Where can I find any info on money that Americans spend on travelling?

Question

please I need this for my project. sorry for my English Im from Russia

Answer 1

The United Nations World Tourism Agency keeps track of international travel. Their data is not particularly up to date.

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Keep in mind that Americans spend a lot more on domestic tourism than countries in Europe. USA has five times the population of UK, but the total expenditures are close because the citizens of UK spend a lot more money in other countries.

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International Tourism Expenditure (US$ billion) for 2004

1 Germany -$71.0 billion or $71,000,000,000

2 United States - $65.6

3 United Kingdom - $56.5

4 Japan -$38.2

5 France -$28.6

6 Italy-$22.5

7 China-$19.1

8 Netherlands-$16.4

9 Canada-$16.0

10 Russian Federation-$15.7

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Most northern European countries spend more abroad than they receive in tourist revenue.

Germany spent $71.0 billion out of their country, but had receipts of $27.7 billion.

UK spent $56.5 billion out of their country, but had receipts of $28.2 billion.

Russian Federation spent $15.7 billion out of their country, but only had receipts of $5.2 from tourists visiting Russia.

USA spent $65.6 billion in other countries, while visiting tourists spent $74.5 in the USA.

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USA Domestic tourism is harder to find statistics in one place. Individual tourist centers keep their own stats.

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Probably the single most visited city in the USA relative to population is Las Vegas. The greater Las Vegas area has about 2 million residents, but over 40 million people come every year. A lot of statistics are on the LVCVA web site.

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TIA has some statistics on USA domestic travel. In 2005 Americans made between 6 and 7 person-trip per person (any age including babies). A person-trip is defined as one person traveling 50 miles (one way) or more away from home and possibly staying overnight. So if a couple and their two children drive 50 miles to an amusement park, spend the day, and return home without staying in a hotel, that would still count as four person-trips. About half of these trips do not involve an overnight stay.