Travel Facts
Travel is the transport of people or things on a trip/journey or the process or time involved in a person or object moving from one location to another location.
Tourism is the act of travel for predominantly recreational or leisure purposes, and also refers to the provision of services in support of this act.
The security in travel has significantly increased since the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
The world's top tourist attraction is France, netting about %75 million visitors a year.
In the United States, California is the most popular state for tourism.
In 2004, over $54 billion dollar were spent on online travel sites such as Expedia and Orbitz. That number is projected to reach $100 billion in 2010.
The number of visits made to the UK by overseas residents in 2005 was the highest ever recorded – 30.0 million, with visitors spending a record £14.2 billion. Spending by overseas residents increased by 8 per cent in constant price terms between 1985 and 2005, and 6 per cent between 2004 and 2005.
In 2006, over 12 million passports were issued in the USA, a new record.
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