U.S. Outbound Tourism Snapshot for November 2014
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American outbound travel shifts from primarily leisure trips to business trips in the fall, likely leading to the increase in overseas travel in comparison to earlier months.
Some 2.1 million U.S. citizens traveled abroad in November 2014, up four percent over November 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 62 million in the first ten months of the year, up six percent for 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.
Through November, travel to overseas locations accounted for 45 percent of U.S. outbound international travel while a slightly higher percentage, 55 percent,
