( ) -q-29- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “than international tourism.” Small businesses along popular vacation destinations like boardwalks and piers in the U.S. say the number of tourists flocking to the waterfront is back to normal, meaning pre-2020 levels. [CutID: <Cuts> SUMMER-TOURISTS-house-q-MONam.mp3 Time: 29s Title: SUMMER-TOURISTS-house-q-MONam Out-cue: than international tourism] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. […]
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Summer tourists flock to boardwalks and piers while sticking to their budgets
( ) -q-29- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “than international tourism.”
Small businesses along popular vacation destinations like boardwalks and piers in the U.S. say the number of tourists flocking to the waterfront is back to normal, meaning pre-2020 levels.
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Time: 29s
Title: SUMMER-TOURISTS-house-q-MONam
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting.
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VERBATIM: While affluent tourists are spending freely, lower-income vacationers are sticking to carefully planned-out budgets and buying less on impulse. According to the U.S. Travel Association’s forecast, 2024 tourism volume is expected to top 2019’s numbers for the first time since the pandemic began, with 2.45 billion trips taken. The USTA adds domestic tourism is rebounding faster than international tourism.