Travel Daily News - May 6, 2010 - The U.S. Department of Commerce recently announced that international visitors spent an estimated $10.4 billion on travel to, and tourism-related activities within, the United States during the month of February. This is nearly $180 million more (2%) than was spent in February 2009- marking the first increase in U.S. travel and tourism-related exports in more than fifteen months.
Travel Receipts: Purchases of travel and tourism-related goods and services by international visitors traveling in the United States totaled $8.2 billion during February, a increase of nearly 4 percent when compared to last year. These goods and services include food, lodging, recreation, gifts, entertainment, local transportation in the United States, and other items incidental to foreign travel.
Passenger Fare Receipts: Fares received by U.S. carriers (and U.S. vessel operators) from international visitors declined by nearly 6 percent to $2.2 billion for the month, a decrease of $134 million for the month when compared to February 2009.
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