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

23,478 

21,856 

-6.9% 

 

-4.3% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel overnight stays

46,044 

47,026 

2.1% 

 

1.0% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel occupancy rates

61.8% 

61.4% 

-0.5% 

 

-0.4% 

Smith Travel Research average hotel/motel room rates

$60.34 

$63.84 

5.8% 

 

7.2% 

Smith Travel Research hotel/motel revenue per available room

$37.27 

$39.22 

5.2% 

 

6.8% 

Lodging sales tax (Deflated)

$2,608,814.66 

$3,080,487.89 

18.1% 

 

-1.3% 

Tourism Tax Due (Deflated)

$42,956.02 

$53,515.08 

24.6% 

 

-0.1% 

BBB Tax Due (Deflated)

$85,805.52 

$84,943.90 

-1.0% 

 

0.1% 
 

Indicators of recreational travel as a subset of overall travel activity

Aggregate attractions attendance

4,325 

4,844 

12.0% 

 

1.5% 

State park attendance

112,770 

114,164 

1.2% 

 

0.7% 

State park campground occupancy rates

13.3% 

9.0% 

-32.1% 

 

-2.7% 

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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

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

  



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