Number of Travel Parties - Region 7


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bulletEstimated number of travel parties by season
bulletEstimated number of travel parties by reason for travel
bulletEstimated number of business and pleasure travel parties by travel pattern

*These estimates are based on the average daily 2-way traffic flow for a 10 hour day.  To calculate the number of travelers--instead of the number of travel parties--each value must be multiplied by the group size for each type of travel party.  The following are the mean group size for each type of travel party:

Travel Party

Mean
Group Size

Business 1
Pleasure 2
Daily Affairs 1
Business & Pleasure 2
Business, Pleasure, & Daily Affairs 2

 

Estimated number of travel parties by season (All business, pleasure, and daily affair travel parties)  [Top Of Page] 

Season

Total Travel Parties

95% Confidence Interval

Lower Bound

Upper Bound

Spring
(91 days; March 16–June 14)

1,047,951

417,093

2,512,998

Summer
(84 days; June 15-Sept. 6)

1,295,301

176,891

2,767,491

Fall
(85 days; Sept. 7-Nov. 30)

989,649

532,141

2,511,369

Winter
(105 days; Dec 1-March 15)

1,236,626

748,096

3,221,350

Year-Round
(365 Days)

4,568,787

4,509,155

4,628,423

 

 

Estimated number of travel parties by reason for travel  [Top Of Page]

 

Season

Reason for Travel

Proportions

Total Travel Parties

95% Confidence Interval

Lower Bound

Upper Bound

Spring

Business

9.2%

96,412

38,373

231,196

Pleasure

21.9%

229,501

91,343

550,347

Business & Pleasure

31.3%

325,913

129,716

781,542

Daily Affairs

68.9%

722,039

287,377

1,731,455

Summer

Business

7.8%

101,033

13,797

215,864

Pleasure

41.6%

538,845

73,586

1,151,276

Business & Pleasure

49.4%

639,879

87,384

1,367,140

Daily Affairs

50.6%

655,422

89,507

1,400,350

Fall

Business

7.0%

69,275

37,250

175,796

Pleasure

39.0%

385,963

207,535

979,434

Business & Pleasure

46.0%

455,239

244,785

1,155,230

Daily Affairs

54.0%

534,410

287,356

1,356,139

Winter

Business

8.7%

107,586

65,084

280,257

Pleasure

25.7%

317,813

192,261

827,887

Business & Pleasure

34.4%

425,399

257,345

1,108,144

Daily Affairs

65.6%

811,227

490,751

2,113,205

Year-Round

Business

8.2%

374,641

369,751

379,531

Pleasure

31.6%

1,443,737

1,424,893

1,462,582

Business & Pleasure

39.8%

1,818,377

1,794,644

1,842,112

Daily Affairs

60.2%

2,750,410

2,714,511

2,786,310

 

 

Estimated number of business and pleasure travel parties by travel pattern  [Top Of Page]

 

Season

Travel Pattern

Proportions

Total Travel Parties

95% Confidence Interval

Lower Bound

Upper Bound

Spring

Resident Within Region

22.6%

73,656

29,316

176,629

Resident Inter-Region

41.9%

136,558

54,351

327,466

Non-resident Visit

25.0%

81,478

32,429

195,386

Non-resident Pass Through

8.1%

26,399

10,507

63,305

Resident Pass Through

2.4%

7,822

3,113

18,757

Summer

Resident Within Region

10.9%

69,747

9,525

149,018

Resident Inter-Region

29.3%

187,484

25,603

400,572

Non-resident Visit

38.0%

243,154

33,206

519,513

Non-resident Pass Through

16.8%

107,500

14,681

229,680

Resident Pass Through

4.9%

31,354

4,282

66,990

Fall

Resident Within Region

17.4%

79,212

42,593

201,010

Resident Inter-Region

43.0%

195,753

105,257

496,749

Non-resident Visit

26.7%

121,549

65,358

308,446

Non-resident Pass Through

8.1%

36,874

19,828

93,574

Resident Pass Through

4.7%

21,396

11,505

54,296

Winter

Resident Within Region

45.7%

194,407

117,607

506,422

Resident Inter-Region

34.0%

144,636

87,497

376,769

Non-resident Visit

10.6%

45,092

27,279

117,463

Non-resident Pass Through

3.2%

13,613

8,235

35,461

Resident Pass Through

6.4%

27,226

16,470

70,921

Year-Round

Resident Within Region

21.7%

394,588

389,438

399,738

Resident Inter-Region

35.7%

649,161

640,688

657,634

Non-resident Visit

27.3%

496,417

489,938

502,897

Non-resident Pass Through

10.7%

194,566

192,027

197,106

Resident Pass Through

4.7%

85,464

84,348

86,579

 

 
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