These figures come from the fourth national Travel Confidence Survey conducted by TIA on December 11-12, 2001. This is also the first such survey sponsored by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics in the U.S. Department of Transportation as part of a new partnership with TIA.

Factors that would motivate non-travelers to take a trip include a stronger economy (37%), hotel discounts/offers (33%), attractive discounts to travel within their home state (31%), and airline discounts (29%).

Sixty-six percent of business travelers say they expect to take at least one trip in the first half of the year. And 73 percent of business travelers who went on the road in the first half of 2001 say they expect to travel just as much in the same period this year. This is the first time the survey addressed business travelers.  For those who are not planning any upcoming business trips, company budget cuts (20%) are often mentioned as a reason.  Also, 19 percent simply say they don't foresee anywhere they need to travel to in the next six months.

The survey also shows that most Americans (75%) believe that it is important to travel as they did before the attacks on the U.S. occurred.  More than two-thirds (67%) say the inconveniences of travel won�t stop them from taking a trip.

TIA is the national, non-profit organization representing all components of the $584 billion travel industry.  TIA's mission is to represent the whole of the U.S. travel industry to promote and facilitate increased travel to and within the United States.