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U.S. Business Travel

U.S. Business Travel

Americans make more than 405 million long-distance business trips per year, accounting for 16% of all long-distance travel (see Box A), according to a preliminary analysis of the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS). Conducted from 2001 to 2002, the NHTS asked...

Box A: What is a Long-Distance Trip?

Box A: What is a Long-Distance Trip?

The National Household Travel Survey defines a long-distance trip as a journey from home to the furthest destination of 50 miles or more. For example, a trip from New York City to Denver to San Francisco would be considered a single trip from NYC...

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BTS | About the 2001 NHTS Skip to Content About the 2001 NHTS

The 2001 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) updates information gathered by two series of travel surveys—the Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey (NPTS) conducted in 1969, 1977, 1983,...

U.S. Business Travel

U.S. Business Travel

October 2003

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