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On the Move |
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More than 3.8 million
Boston-area adults took at least one overnight
trip in 2004. |
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Big Travel Budgets |
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1,162,100 — or one-third of all
Boston-market adults — spent over $2,000 on
their last overnight trip. |
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Conveniently Located Near Europe |
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Just 6 hours from Europe’s
western coast, Boston is a hub of international
travel. In fact, 1.6 million market adults
traveled abroad in the past year. That’s over
one-third of the entire market. |
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Children Welcome |
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Bostonians enjoy traveling with
kids. 1,153,600 — or 40% — of all trips planned
in the next year are family vacations with kids
under the age of 18. |
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World Travelers |
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1,656,900 Boston-market adults
plan to take a trip outside the U.S. in the next
12 months. |
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Cruisin’ |
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794,700 Bostonians have taken a
cruise in the past 3 years. |
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TGIF |
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46% of Boston market adults have
taken a weekend getaway in the past year. Over 2
million say they plan to take an overnight trip
within New England in the next 12 months. |
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Tourist Magnet |
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Boston is one of the most
popular tourist destinations in the country;
nearly half the U.S. population is within a
12-hour drive. |
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