NATIONAL & REGIONAL TOURISM ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Spring
	March-May			% Chg	% Chg
	2005	2006	2007	05-07	06-07
NATIONAL AIRPORT ENPLANEMENTS
Domestic Passenger Enplanements (thousands)	128,069	125,818	127,577	-0.4%	1.4%
LODGING
National Hotel/Motel Statistics
Occupancy Rate	64.0%	65.1%	65.0%	1.6%	-0.2%
Rooms Sold (millions)	86.23	87.63	88.63	2.8%	1.1%
Room Revenue (millions)	$7,871.67	$8,578.33	$9,167.67	16.5%	6.9%
NATIONAL RECEIPTS (millions)
Food & Beverage	$97,173	$105,236	$110,931	14.2%	5.4%
Gasoline Stations	$88,739	$102,754	$105,857	19.3%	3.0%
NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT (thousands)
Lodging	1,780.8	1,786.1	1,823.2	2.4%	2.1%
Food Services and Drinking Places	9,074.3	9,316.6	9,663.9	6.5%	3.7%
Air Traffic	506.4	484.8	485.0	-4.2%	0.0%
PRICE INDICES1 (base year 1982-84=100)
NATIONAL TRAVEL PRICE INDEX (TPI)	204.9	235.0	242.2	18.2%	3.0%
Food & Beverage	183.3	200.5	207.3	13.1%	3.4%
Lodging	266.0	293.9	302.2	13.6%	2.8%
Transportation	177.8	235.8	243.4	36.9%	3.3%
Recreation Services	206.4	214.7	215.6	4.5%	0.5%
CPI-U	183.4	201.3	206.7	12.7%	2.7%
SOUTHERN REGION TPI2 (base year 1997=100)	119.5	124.1	127.5	6.7%	2.7%
Notes:
1. A price index is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and servcies.
For the travel price index the basket of goods includes measures for food, lodging, transportation, and recreation services.
An index of 110 means that there has been a 10-percent increase in prices since the reference period.
2. Developed by SCPRT using Southern Region size class B/C CPI data. States in the southern region include: AL, AR, DE, FL,
GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, DC, AND WV