2008 Top 10 Domestic Hot Spots – Cities
|
Rank
|
City
|
% of total responses
|
|
1
|
Orlando |
17.5%
|
|
2
|
Las Vegas |
15.4%
|
|
3
|
San Francisco |
4.5%
|
|
4
|
Los Angeles |
4.3%
|
|
5
|
Miami |
2.6%
|
|
6
|
Seattle |
2.2%
|
|
7
|
New York City |
2.1%
|
|
8
|
Honolulu |
1.9%
|
|
9
|
San Diego |
1.7%
|
|
10
|
Washington, DC |
1.7%
|
2008 Top Five Domestic Hot Spots – States
|
Rank
|
State
|
% of total responses
|
|
1
|
Florida |
23.6%
|
|
2
|
Nevada |
15.7%
|
|
3
|
California |
14.9%
|
|
4
|
New York |
11.6%
|
|
5
|
Hawaii |
9.7%
|
2008 Top 10 International Hot Spots – Cities
|
Rank
|
City
|
% of total responses
|
| 1 |
London |
10.3%
|
| 2 |
Rome |
9.0%
|
| 3 |
Cancun |
7.1%
|
| 4 |
Paris |
6.4%
|
| 5 |
Montego Bay (Jamaica) |
3.5%
|
| 6 |
Punta Cana |
2.3%
|
| 7 |
Venice |
1.4%
|
| 8 |
Barcelona |
1.1%
|
| 9 |
Puerto Vallarta |
1.1%
|
| 10 |
Vancouver |
0.8%
|
Top 10 International Hot Spots – Countries/Regions (2006-2008)
|
Country/Region
|
2006
|
2007
|
2008
|
| Italy |
20.3%
|
20.5%
|
18.7%
|
| Mexico |
19.0%
|
14.6%
|
16.1%
|
| UK |
18.8%
|
15.2%
|
12.5%
|
| Caribbean |
9.6%
|
11.6%
|
9.0%
|
| France |
10.5%
|
8.6%
|
9.0%
|
| |
|
|
|
| Europe total: |
49.6%
|
44.3%
|
40.2%
|
Filed under: Foreign Travel, Italy, Jamaica, Summer Vacation, popular vacation destinations
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 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
This bill, S. 966, was signed into law by President Bush on July 30, 2007. This law will help to ease the horrific backlog of passport application processing. The law, sponsored by Senator Charles Schumer of NY and Cosponsored by Senator Joseph Biden, Senator Norm Coleman and Senator Chuck Hagel allows the State Department to temporarily rehire Foreign Service retirees to assist with application processing.
We hope to see the backlog dramatically decrease once the extra staffers are in place.
White House Press Release
The Library of Congress
midhudsonews.com
Filed under: Air Travel, Foreign Travel, Travel Industry
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