The US has the world’s biggest travel and tourism economy. It welcomes in excess of 50 million international tourists every year, who generate revenues in excess of US$120 billion. As such, inbound travel is vitally important to the US economy. An even greater contribution, however, comes from domestic tourism, which generates US$620 billion plus per annum.
UNITED STATES
INTRODUCTION
DATA SOURCES
HISTORY
GEOGRAPHY
ATTRACTIONS
Figure 1: Top ten states visited, by overseas travellers, 2000-10
Figure 2: Top ten cities visited, by overseas travellers, 2000-10
TOURISM AND THE ECONOMY
Figure 3: Value of the direct travel and tourism industry to the US, 2005-10
Figure 4: Direct tourism sales, by commodity group, 2005-10
Figure 5: Tourism employment, by industry group, 2005-10
Figure 6: Travel and tourism receipts from international visitors, 2000-10
ARRIVALS
INTERNATIONAL
Figure 7: International tourist arrivals, 2000-10
Major markets
Figure 8: Arrivals to the US, by top ten generating countries, 2007-10
Emerging markets
DOMESTIC
Figure 9: Domestic travel in the US, 2000-12
MARKET CHARACTERISTICS
INTERNATIONAL
Purpose of visit
Figure 10: Main purpose of visit, by residents of top ten generating countries, 2008
Seasonality
Figure 11: International arrivals, by month, 2007-10
Length of stay
Figure 12: Average length of stay (nights), by residents of top ten generating countries, 2007-10
DOMESTIC
Purpose of visit
Figure 13: Domestic travel, by purpose of visit, 2000-12
Seasonality
Length of stay
Figure 14: Average length of stay, by US resident households travelling for leisure, 2000-10
TRANSPORT
AIR
Figure 15: Top five US gateways for non-stop international air travel, 2006-10
ROAD
RAIL
SEA
ACCOMMODATION
Figure 16: Snapshot of the US hotel industry, 2004-11
Figure 17: Size of the US hotel industry, 2004-10
Figure 18: US pipeline top ten markets, by number of rooms in construction, March 2010
TOURISM NEWS
WHAT NEXT?
Figure 19: US travel and tourism industry forecast, 2011-20
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