What is Tourism? Web Assignment

 Web Assignment: Go to the Travel Industry Association of America's web site, go to the Research section, and then in the Marketing, International, Economic and Travel Forecasts sections. From the information available, answer the following questions.

  1. What are the 2000 Economic Impacts of Tourism for:
Expenditures $
Payroll $
Jobs
Tax Revenue
Trade Surplus
  1. The definition of a "person-trip."
  2. The number one state traveled to in the U.S..
  3. The highest travel month for U.S. adults.
  4. What group generated the highest travel volume in the U.S. in 2000?
  5. Most popular tourism activity (2000).
  6. What was the highest % of domestic U.S. person trip duration in 2000, and what was the duration?
  7. Identify the most popular city visited  by international tourists and the number of international visitors to that city for the year 2000.
  8. Identify the country from which most U.S. international visitors are from.
  9. Name the number one outdoor vacation activity in America.

Copy this list of questions and answer the questions, then send your assignment in the body of an e-mail (not as an attachment) to charles.hammersley@nau.edu.

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