February 24, 2008 • 4:04 pm
For Americans traveling abroad, Western European destinations are the most popular summer spots in 2008 with five cities coming in the top 10. Mexican destinations are the other major grouping in the international top 10 list.
Italy remained the top international country/region booked by U.S. travel agents with an 18.7 percent share. Mexico came in second with 16.1 percent, and the UK received a 12.5 percent share of the votes. The UK was second in previous years and both Italy and the UK had larger percentage shares in 2007 and in 2006, suggesting the weak dollar is shifting some travel away from Europe with Mexico and other locations not in the top five benefiting.
Survey data was collected through the 2008 ASTA Research Family, a representative sample of ASTA member travel agency owners and managers. www.asta.org
Filed under: Air Travel, Foreign Travel, International Travel, Summer Vacation
February 13, 2008 • 12:25 am
For the sixth year running, Orlando (17.5%) and Las Vegas (15.4%) were named the most popular domestic summer travel destinations booked by travel agents, according to ASTA’s 2008 Hot Spots for Summer survey. Overseas, the top four international destination cities remained the same for the sixth year in a row with London receiving a 10.3 percent share of the vote followed by Rome (9%), Cancun (7.1%) and Paris (6.4%).
While the domestic destinations in the top 10 have remained the same since 2006, their rankings have not. New York City, for example, fell to seventh place after five years in the number three spot, with San Francisco, Los Angeles and Miami moving up two spaces each to numbers three, four and five respectively. Seattle moved up from number nine to number six in this year’s survey.
When looking at which states see the most summer travelers as booked by travel agents, Florida came out on top in 2008, accounting for 23.6 percent of all responses with cities such as Orlando, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and Tampa. Nevada drew the second largest number of responses a 15.7 percent share with almost all the travel for Las Vegas. In 2007, Florida topped the top state destinations, accounting for 28.0 percent of all responses; Nevada drew the second largest number of responses a 19.2 percent share.
Survey data was collected through the 2008 ASTA Research Family, a representative sample of ASTA member travel agency owners and managers. www.asta.org
Filed under: Air Travel, Summer Vacation
February 6, 2008 • 11:47 am
CIE Tours International is offering discounts of $400 per couple ($200 per person) on all escorted tours and self-drive vacations to Ireland during July and August.
In addition, for escorted and self-drive travel to Ireland in April, May and June, a similar discount $200 per couple ($100 per person) will be provided.
It is possible to combine these savings with other promotions offered by CIE Tours. 55 ‘n Smiling, Combine 2 Coach Tours and Youth Discount are a few of the promotions normally offered by CIE Tours.
New Paltz Travel has always had positve feedback from our customers about the itineraries offered by CIE Tours. The company tour guides are knowledgeable, quality hotels are used and the tours are well priced.
Bookings must be made and under deposit with us before February 29, 2008.
This offer is a great value!
Call us for details. We’ll be happy to help you choose a great Irish Adventure. New Paltz Travel’s CIE Tours Specials
Filed under: CIE Tours, Euope Escorted Tours, Foreign Travel, Ireland Tours
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