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U.S. Outbound Tourism Snapshot for April 2014

Samantha Shankman

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Skift Take

The timing of the Easter and Passover holidays had a lot to do with the increase in U.S. travelers' international trips in April 2014.

The number of U.S. citizens traveling abroad in April 2014 increased 17 percent over the same month last year, according to monthly statistics released this week by the U.S. National Travel and Tourism Office. Every month, the NTTO releases data regarding recent travel activity, including details about outbound travel from the United States. This is the most recent month for which this information is available. One reason for the significant increase in tourism year-over-year was due to the timing of the Easter and Passover holidays.

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