Life Some facts about international travel.

**Rain Man** · 12-27-2011, 06:47 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...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

threebag · 12-27-2011, 06:49 PM

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**Rain Man** · 12-27-2011, 06:52 PM

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MIAdragon · 12-27-2011, 07:05 PM

RM I take it you've never been to the Dominican Republic? Here are a few pics, its cheap and beautiful.

-King- · 12-27-2011, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

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KCUnited · 12-27-2011, 07:08 PM

I was cruising a TripAdvisor forum today and several specifically mentioned an influx of Russian tourists to the DR over the last several years.

**Rain Man** · 12-27-2011, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by KCUnited

I was cruising a TripAdvisor forum today and several specifically mentioned an influx of Russian tourists to the DR over the last several years.

There's something going on there. A friend of mine (besides MIAdragon) went to a resort there a couple of years ago and raved about it. Good for them, but I would think there's too much competition for any single island to get a significant market share. There are a zillion tourist islands in that part of the world.

And by the way, I'm going to see how long I can keep both threads up and running. It's kind of like juggling, but with words.

**QuikSsurfer** · 12-27-2011, 07:28 PM

I really want both threads to remain active on front page. Not stickied just... just never far away.

**Gonzo** · 12-27-2011, 07:29 PM

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**AustinChief** · 12-27-2011, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

There's something going on there.

http://www.thefrisky.com/2010-01-27/...ican-republic/

Answered!

threebag · 12-27-2011, 09:29 PM

I hear they offer day trips to Haiti

**Rain Man** · 12-27-2011, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by AustinChief

http://www.thefrisky.com/2010-01-27/...ican-republic/

Answered!

Wait a minute. So for $2,500 you get threesomes with at least one new woman on three consecutive days, plus one for the full three days? That seems reasonable.

But as the article alluded, that place is too close to AIDS ground zero. Even if I was single I think I'd steer clear of Hispaniola for my sex tourism.

**AustinChief** · 12-28-2011, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

Wait a minute. So for $2,500 you get threesomes with at least one new woman on three consecutive days, plus one for the full three days? That seems reasonable.

But as the article alluded, that place is too close to AIDS ground zero. Even if I was single I think I'd steer clear of Hispaniola for my sex tourism.

BUT you could do your private testing and then enjoy yourself... it's all about preparation! Just saying...

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