Travel benefits everyone personally. It is proven to improve health and productivity, reduce stress and create lifelong memories. In a survey of U.S. residents for the U.S. Travel Association, "happiness," "relationship building" and "opportunities to learn" were among top motivators for taking a leisure trip.
Spending on an experience, such as a vacation, produces greater satisfaction than money spent on consumption of material goods, studies show. Even the anticipation of vacation travel generates an increase in positive feelings about one's life as a whole. More >
More than half of employed Americans say they come back feeling reconnected with their family after vacation. More >
Travel provides first-hand learning outside of a classroom, giving individuals opportunities to meet other people and experience different cultures, explore their history and taste local foods. More >
More than two-thirds of all travel expenditures in the U.S. are the result of leisure travel. In 2010, this segment accounted for more than $80 billion in tax receipts. See state-by-state economic impact. More >
In 2010, more than 5 million U.S. jobs in every state were directly linked to spending by leisure travelers. More >
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