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  Travel Industry Association of America�s Forecasting
Americans Will Take 213.4 million Person-trips this Winter;
Increase of 2.3% Over 2002-2003 Winter
WASHINGTON, DC --  According to the Travel Industry Association of America�s (TIA) Winter 2003-2004 Travelometer forecast, Americans will take 213.4 million person-trips this winter season (December, January and February), an increase of 2.3 percent over last winter. A person-trip is one person on one trip traveling 50 miles or more from home, one way.
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"Increased economic activity and a rise in consumer confidence are paving the way to a strong winter travel season. Travel and tourism�s recovery has been uneven this year, but the solid growth forecast for business and leisure travel is a positive sign as we enter 2004," remarked Dr. Suzanne Cook, senior vice president for research for the Travel Industry Association of America.

A noticeable increase in business travel volume (3.7%) contributed to the growth in overall travel volume for the winter 2003-2004 season. Americans are expected to take more than 31 million business trips this winter season. The increases in business travel come against a backdrop of steady annual declines since 1999 that have left the business travel sector severely depressed.
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Travel remains high on Americans� activity list, with leisure travel expected to grow by 2 percent this winter season. Americans are expected to take nearly 164 million leisure person-trips in winter 2003-2004. This is the first increase after the surge in winter leisure travel following the attacks of 9/11, when Americans felt a strong desire to be with family and friends.
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NOTE: The results of TIA�s Winter 2003-2004 Travelometer are based on TIA�s seasonal travel forecasting model developed in partnership with Global Insight, Inc.

TIA is the national, non-profit organization representing all components of the $529 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.
 


 
Contact:
TIA
Cathy Keefe 
202-408-2183
Also See: Americans Still Plan on Traveling this Summer But Many Aren't Sure When or Where They're Going / June 2003
State of Hawaii Leader in State Tourism Office Spending with a budget of $56 million for 2002 - 2003, Number two is Illinois with a budget of $49.7 million / June 2003
Travel Industry Association of America Forecasting Business Travel Turnaround by 2003 / July 2002


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