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South Dakota Travel Monitoring System
Travel activity indicators for Region 2, August 2009.

Travel activity indicators (Define)

August 2008  

August 2009  

2009 Versus 2008 

August 

Summer 

Year-to-Date
 

Indicators of overall travel activity

Rural highway traffic counts

37,213 

37,374 

0.4% 

5.1% 

4.3% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel overnight stays

64,561 

63,476 

-1.7% 

1.5% 

-2.1% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel occupancy rates

68.5% 

65.4% 

-4.4% 

-1.3% 

-4.5% 

Smith Travel Research average hotel/motel room rates

$70.67 

$69.69 

-1.4% 

0.4% 

3.1% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel revenue per available room

$48.38 

$45.60 

-5.7% 

-0.9% 

-1.5% 

Lodging sales tax (Deflated)

$4,125,655.40 

$4,764,382.33 

15.5% 

13.9% 

1.7% 

Tourism Tax Due (Deflated)

$58,735.92 

$63,674.04 

8.4% 

-9.7% 

-4.3% 

BBB Tax Due (Deflated)

$242,819.98 

$259,904.83 

7.0% 

2.6% 

-1.2% 
 

Indicators of recreational travel as a subset of overall travel activity

Aggregate attractions attendance

875 

1,047 

19.7% 

4.6% 

11.7% 

State park attendance

141,319 

125,196 

-11.4% 

-11.2% 

-10.1% 

State park campground occupancy rates

41.5% 

40.7% 

-1.9% 

9.1% 

10.5% 

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National Social and Economic Indicators (Define)

U.S. Unemployment rate

6.1% 

9.7% 

59.0% 

65.3% 

66.9% 

U.S. Consumer Price Index

219.1 

215.8 

-1.5% 

-1.7% 

-0.9% 

U.S. Travel Price Index

270.7 

247.1 

-8.7% 

-9.7% 

 

Regular unleaded gasoline prices

3.74 

2.56 

-31.5% 

-34.9% 

-37.8% 

Expectations Index (EI)

54.1 

73.8 

36.4% 

46.7% 

3.2% 

Present Situation Index (PSI)

65.0 

25.4 

-60.9% 

-62.4% 

-69.3% 

Consumer Confidence Index
(composite of EI and PSI)

58.5 

54.5 

-6.8% 

-6.3% 

-34.3% 

Euros per U.S. dollar

0.67 

0.70 

4.8% 

9.2% 

13.2% 

Canadian Dollars Per U.S. dollar

1.05 

1.09 

3.2% 

8.2% 

16.5% 

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August

Summer 

Year-To-Date

Year-over-year results for all regions

 

       

 

August

Summer 

Full Years

Compare trends in the same indicator across regions

 

Trends in several indicators of travel activity, all for Region 2 

 



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