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South Dakota Travel Monitoring System
Travel activity indicators for Region 4, January 2009.

Travel activity indicators (Define)

January 2008  

January 2009  

2009 Versus 2008 

January 

 

Year-to-Date
 

Indicators of overall travel activity

Rural highway traffic counts

39,786 

39,809 

0.1% 

 

0.1% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel overnight stays

89,201 

89,050 

-0.2% 

 

-0.2% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel occupancy rates

33.3% 

32.6% 

-2.2% 

 

-2.2% 

Smith Travel Research average hotel/motel room rates

$58.53 

$60.95 

4.1% 

 

4.1% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel revenue per available room

$19.50 

$19.87 

1.9% 

 

1.9% 

Lodging sales tax (Deflated)

$6,070,627.68 

$5,274,664.02 

-13.1% 

 

-13.1% 

Tourism Tax Due (Deflated)

$86,698.30 

$86,005.56 

-0.8% 

 

-0.8% 

BBB Tax Due (Deflated)

$323,974.35 

$322,083.76 

-0.6% 

 

-0.6% 
 

Indicators of recreational travel as a subset of overall travel activity

Aggregate attractions attendance

40,175 

39,959 

-0.5% 

 

-0.5% 

State park attendance

39,617 

42,911 

8.3% 

 

8.3% 

State park campground occupancy rates

0.1% 

0.0% 

-66.7% 

 

-66.7% 

Deadwood gaming tax (Deflated)

$577,357.20 

$564,355.42 

-2.3%  

 

-2.3%  

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National Social and Economic Indicators (Define)

U.S. Unemployment rate

4.9% 

7.6% 

55.1% 

 

55.1% 

U.S. Consumer Price Index

211.1 

211.1 

0.0% 

 

0.0% 

U.S. Travel Price Index

248.2 

233.5 

-5.9% 

 

-5.9% 

Regular unleaded gasoline prices

3.02 

1.77 

-41.3% 

 

-41.3% 

Expectations Index (EI)

69.3 

42.5 

-38.7% 

 

-38.7% 

Present Situation Index (PSI)

114.3 

29.7 

-74.0% 

 

-74.0% 

Consumer Confidence Index
(composite of EI and PSI)

87.3 

37.4 

-57.2% 

 

-57.2% 

Euros per U.S. dollar

0.68 

0.76 

11.2% 

 

11.2% 

Canadian Dollars Per U.S. dollar

1.01 

1.22 

21.3% 

 

21.3% 

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January

 

Year-To-Date

Year-over-year results for all regions

 

 

       

 

January

 

Full Years

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Trends in several indicators of travel activity, all for Region 4 

  



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