Nov 4th, 2009 at 1:00PM:
Visitors from outside the United States came in and spent $9.9 billion in August ... which sounds like a lot. Unfortunately, it's down 21 percent from what they spent in August 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, as the travel slump continues to clamp wallets shut. The good news, though, is that spending by foreign visitors to the United States edged 1 percent higher from July. ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Foreigners are still spending less in the U.S.
Nov 4th, 2009 at 1:00PM:
Visitors from outside the United States came in and spent $9.9 billion in August ... which sounds like a lot. Unfortunately, it's down 21 percent from what they spent in August 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, as the travel slump continues to clamp wallets shut. The good news, though, is that spending by foreign visitors to the United States edged 1 percent higher from July. ...International visitor spending down 20%, misses $10bn mark
Oct 5th, 2009 at 8:00AM:
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Visitors to the United States from other countries spent a mere $9.6 billion in July, down almost 24% year-over-year, according to data from the Department of Transportation. Currency exchange rates continue to make a recession even more ... ummm ... ...Foreign spending in U.S. continues to fall
Jun 24th, 2009 at 2:00PM: Foreign spending in the United States continues its downward spiral. According to recent U.S. Department of Commerce data, visitors to the United States from outside the country fell 17 percent from April 2008 to April 2009, settling at $9.5 billion. In conjunction with struggles in the domestic market, the result is an even greater gap that remains to be filled.
Spending on travel and ...Record foreign travel spending in 2008, unlikely to continue
Apr 22nd, 2009 at 12:00PM: Records were broken last year. International visitors to the United States spent $142.1 billion on travel and tourism-related activities (including traveling to and within the country), according to preliminary U.S. Department of Commerce statistics. This is up 16 percent from 2007 – which was a record-setting year, as well.
Visitors spent $110.5 billion on travel and tourism-related goods ...
