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

Travel activity indicators (Define)

November 2008  

November 2009  

2009 Versus 2008 

November 

Fall 

Year-to-Date
 

Indicators of overall travel activity

Rural highway traffic counts

33,493 

36,599 

9.3% 

8.1% 

5.3% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel overnight stays

51,685 

50,314 

-2.7% 

-0.5% 

-1.6% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel occupancy rates

56.6% 

53.6% 

-5.4% 

-3.3% 

-4.1% 

Smith Travel Research average hotel/motel room rates

$65.61 

$68.05 

3.7% 

2.7% 

3.0% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel revenue per available room

$37.16 

$36.47 

-1.8% 

-0.6% 

-1.3% 

Lodging sales tax (Deflated)

$4,953,370.27 

$5,183,417.34 

4.6% 

8.3% 

3.8% 

Tourism Tax Due (Deflated)

$75,321.75 

$65,381.41 

-13.2% 

-12.4% 

-7.3% 

BBB Tax Due (Deflated)

$262,471.78 

$250,714.71 

-4.5% 

-1.0% 

-1.2% 
 

Indicators of recreational travel as a subset of overall travel activity

Aggregate attractions attendance

782 

541 

-30.8% 

-4.9% 

8.3% 

State park attendance

31,190 

30,090 

-3.5% 

-7.2% 

-9.5% 

State park campground occupancy rates

0.8% 

1.1% 

35.3% 

85.7% 

17.3% 

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National Social and Economic Indicators (Define)

U.S. Unemployment rate

6.7% 

10.0% 

49.3% 

55.4% 

63.3% 

U.S. Consumer Price Index

212.4 

216.3 

1.8% 

0.1% 

-0.6% 

U.S. Travel Price Index

 

241.9 

 

 

 

Regular unleaded gasoline prices

2.10 

2.61 

24.5% 

-13.9% 

-32.1% 

Expectations Index (EI)

46.2 

70.3 

52.2% 

47.1% 

14.5% 

Present Situation Index (PSI)

42.3 

21.2 

-49.9% 

-55.5% 

-66.8% 

Consumer Confidence Index
(composite of EI and PSI)

44.7 

50.6 

13.2% 

5.4% 

-25.5% 

Euros per U.S. dollar

0.78 

0.67 

-14.5% 

-8.9% 

6.8% 

Canadian Dollars Per U.S. dollar

1.22 

1.06 

-13.0% 

-7.6% 

9.3% 

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November

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Year-To-Date

Year-over-year results for all regions

 

       

 

November

Fall 

Full Years

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