US travel volume rise by 3.2%
US travel volume grew 3.2% a year in May this year, as revealed by the US Travel Association’s Travel Trends Index. The total domestic travel grew 3.6%, with growth in both business and leisure volume.
The slower growth of business travel, which has a smaller volume compared to leisure travel, pulled total travel growth down slightly but not enough to register on the index after rounding.
US Travel forecasts a slowdown in the coming months. From June through November 2019, the organization’s projects total domestic travel will grow by 2%. This is slower than any of the previous six months, resulting in a stronger downward pull on overall domestic travel growth in the coming months.
International inbound travel to the US for May this year grew by 1.2% over the corresponding period of last year.