U.S. Outbound Tourism Snapshot for September 2014
Photo Credit: A photo of camel taken by a tourist outside of Doha, Qatar. Flickr / Joey Gannon
Skift Take
A sharp increase in travel to the Middle East could be caused by increase in business travel after the slow summer months.
A total 5.1 million U.S. citizens traveled abroad in September 2014, up six percent over September 2013, according to monthly statistics released this week by the U.S. National Travel and Tourism Office.
This brings U.S. citizen international travel to 52.1 million in the first eight months of the year.
Every month, the NTTO releases data regarding recent travel activity, including details about outbound travel from the United States. This is the most recent month for which this information is available.
Throughout September, travel to overseas locations accounted for 46 percent of U.S. outbound inter
