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U.S. Travel Forecast: All Sectors Projected to Surge in Short Term, but Headwinds Are on Horizon
U.S. Travel Association | June 22, 2022
WASHINGTON (June 22, 2022)—Days after the United States repealed its Covid-19 testing requirement for inbound air travelers, U.S. Travel Association released its full biannual forecast for travel through 2026—including both travel spending and volume—which projects that all segments of travel, in spite of rising inflation, will surge in the short term due to pent-up demand and consumer savings. However, this is not expected to last, leading to slower growth in the later years of the forecast. The international component of the forecast was released earlier this month at the association’s IPW trade show. U.S. Travel estimates th...
ITA Data Release: April 2022 International Inbound Visitor Spending
International Trade Administration | June 17, 2022
Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in April 2022: International visitors spent $12.7 billion on travel to, and tourism-related activities within, the United States, an increase of 136 percent compared to April 2021. Americans spent $10.9 billion traveling abroad, yielding a balance of trade surplus of $1.8 billion for the month—the sixth consecutive month during which the United States enjoyed a balance of trade surplus for travel and tourism. For the first time since February 2020, 'Travel Receipts' accounted for more than half (54%) of total travel exports. April marked the h...
Travel Industry Welcomes Lifting of Pre-Departure Testing Requirement for Inbound Air Travelers Following Months of Advocacy
U.S. Travel Association | June 10, 2022
WASHINGTON (June 10, 2022)—U.S. Travel Association President and CEO Roger Dow issued the following statement on the Biden administration’s announcement that the pre-departure testing requirement for inbound air travelers to the United States will be lifted on June 12: “Today marks another huge step forward for the recovery of inbound air travel and the return of international travel to the United States. The Biden administration is to be commended for this action, which will welcome back visitors from around the world and accelerate the recovery of the U.S. travel industry. “International inbound travel is vitally important to ...
Support Builds for Repeal of Pre-Departure Testing for Inbound Air Travelers
U.S. Travel Association | June 8, 2022
WASHINGTON (June 8, 2022)—A bipartisan group of 38 mayors representing American cities and counties spanning Miami to San Francisco sent a letter on Tuesday to the Biden administration asking for the removal of pre-departure testing as a requirement for U.S. entry by air for vaccinated individuals. Mayors of Houston, Atlanta, Minneapolis and Philadelphia also sent separate letters to the administration with the same request, totaling 42 mayors. In the group’s letter, the leaders state: “American cities are still struggling to regain international visitors after more than two years of pandemic-related restrictions. In 2021, int...
International Visitors Spent $10.1 Billion in March 2022 Marking 90% Increase Compared to March 2021
National Travel and Tourism Office | May 5, 2022
Data recently released by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) show that in March 2022: International visitors spent $10.1 billion on travel to, and tourism-related activities within, the United States, an increase of 90 percent compared to March 2021. Americans spent $9.2 billion traveling abroad, yielding a balance of trade surplus of $894 million for the month—the fifth consecutive month during which the United States enjoyed a balance of trade surplus for travel and tourism. The increase in ‘Travel Spending’ accounted for the overwhelming majority (75%) of the year-over-year increase in U.S. travel exports in M...
The World Travel & Tourism Council Reveals Massive Increase in Global International Inbound Travel
WTTC | April 25, 2022
Flight bookings suggest a hot summer ahead for key destinations across Asia-Pacific, Europe and the Americas Manila, Philippines: The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) and its knowledge partner ForwardKeys, forecast a major increase in global international flights bookings as international travel takes off. The booking bounce back was revealed at WTTC’s prestigious 21st Global Summit, taking place this year in Manila, as the world continues to reopen from the pandemic. News of the strong recovery highlights a promising prospect ahead for summer holiday travel, with sun and sea destinations, such as the Caribbean and Latin...
Travel Trends Index: International Inbound Travel Tumbles for Fourth Month This Year
U.S. Travel Association | September 4, 2019
Business travel rebounds to help sustain healthy growth of domestic market Washington — Travel to and within the U.S. grew 3.2% year-over-year in July, according to the U.S. Travel Association’s latest Travel Trends Index (TTI)—a slight rebound from June’s nine-month low. International inbound travel contracted once again in July, falling by 1.2%. The decline follows a disappointing June performance which saw the sector’s six-month trend fall below zero for the first time since September 2015. The Leading Travel Index (LTI), the predictive component of the TTI, projects international inbound travel growth will re...
Travel Trends Index: International Inbound Travel Tumbles While Domestic Leisure Travel Remains Strong
U.S. Travel Association | May 9, 2019
WASHINGTON (May 9, 2019) — Travel to and within the U.S. grew 2.0% year-over-year in March, according to the U.S. Travel Association's latest Travel Trends Index (TTI)—marking the industry's 111th straight month of overall expansion. However, this growth was dampened by the news that international inbound travel fell a whopping 5.4% year-over-year in March—after edging down just 0.2% in February. The sharp decline in international inbound travel in March was likely due to the timing of Easter, which fell on April 1 last year and April 21 this year; the holiday has historically been a peak travel time for visito...
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