The Business of American Vacations

other numbers to consider come from Visa's annual travel survey. An American VACATIONura TOP 25 Most Visited Tourist Destinations In America 10% spend between $2500 - $5000 25% 1. Times Square, NY 2. The Las Vegas Strip, Nevada 3. National Mall and Memorial Parks, Washington, D.C. 4. Faneuil Hall Marketplace, Boston MA 5. Disney World's Magic Kingdom, Lake Buena Vista, FL 6. Disneyland Park, Anaheim, CA 7. Fisherman's Wharf/Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, CA 8. Niagara Falls, NY 9. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tenn/NC 10. Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 11. Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Arizona/Nevada 12. Universal Studios Orlando/lslands of Adventure at Universal Orlando, FL 13. SeaWorld Florida, Orlando Florida 14. San Antonio River Walk, Texas 15. Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah 16. Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Penn/NJ 17. Universal Studios, Hollywood, CA 18. Metropolitan Museum, NY, NY 19. Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii 20. Grand Canyon, AZ 21. Busch Gardens Africa, Tampa Bay FL 22. Cape Cod National Seashore, MA said they will spend more than $1000 on their vacation, but no more than $2500 Looking at these averages, it áround 45% sur over $1000 on a just racation. urveyeo er Va How much money are you planning to spend this year on vacations per person? staying nt home This is somewhat comparable to Money Magazine which surveyed travelers and found that the average American family spends about $1600 on a summer vacation. Nothing 1,237 to 2,472 dollars More up to 618 dollars 620 to 1,236 dollars 15% than 16 More than half of American workers fail to take 2,472 dollars all their vacation days. 30% say they use less than half their allotted time. And 20% take only 18 22 24 ALL COUNTRIES 12% the average vacatiooney Magazine nd $1600 and that seems to be accurate in Both AAA and 39% 37% 20% 18% 23% 20% 22% 21% cost to be a a few days instead of a week or two. WESTERN EUROPE Belgium Germany France UK Italy Netherlands Portugal 13% 19% 4% 7% 9% that up a couple of dollars over the next year or so, but that number seems to 25 be pretty healthy at this time. 38% 38% 26% 17% 10% 15% 22% 15% 3% 13 20% 19% 18%| 16% 16% 18% 23% 22% 13% 6% 12 21 29% 4% 8% Among so-called extreme jobholders 42% claim they have to cancel vacation plans 40% 26% spend between $500 - $1000 on a family 15% China TI 15% 19% vacation "regularly." 66% 11% 6% 13% 17% 20% 26% 27% 11% don't take or plan for a summer vacation Japan Sweden Spain 13% 47% 8% Ireland WORKWORKWORK Germany UNIVERS On the other end of the spectrum, here are the countries where employees were least likely to use all of their paid leave: CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE The countries where workers were most likely to use all of their allotted vacation time are: Bahamas/Caribbean 61% 24% 19% 6% 3% 0% Americans take even less vacation than the Japanese, the people who gave rise to karoshi -the phenomenon of being worked to death. Bulgaria Poland Romania Czech Republic 71% 0% 0% 0% France 27% 16% 2% 2% Be 6% 62% 70% Italy 7% 0% 0% POTNA United States South Korea TOR10 30% 37% 13% 7% France 89% Turkey Hungary 2% 8% outside of tlheUS) 51% 34% 0% ICKET 65% 22% Argentina 80% 3% 1% 0% Destinations Hungary 78% Australia 23. SeaWorld San Diego, CA 24. American Museum of Natural History, NY 25. Atlantic City Boardwalk, New Jersey 47% EUROPE OVERALL 42% 21% 16% 11% 18% 6% 18% E T T7% 47% South Africa 3 England Britain USA Source: "Vacation"survey, G/K Association / WSJE, spring 2010, n 16.364 32% 15% 15% Spain 77% Canada 33% Japan Mexico,