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South Dakota Travel Monitoring System
Travel activity indicators for Region 2, September 2008.

Travel activity indicators (Define)

September 2007  

September 2008  

2008 Versus 2007 

September 

 

Year-to-Date
 

Indicators of overall travel activity

Rural highway traffic counts

35,220 

32,260 

-8.4% 

 

-2.0% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel overnight stays

62,047 

56,413 

-9.1% 

 

-2.5% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel occupancy rates

68.0% 

61.8% 

-9.1% 

 

-2.5% 

Smith Travel Research average hotel/motel room rates

$60.43 

$63.76 

5.5% 

 

8.4% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel revenue per available room

$41.09 

$39.41 

-4.1% 

 

5.6% 

Lodging sales tax (Deflated)

$3,955,395.92 

$3,860,760.00 

-2.4% 

 

-3.2% 

Tourism Tax Due (Deflated)

$49,102.94 

$58,160.09 

18.4% 

 

-11.8% 

BBB Tax Due (Deflated)

$220,969.63 

$217,474.58 

-1.6% 

 

-6.5% 
 

Indicators of recreational travel as a subset of overall travel activity

Aggregate attractions attendance

20,355 

27,768 

36.4% 

 

10.5% 

State park attendance

85,932 

82,303 

-4.2% 

 

-1.8% 

State park campground occupancy rates

17.2% 

10.2% 

-41.0% 

 

-3.0% 

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National Social and Economic Indicators (Define)

U.S. Unemployment rate

4.7% 

6.1% 

29.8% 

 

19.1% 

U.S. Consumer Price Index

208.5 

218.8 

4.9% 

 

4.6% 

U.S. Travel Price Index

 

 

 

 

 

Regular unleaded gasoline prices

2.82 

3.71 

31.7% 

 

30.5% 

Expectations Index (EI)

85.0 

61.5 

-27.6% 

 

-41.7% 

Present Situation Index (PSI)

121.2 

61.1 

-49.6% 

 

-39.8% 

Consumer Confidence Index
(composite of EI and PSI)

99.5 

61.4 

-38.3% 

 

-40.8% 

Euros per U.S. dollar

0.72 

0.70 

-3.0% 

 

-11.6% 

Canadian Dollars Per U.S. dollar

1.03 

1.06 

3.1% 

 

-7.8% 

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September

 

Year-To-Date

Year-over-year results for all regions

 

 

       

 

September

 

Full Years

Compare trends in the same indicator across regions

  

Trends in several indicators of travel activity, all for Region 2 

  



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