Life Some facts about international travel. - Page 3

**Rain Man** · 12-27-2011, 06:48 PM

I'm looking through a report and have the following fun tidbits to share. It's about "overseas" travel, so I'm presuming that it excludes people driving across our borders with our friendly neighbors to the north and south.

There were 28.5 million trips overseas taken by Americans in 2010.

Residents of the state of New York accounted for 19 percent of all trips. If you exclude California, this is about the same amount as all of the states west of the Mississippi combined plus the upper Midwest states of Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin.

Nearly half (47%) of international trips involve staying at a private home. (I interpret this to mean that it's less about vacation and more about visiting family in the home country. Maybe there's another interpretation.)

The median international trip is 11 days, and the mean is 17 days.

84% are visiting 1 country, 11% are visiting 2 countries, and 5% are visiting 3 or more.

The most common points of entry (presumably on return) are New York (22%), Newark (12%), Los Angeles (9%), Miami (7%), and Atlanta (7%). However, the two documents have different figures, with the other one showing departures as follows: New York (18%), Miami (12%), Los Angeles (9%), Atlanta (8%), and Newark (8%) as the largest airports where people leave from. I think the second set of figures is better.

The top ten destinations for overseas travel are (in order): United Kingdom, Dominican Republic (WTF?), France, Italy, Germany, Jamaica (wow), China, Japan, Spain, and India. If you add air trips (not driving) to Canada and Mexico, Mexico is an easy #1 and Canada is an easy #2.

The average expenditure on an overseas trip is $4,327.

Sources:

http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/outreachpag...nd_Profile.pdf

http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/outreachpag...vel_Abroad.pdf

If you want to look at overall tourism from the world and not just America, you can check out this site: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/ST.INT.RCPT.CD

**Rain Man** · 12-28-2011, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Slainte

$13 prostitutes, or so I'm told...

Wow, that's less than the cost of a pizza, and you don't have to tip the driver.

listopencil · 12-28-2011, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by The Bunk

Not that it has anything to do with anything, but traveling to Canada for work is a bitch. Everytime I've had to cross the border, I get interrogated as to the reasons I'm there. Most other countries wave you across without usually even asking you what your business is. I always found it kind of ironic, because who the hell would want to be in Canada that didn't have to be?

Really? I thought they just said, "Welcome to Canada!" and gave you a beaver/moose and some lumber or something.

**Slainte** · 12-29-2011, 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

Wow, that's less than the cost of a pizza, and you don't have to tip the driver.

Perhaps--but when you call for the pie, be sure to insist they go *light on the sauce*...

suzzer99 · 12-29-2011, 06:55 PM

Which state had the least international trips per capita? My money's on Alabama.

whoman69 · 12-29-2011, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Slainte

$13 prostitutes, or so I'm told...

That's even cheaper than Amsterdam.

whoman69 · 12-29-2011, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by The Bunk

Not that it has anything to do with anything, but traveling to Canada for work is a bitch. Everytime I've had to cross the border, I get interrogated as to the reasons I'm there. Most other countries wave you across without usually even asking you what your business is. I always found it kind of ironic, because who the hell would want to be in Canada that didn't have to be?

mountie: do you have any firearms to declare?

steven wright: what do you need?

RJ · 12-29-2011, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I was wondering if maybe there were some high-volume resorts there I didn't know about, or if it's a big kickoff point for cruises. But it's not the latter. I don't get it unless it's something humanitarian like you mentioned.

I don't know too if we've admitted a bunch of refugees who tend to go back frequently. I don't think there were enough adoptions in the earthquake to make a dent in these numbers if people were still doing paperwork.

That earthquake was a monster, though, so you may be right. There may be a lot of help and rebuilding going on, in addition to the fact that Haiti wasn't exactly a utopia before the quake.

There's about a bazillion D.R.'s living in New York.

Amnorix · 12-30-2011, 01:43 AM

I know an attorney who goes to the D.R. every year on a golf trip with the same group of 6 or so friends. Every February like clockwork. Been doing it for 20 years. I assume the golfing is a big draw, but I'm stunned it's THAT big a draw.

Cash · 12-30-2011, 08:10 AM

Have you been to London lately? It's like NYC with worse breath.

12-27-2011, 06:48 PM
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-462449 VARSITY	Some facts about international travel. I'm looking through a report and have the following fun tidbits to share. It's about "overseas" travel, so I'm presuming that it excludes people driving across our borders with our friendly neighbors to the north and south. There were 28.5 million trips overseas taken by Americans in 2010. Residents of the state of New York accounted for 19 percent of all trips. If you exclude California, this is about the same amount as all of the states west of the Mississippi combined plus the upper Midwest states of Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. Nearly half (47%) of international trips involve staying at a private home. (I interpret this to mean that it's less about vacation and more about visiting family in the home country. Maybe there's another interpretation.) The median international trip is 11 days, and the mean is 17 days. 84% are visiting 1 country, 11% are visiting 2 countries, and 5% are visiting 3 or more. The most common points of entry (presumably on return) are New York (22%), Newark (12%), Los Angeles (9%), Miami (7%), and Atlanta (7%). However, the two documents have different figures, with the other one showing departures as follows: New York (18%), Miami (12%), Los Angeles (9%), Atlanta (8%), and Newark (8%) as the largest airports where people leave from. I think the second set of figures is better. The top ten destinations for overseas travel are (in order): United Kingdom, Dominican Republic (WTF?), France, Italy, Germany, Jamaica (wow), China, Japan, Spain, and India. If you add air trips (not driving) to Canada and Mexico, Mexico is an easy #1 and Canada is an easy #2. The average expenditure on an overseas trip is $4,327. Sources: http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/outreachpag...nd_Profile.pdf http://tinet.ita.doc.gov/outreachpag...vel_Abroad.pdf If you want to look at overall tourism from the world and not just America, you can check out this site: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/ST.INT.RCPT.CD
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12-29-2011, 06:55 PM	#34
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12-30-2011, 08:10 AM	#39
Cash Dave's not here man! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: 3rd planet from the sun Casino cash: $9994900	Have you been to London lately? It's like NYC with worse breath.
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