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South Dakota Travel Monitoring System
Travel activity indicators for Region Statewide, December 2008.

Travel activity indicators (Define)

December 2007  

December 2008  

2008 Versus 2007 

December 

Annual 

Year-to-Date
 

Indicators of overall travel activity

Rural highway traffic counts

154,874 

149,379 

-3.5% 

-3.1% 

-3.1% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel overnight stays

245,428 

243,757 

-0.7% 

0.1% 

0.1% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel occupancy rates

38.9% 

37.5% 

-3.7% 

-2.5% 

-2.5% 

Smith Travel Research average hotel/motel room rates

$62.46 

$64.15 

2.7% 

5.7% 

5.7% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel revenue per available room

$24.32 

$24.05 

-1.1% 

3.1% 

3.1% 

Lodging sales tax (Deflated)

$20,466,086.86 

$18,722,400.31 

-8.5% 

-2.3% 

-2.3% 

Tourism Tax Due (Deflated)

 

$312,032.51 

 

 

 

BBB Tax Due (Deflated)

 

$1,139,397.76 

 

 

 
 

Indicators of recreational travel as a subset of overall travel activity

Aggregate attractions attendance

74,668 

61,265 

-18.0% 

-3.4% 

-3.4% 

State park attendance

136,083 

130,700 

-4.0% 

0.4% 

0.4% 

State park campground occupancy rates

0.1% 

0.2% 

66.1% 

-0.5% 

-0.5% 

Deadwood gaming tax (Deflated)

$514,183.03 

$497,958.10 

-3.2%  

1.7%  

1.7%  

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National Social and Economic Indicators (Define)

U.S. Unemployment rate

5.0% 

7.2% 

44.0% 

25.0% 

25.0% 

U.S. Consumer Price Index

210.0 

210.2 

0.1% 

3.8% 

3.8% 

U.S. Travel Price Index

 

229.9 

 

 

 

Regular unleaded gasoline prices

2.98 

1.67 

-44.1% 

16.2% 

16.2% 

Expectations Index (EI)

75.8 

44.2 

-41.7% 

-42.2% 

-42.2% 

Present Situation Index (PSI)

112.9 

30.2 

-73.3% 

-45.8% 

-45.8% 

Consumer Confidence Index
(composite of EI and PSI)

90.6 

38.6 

-57.4% 

-44.0% 

-44.0% 

Euros per U.S. dollar

0.69 

0.74 

7.8% 

-6.8% 

-6.8% 

Canadian Dollars Per U.S. dollar

1.00 

1.23 

23.1% 

-0.7% 

-0.7% 

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December

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Year-over-year results for all regions

 

       

 

December

Annual 

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

 




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