The New England travel market: An update of changing demographics and geographic markets, 1980 to 1996

The purposes of this research paper were three-fold: 1) to examine and update domestic travel to New England during the 80s and 90s; 2) to identify changing patterns in these travel trends by examining such variables as demographic and geographic markets or travelers who visited New England during this time period: and 3) to more specifically examine additional trend variables which have not yet been analyzed. Findings here indicated that the New England travel market has rebounded and is up across all age categories and geographic regions. Additional new data variables provided new insights into reason for trips; time of year traveling; type of traveler: and state of New England destination.