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University of Montana

Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications

2018

Resident Travel

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A Longitudinal Study Of Montanans’ Intrastate Travel Residents’ Monthly Reporting Of Travel, Jeremy L. Sage Aug 2018

A Longitudinal Study Of Montanans’ Intrastate Travel Residents’ Monthly Reporting Of Travel, Jeremy L. Sage

Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications

The purpose of this report was to provide complementary data and information to the Resident Travel Study (Report 2018-6) by following a panel of 285 Montanans for the whole of 2017. This panel based study allowed for a deeper look at the traveling habits of the respondents through a series of monthly surveys administered online. This report highlights travel frequency, purpose, spending and destination characteristics.


Resident Travel In Montana, Kara Grau, Norma P. Nickerson, Jeremy L. Sage, Megan Schultz Jul 2018

Resident Travel In Montana, Kara Grau, Norma P. Nickerson, Jeremy L. Sage, Megan Schultz

Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research Publications

The purpose of the study was to estimate annual resident travel within Montana, the spending volume of resident visitors to counties outside their residence (50 miles or more away from home), and to map the flow of resident travel within Montana. Montana residents took 13,547,000 day trips spending $1,662,620,000 and 4,013,000 overnight trips spending $1,206,970,000 for a total of nearly $2.87 billion on travel in Montana.