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> TRAVEL STATISTICS
Seventy percent of all travel decisions are made by women, regardless of who they travel with, who pays for the trip or where they go.
More than 42 million Americans say they have taken at least one trip in the past year to go on a honeymoon, celebrate an anniversary
or attend a wedding. This equates to 20% of all U.S. adults traveling for romance-related purposes in the past year. Source:
SATSair Research and Statistics
The average traveler took 2.5 romantic trips in the past year. Source: Travel Industry Association of America
The Travel Industry of America defines a romantic getaway as "a trip with a spouse or other love interest without children to rekindle
the romantic feelings in the relationship." Source: Travel Industry Association of America
Romantic vacations are popular with all Americans, especially married couples. Thirty-one percent of U.S. adults (61.8 million Americans)
said they took a romantic getaway in the past 12 months. Source: Travel Industry Association of America
Among those surveyed, these were the most popular types of romantic getaways taken by Americans last year:
| Visiting a city for dining & entertainment |
74% |
| Getaways to beaches and/or lakes |
44% |
| Gambling vacations |
21% |
| Golf/tennis vacations |
12% |
| Cruises |
12% |
| Skiing trips |
7% |
Of couples surveyed who took a romantic getaway in the last 12 months, one-half took one such trip (51%), one-fourth took two
romantic trips in the past year (26%), and one-tenth (10%) enjoyed five or more vacations a year. Source: Travel Industry Association of America
Married couples are travelers. They represent the largest group of travelers, with 61% of all trips being taken by
married households. Single households took 21% of the trips. Source: Travel Industry Association of America
Romantic travelers have an average annual household income of $67,000, as compared to all other U.S. adults, with an average
income of $45,000. Source: Travel Industry Association of America
Half of all U.S. adults (101.9 million) say that they use the travel media -everything from newspaper travel sections and
television travel shows to online newsletters- to plan their vacations. Twenty-eight percent say they used newspaper travel
sections to plan their travel in the past year, 21% used an Internet web site for their travel planning and 21% used television
travel shows. Source: Travel Industry Association of America
Beaches are one of the most popular travel activities. One in ten person-trips (10%) includes going to a beach, equating to
109.5 million domestic person-trips taken in the U.S. in 2003. Source: Travel Industry Association of America
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The State Department estimates that 73 percent of Americans now lack passports. The fee to acquire one is
$97 for adults and $82 for children under 16. With the new travel restrictions, demand for passports will
increase. Here is some more info to make sure you're informed. 
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