Tourism Trends

Traveling Latin and African-American minority markets to grow in number and spending

Today’s minority market, accounting for $90 billion a year on travel receipts, is getting close to becoming the majority travel market.

NY

Report: Tourists spent $51B in NY in 2007

Tourism spending was up 9 percent in New York state in 2007, according to a new report by Empire State Development.

India

India scores over Thailand, Malaysia in foreign tourists spend

NEW DELHI - Foreign tourists spend more time and money in India than its competing destinations like Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.

$2.1 billion spent by Americans overseas for care -- $15.9 billion in lost revenue for US

Explosive growth in medical tourism provides huge cost savings for patients

WASHINGTON - Disruptive Innovations Challenge the Status Quo of U.S. Health Care System, According to Deloitte Center for Health Solutions Research Series.

South Africa

Tourists still pour in but spend less

A record number of tourists visited South Africa in 2007, but travellers spent less money as the global economic crunch squeezed their budgets.

Turkey: Arabs Are The Best Spenders

Arab tourists big spenders; British, Russian tourists frugal

A study published in a Turkish-language magazine on travel and hotel management suggests that German and Arab tourists visiting Turkey tend to spend significant sums while Russian, British and Spanish tourists tend to spend less.

Republic Of China Wants Tourists From People's Republic Of China

Taiwan goes on spending spree to woo China tourists

TAIPEI - Taiwan will spend T$30 billion ($991 million) on infrastructure as it prepares to open its doors to millions of tourists from political rival China under a plan to boost the economy, the president-elect said on Wednesday.

Finland

Foreign tourists spent nearly a billion euros last summer

Foreign tourists spent over 970 million euros last summer in Finland. From May to October of 2007, 3.3 million foreigners visited Finland, an increase of four percent from the previous year.

About a quarter of the cash spent in Finland came from the pockets of Russian tourists. Russian spending grew by one-quarter from the previous ... read more

US - Year-To-Date Arrivals 11 Percent Above 2006

International visitation up 17% in November 2007, spending at $11.2 Billion for the month

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that 3.9 million international visitors traveled to the United States in November 2007, an increase of 17 percent over November 2006. Total visitation for the eleven months of 2007 was up 11 percent from the same period in 2006.