NATIONAL & REGIONAL TOURISM ECONOMIC INDICATORS
Winter
	December-February			% Chg	% Chg
	2006	2007	2008	06-08	07-08
NATIONAL AIRPORT ENPLANEMENTS
Domestic Passenger Enplanements (thousands)	110,475	111,237	109,507	-0.9%	-1.6%
LODGING
National Hotel/Motel Statistics
Occupancy Rate	55.1%	54.3%	53.2%	-3.6%	-2.1%
Rooms Sold (millions)	71.7	71.4	71.2	-0.7%	-0.3%
Room Revenue (monthly average; millions)	6,746.67	7,137.00	7,512.00	11.3%	5.3%
NATIONAL RECEIPTS (millions)
Food & Beverage	$103,710	$110,111	$115,099	11.0%	4.5%
Gasoline Stations	$98,623	$100,802	$119,014	20.7%	18.1%
NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT (monthly average; thousands)
Lodging	1,745.4	1,784.4	1,781.5	2.1%	-0.2%
Food Services and Drinking Places	9,007.5	9,372.3	9,561.9	6.2%	2.0%
Air Traffic	483.9	484.7	501.7	3.7%	3.5%
PRICE INDICES1 (base year 1982-84=100)
NATIONAL TRAVEL PRICE INDEX (TPI)	221.1	227.4	247.5	11.9%	8.8%
Food & Beverage	199.0	205.6	212.9	7.0%	3.5%
Lodging	268.0	279.6	291.6	8.8%	4.3%
Transportation	211.3	212.3	256.8	21.5%	21.0%
Recreation Services	212.7	214.7	260.9	22.7%	21.5%
CPI-U	197.9	202.6	210.9	6.6%	4.1%
SOUTHERN REGION TPI2 (base year 1997=100)	121.7	124.0	131.2	7.8%	5.8%
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