Visa study: 84% say AH1N1 will have no impact on their travel plans

By Margot Lee Shetterly June 11, 2009 - 15:18

According to a recently published Visa Inc. survey, "Tourism Outlook USA", 84% of travelers say that the cost of travel and economic concerns will play a greater role in their travel decisions than fears of the AH1N1 flu virus.

The credit card and financial services company surveyed 1,000 US adults in May 2009 about their travel plans for the year, and the vast majority said that they would not alter plans because of the recent epidemic.

The results are consistent with recent statistical and anecdotal evidence that Mexico's tourist industry is bouncing back from the devastating blow of the influenza outbreak.

83%, however, say that they will curtail travel plans based on the economic environment, including traveling closer to home (31%) or traveling off-peak (46%).

Via CNBC

About Margot Lee Shetterly

Collaborating with my brilliant writer/editor/entrepreneur husband Aran Shetterly on Inside México has been the adventure of a lifetime. In December 2005, we got in the car, drove down to Mexico and since then have been learning how to grow a business in a new country and culture, and how to create compelling media for the large and growing population of English speaking Mexicophiles here and around the world. I started my career on Wall Street in New York (just a little town, by Mexico City standards) and made the transition to digital media in the mid '90s. I'm an avid traveler and media consumer, and love to knit when I get a spare moment.

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