Traveling Americans consider it their “birthrightâ€
Rising fuel costs and airline route cutbacks are not deterring American travelers, according to a survey by the Ypartnership/Yankelovich National Travel Monitor.
Nearly one in four US travelers in the survey agreed a vacation is their “birthright,†according to the study with supporting global data from wholesale travel distribution company, Tourico Holidays, Inc.
“The consistent increase we’ve seen in our clients’ sales show that both American and international audiences still view travel as a desirable component of everyday life,” said Amir Kalmar, Executive Vice President of Global Sales for Tourico Holidays, a Travel Holdings, Inc., company. “Following this trend, without a doubt, we forecast another busy travel season for our clients and hotel partners here in the US.”
The company’s bookings show an optimistic year ahead for the American travel industry, citing a ten percent increase in domestic trips reserved by US consumers for this year’s second quarter compared to the same time last year, and a 58% increase in US reservations made by travelers from abroad.
The majority of these bookings were surprisingly made during the first quarter of 2008, when rumors of a global recession first began to circulate, and reveal a 27% increase from the same period in 2007.
The top domestic destinations that American consumers will visit during the second quarter of 2008 remain consistent with years past, including locales in Florida, Nevada, New York, and California.
When booking internationally, US travelers will check-in most often to Mexico, Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Spain.
The majority of international visitors entering the US from abroad in the coming months originate from the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Brazil, and China, having booked their trips most often to hotels in New York City, followed by Miami, Las Vegas, Orlando, and Los Angeles.
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