Domestic Travel Became Even More Dominant for Americans Last Year
Photo Credit: Domestic trips have more interest in the U.S this year. Pictured is an iconic spot in Key West, Florida, one of the destinations with the most interest based on a recent survey. Flickr / clarkmaxwell
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Some U.S. travelers will always want to stay close to home, regardless of the state of the world. Road trips to visit nearby friends and family continue to be the foundation of most American trips, and that will likely be the case again this year.
Domestic trips have always had the largest slice of the U.S. leisure travel pie, and over the past year, that trend has been even more acute.
U.S. travelers took nearly 14 million more trips in the United States than international trips during the 12-month stretch ending in February, according to MMGY Global's 2017 Portrait of American Travelers report, citing concerns about political climates and safety abroad as likely reasons for the bump in domestic trips.
Domestic vacations made up 85 percent of total vacations taken by Americans, up seven percentage points from the prior year, based on MMGY Global's survey of nearly 3,000 U.S. leisure travelers ages 18 and older in February.
Respondents had an annual household income $50,000 or more and took at least one leisure trip 75 miles or more from home during the year that required overnight accommodations.
When MMGY Global surveyed U.S. travelers in 2016, some 34
