U.S. Travel Growth Is Slowing Due to International and Business Weakness
Photo Credit: Domestic leisure travel is expected to be the main engine for travel growth in the United States moving into early 2017. Pictured is Central Park in New York City, a popular U.S. destination. Flickr / Randy Lemoine
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It looks like the trend of slow growth for travel in the United States — or no growth, in some sectors — will continue into early 2017.
After an unusually robust September, domestic business travel in the U.S. has returned to its more familiar position: a slump.
According to the latest Travel Trends Index from the U.S. Travel Association and Oxford Economics, domestic business travel demand dropped in October year over year. That downward trend is expected to continue in the next few months before startin
