News for the Hospitality Executive |
July 11, 2012 PROJECTED BOOKINGS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM AND GERMANY TO THE UNITED STATES UNITED
KINGDOM Travel Trade Barometer: British
Travel Projected to Remain Flat
GERMANY
Travel Trade Barometer: Projected to
Register Solid Growth
NATIONAL
EXPORT INITIATIVE:
To improve conditions that directly affect the private sector's ability to export and to boost employment recovery, on March 11, 2010 President Obama created the National Export Initiative (NEI). The automation of the arrival/departure Form [CBP Form I-94W] for Visa Waiver Program travelers supports this initiative as the automated form will greatly improve the measurement and timely release of international arrival data to the United States. To learn more about the NEI, you are encouraged to visit http://www.trade.gov/nei/index.asp BACKGROUND AND SOURCE: Travel Market Insights (www.travelmi.com) conducts the Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, Japan, Germany and People's Republic of China Travel Trade Barometer programs. The U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Travel and Tourism Industries, is a sponsor and was the initial developer of the barometer program. The Barometer program is conducted with support from the U.S. Commercial Service and various Visit USA Committees and additional sponsors. The Travel Trade Barometer
survey is conducted on a quarterly basis in
Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany and the People's
Republic of
China and is available through subscription. Discussions with industry
partners
to add Brazil, Australia, South Korea and India
are in progress. For more information, please contact Scott C. Johnson
at
Travel Market Insights on 518-668-2559.
Reports sent to subscribers include additional information, such as:
Specific (proprietary)
destination data is also available through a
subscription.
For more information on the Travel Barometer Program, please visit http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/research/programs/barometer/index.html The Office of Travel and Tourism Industries (OTTI) is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating international travel and tourism statistics for the U.S. Travel and Tourism Statistical System. For more travel and tourism-related trade data dating as far back as 1960, please visit: http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/research/reports/recpay/index.html. |
Contact: U.S. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration Office of Travel and Tourism Industries (OTTI) 1401 Constitution Avenue, NW, Room 1003 Washington, DC 20230 Phone: (202) 482-0140 Fax: (202) 482-2887 Email: [email protected] |