers totaled $489. Billion in 2009. Spending on BUSINESS TRAVEL generated $214. Billion in tax revenue. Leisure TRAVEL activities include visiting relatives, shopping and visiting friends.
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Spending on LEISURE TRAVEL by domestic and international travelers totaled $489. Billion in 2009. Spending on BUSINESS TRAVEL generated $214. Billion in tax revenue. Leisure TRAVEL activities include visiting relatives, shopping and visiting friends.
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FACTS ABOUT A LEADING AMERICAN INDUSTRY THAT’S MORE THAN JUST FUN
LEISURE TRAVEL BY THE NUMBERS
U.S. Travel Industry Direct Impact (all data 2009) ■ Direct spending on leisure travel by DOMESTIC = $610.2 B domestic and international travelers SPENDING $704.4 BILLION IN SPENDING INTERNATIONAL = $94.2 B $704.4 billion: Travel totaled $489.7 billion in 2009. expenditures generated by Spending on leisure travel generated TAXES $113 BILLION IN TAXES ■ domestic and international $77.3 billion in tax revenue. JOBS 7.4 MILLION JOBS visitors (excludes international 3 out of 4 domestic trips taken ■ are for leisure purposes (77%). passenger fares) ■ U.S. residents logged 1.5 billion person-trips* for leisure purposes BUSINESS TRAVEL LEISURE TRAVEL 7.4 million: Jobs directly in 2009. SPENDING $214.7 B $489.7 B generated by travel expenditures ■ Top leisure travel activities for U.S. $34.6 B + $78.4 B domestic travelers: (1) visiting relatives; TAXES $186.3 billion: Wages (2) shopping; (3) visiting friends; shared by American workers JOBS 2.1 million jobs 5.3 million jobs (4) rural sightseeing; and (5) beaches. directly employed by travel
BUSINESS TRAVEL General Meetings, $113 billion: Tax revenue
Business Travel Events & Incentive Travel Each U.S. household generated by travel spending (Including Meetings, Events and Incentive) would pay $950 more for federal, state and SPENDING $129.9B $84.7B ■ Direct spending on business travel by domestic and international travelers, + in taxes without the local governments including expenditures on meetings, TAXES $20.8 B $13.7 B tax revenue generated events and incentive programs (ME&I), JOBS 1.3 million 846,000 by travel and tourism. 2.7%: Percentage of nation’s jobs jobs totaled $214.7 billion in 2009. gross domestic product (GDP) ■ ME&I travel accounted for $84.7 billion Source: U.S. Travel Association attributed to travel and tourism of all business travel spending. = 1 million jobs Note: Direct spending totals do not include international passenger fares ■ U.S. residents logged 432 million No. 1: Where travel ranks person-trips* for business purposes in 2009, with more than one-third SOURCES OF TRAVEL SPENDING among services export industries (35%) for meetings and events. $179.4 B ■ For every dollar invested in business FOODSERVICES 10.1 million: Jobs directly LODGING $126.6 B travel, businesses benefit from an PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION $124.6 B and indirectly generated by average of $12.50 in increased AUTO TRANSPORTATION $113.2 B travel expenditures revenue and $3.80 in new profits (Oxford Economics). RECREATION/AMUSEMENT $82.9 B RETAIL $77.7 B 1 out of 9: U.S. jobs that * Person-trip defined as one person on a trip away from home overnight in paid accommodations or on a day or overnight depend on travel and tourism trip to places 50 miles or more [one-way] away from home. TOTAL: $704.4 billion Source: U.S. Travel Association No. 5: Where travel ranks in terms of employment INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL compared to other major private industry sectors ■ In 2009, international traveler ■ Each overseas traveler spends TOP 5 INTERNATIONAL spending (export receipts) totaled more than $4,000 when they MARKETS TO USA (ARRIVALS) 99.5%: Percentage of travel $121.1 billion and travel spending visit the U.S. and stay on average ORIGIN OF VISITOR 2009 industry firms with 500 or abroad by Americans totaled more than 16 nights. fewer employees $99.1 billion (travel import payments), Canada 18.0 million ■ Overseas arrivals represent creating a trade surplus of $22 billion 43% of all international arrivals, Mexico 13.2 million in favor of the U.S. yet account for 80% of total United Kingdom 3.9 million 1.9 billion: Number of ■ The U.S. received 54.9 million inter- international travel receipts. person-trips* that Americans Japan 2.9 million national arrivals in 2009. Of those, ■ Greatest challenges facing took for business and approximately 23.8 million were from international visitors: Germany 1.7 million leisure purposes overseas markets and 31.2 million burdensome visa process; were from Canada and Mexico. unwelcoming entry experience. TOP 5 HIGH-GROWTH MARKETS ■ The United States’ share of total THRU 2015 (forecasted) 54.9 million: Number of Top leisure travel activities for international arrivals is 6.2% ■ overseas visitors: (1) shopping; international arrivals in the U.S. (down from 7.5% in 2000). (2) dining; (3) city sightseeing; ORIGIN OF VISITOR ARRIVALS % CHANGE ’15/’10 in 2009, including 23.8 million ■ International travel spending (4) visiting historical places; and from overseas markets China 219% supported about 884,000 U.S. (5) amusement/theme parks. jobs and wages of $23.5 billion. Brazil 121% Travel is among the top 10 Korea 101% industries in 48 states and India 94% D.C. in terms of employment Direct spending by resident and Peru 51% international travelers in the U.S. averaged $1.9 billion a day, $80 million an hour, Source: U.S. Department of Commerce– Office of Travel and Tourism Industries $1.3 million a minute and $22,300 a second. The U.S. Travel Association is the national, non-profit organization representing all components of the $704 billion travel industry. It is the voice for the collective interests of the U.S. travel industry and the association’s 1,400 member organizations. U.S. Travel’s mission is to promote and facilitate increased travel to and within the United States. U.S. Travel is proud to be a partner in travel with American Express®. For more information, visit www.USTravel.org or www.PowerofTravel.org. 1100 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 450 ■ Washington, DC 20005-3934 ■ 1.202.408.8422 ■ email: feedback@USTravel.org ■ www.USTravel.org Copyright 2010 by the U.S. Travel Association. All Rights Reserved. (11/2010)