Travel is part of the American psyche. Technology and infrastructure improvements
have created a widely available travel product that is also affordable.
| Total Domestic U.S. Person-trips, 2003 |
1,140.0
Million |
|
Purpose
of Trip
|
|
| Leisure Travel* |
82% |
| Business/Convention** |
12% |
| Combined Business and Pleasure |
6% |
| Modes of Transportation Used | |
| Auto, Truck, RV |
78% |
| Airplane |
16% |
| Bus/Motorcoach |
2% |
| Train/Ship/Other |
1% |
| Rental Car (Primary Mode) |
3% |
| Top Activities for Domestic Travelers | |
| Shopping |
First |
| Attend a social/family event |
Second |
| Outdoor Activities |
Third |
|
A person-trip is one person traveling 50 miles (one way) or more away from home and/or overnight. A trip is one or more persons from the same household traveling together. *Travel for visiting friends/relatives, outdoor recreation,
entertainment/sightseeing, or other pleasure/personal reasons. |
|
| Source:Travel Industry Association of America; TravelscopeŽ | |
U.S. Resident Travel Volume 1994-2003
Domestic U.S. travel in the U.S. has increased
9.8 percent from 1994 to 2003.
|
Total
U.S. Domestic Travel Volume in
Millions of Person-trips* |
|
|
1994
|
1,038.7
|
|
1995
|
1,065.6
|
|
1996
|
1,067.4
|
|
1997
|
1,101.8
|
|
1998
|
1,108.0
|
|
1999
|
1,089.5
|
|
2000
|
1,100.8
|
|
2001
|
1,123.1
|
|
2002
|
1,127.0
|
|
2003
|
1,140.0
|
|
A
person-trip is one person traveling 50 miles (one way) or more
away from home and/or overnight. A trip is one or more persons
from the same household traveling together.
|
|
| Source:Travel Industry Association of America; TravelscopeŽ | |
|
Share
of Annual U.S. Travel by Month, 2003
(% of person-trips) |
|
|
January
|
6%
|
|
February
|
6%
|
|
March
|
7%
|
|
April
|
7%
|
|
May
|
8%
|
|
June
|
10%
|
|
July
|
12%
|
|
August
|
11%
|
|
September
|
7%
|
|
October
|
8%
|
|
November
|
9%
|
|
December
|
9%
|
| Source:Travel Industry Association of America; TravelscopeŽ | |
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Season
of U.S. Travel
in 2003
(% of person-trips) |
|
|
Winter
|
20% |
|
Spring
|
23% |
|
Summer
|
33% |
|
Fall
|
24% |
| Source:Travel Industry Association of America; TravelscopeŽ | |