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South Dakota Travel Monitoring System
Travel activity indicators for Region 3, October 2008.

Travel activity indicators (Define)

October 2007  

October 2008  

2008 Versus 2007 

October 

 

Year-to-Date
 

Indicators of overall travel activity

Rural highway traffic counts

29,316 

27,807 

-5.1% 

 

-4.3% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel overnight stays

50,341 

51,042 

1.4% 

 

1.1% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel occupancy rates

65.3% 

64.5% 

-1.3% 

 

-0.4% 

Smith Travel Research average hotel/motel room rates

$65.36 

$68.52 

4.8% 

 

6.9% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel revenue per available room

$42.71 

$44.21 

3.5% 

 

6.4% 

Lodging sales tax (Deflated)

$2,218,473.84 

$2,525,840.56 

13.9% 

 

0.4% 

Tourism Tax Due (Deflated)

$39,650.24 

$52,298.73 

31.9% 

 

3.1% 

BBB Tax Due (Deflated)

$64,129.64 

$69,722.15 

8.7% 

 

1.0% 
 

Indicators of recreational travel as a subset of overall travel activity

Aggregate attractions attendance

3,153 

2,623 

-16.8% 

 

-0.0% 

State park attendance

65,005 

73,401 

12.9% 

 

1.3% 

State park campground occupancy rates

3.1% 

3.2% 

4.7% 

 

-2.5% 

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National Social and Economic Indicators (Define)

U.S. Unemployment rate

4.7% 

6.5% 

38.3% 

 

21.1% 

U.S. Consumer Price Index

208.9 

216.6 

3.7% 

 

4.5% 

U.S. Travel Price Index

 

 

 

 

 

Regular unleaded gasoline prices

2.79 

3.01 

7.8% 

 

28.2% 

Expectations Index (EI)

80.0 

35.7 

-55.4% 

 

-42.9% 

Present Situation Index (PSI)

118.0 

43.5 

-63.1% 

 

-41.9% 

Consumer Confidence Index
(composite of EI and PSI)

95.2 

38.8 

-59.2% 

 

-42.4% 

Euros per U.S. dollar

0.70 

0.75 

7.3% 

 

-9.9% 

Canadian Dollars Per U.S. dollar

0.98 

1.18 

21.4% 

 

-5.2% 

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October

 

Year-To-Date

Year-over-year results for all regions

 

 

       

 

October

 

Full Years

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

  



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