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South Dakota Travel Monitoring System
Travel activity indicators for Region 3, 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

24,259 

25,313 

4.3% 

5.1% 

3.3% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel overnight stays

39,531 

38,102 

-3.6% 

-2.0% 

0.9% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel occupancy rates

51.6% 

49.8% 

-3.6% 

-2.0% 

-0.5% 

Smith Travel Research average hotel/motel room rates

$63.58 

$64.35 

1.2% 

2.0% 

1.8% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel revenue per available room

$32.83 

$32.03 

-2.4% 

-0.1% 

1.3% 

Lodging sales tax (Deflated)

$3,681,339.35 

$3,356,682.89 

-8.8% 

-9.1% 

2.7% 

Tourism Tax Due (Deflated)

$105,454.55 

$76,394.84 

-27.6% 

-20.9% 

-13.0% 

BBB Tax Due (Deflated)

$91,467.11 

$95,714.37 

4.6% 

9.2% 

-0.4% 
 

Indicators of recreational travel as a subset of overall travel activity

Aggregate attractions attendance

2,185 

2,676 

22.5% 

14.1% 

13.7% 

State park attendance

45,475 

68,323 

50.2% 

15.4% 

23.5% 

State park campground occupancy rates

0.6% 

1.2% 

92.7% 

99.3% 

31.7% 

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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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Trends in several indicators of travel activity, all for Region 3 

 



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