Travel Volume and Behavior

Report of Travel To Texas
New for 2007!  This report provides a market assessment of the US and Texas, targeting that describes non-Texan overnight leisu re visitor characteristics, positioning Texas against competing destinations, and communicating the origin of visitors to Texas.

• 2007 Visitor Profile


• 2006 Visitor Profile (.pdf 1033KB)

Destination Reports
New for 2007! The following reports provide visitor profile information for the seven tourism regions in Texas and for each Metropolitan Statistical Area MSA and Metropolitan Division (MD).

• 2007 Big Bend Region (.pdf 589KB)
• 2005-2006 Big Bend Region (.pdf 511KB)

• 2007 Gulf Coast Region (.pdf 654KB)
• 2005-2006 Gulf Coast Region (.pdf 591KB)

• 2007 Hill Country Region (.pdf 464KB)
• 2005-2006 Hill Country Region (.pdf 407KB)

• 2007 Panhandle Plains (.pdf 656KB)
• 2005-2006 Panhandle Plains (.pdf 594KB)

• 2007 Piney Woods (.pdf 591KB)
• 2005-2006 Piney Woods (.pdf 492KB)

• 2007 Prairies & Lakes
• 2005-2006 Prairies & Lakes (.pdf 660KB)

• 2007 South Texas Plains (.pdf 581KB)
• 2005-2006 South Texas Plains (.pdf 518KB)

2004 Texas Destinations   Texas Destinations (Ten separate regional reports). Provides destination-specific profiles of pleasure visitors to Texas regions and metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs).
High Plains Amarillo Lubbock	Northwest Texas Abilene Wichita Falls	Metroplex Dallas Forth Worth-Arlington Sherman-Denison
Upper East Texas Longview-Marshall Texarkana Tyler	Southeast Texas Beaumont-Port Arthur	Gulf Coast Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land MSA
Central Texas Austin Bryan-College Station Killeen-Temple Waco	South Texas Brownsville-Harlingen San Benito Corpus Christi San Antonio Victoria	West Texas Odessa-Midland San Angelo
Upper Rio Grande El Paso

2005 Report of Travel To Texas

2005 Profile of Visitor to Texas This report provides a market assessment of the US and Texas, targeting that describes visitor characteristics, positioning Texas against competing destinations, and communicating the origin of visitors to Texas.

Top Attractions Survey 2001-2005 Includes a list of the top attractions in Texas from 2000-2004, a comparison between Non-Texans and Texans top attractions, and an overview of the methodology and questionnaire used in this survey.

The Structure of the the Texas Travel Industry -- gives info on labor force, income, and wages (838k.pdf)

Economic Impact of Tourism by region (spending)

Travel Trends by Quarter Provides trend information by calendar quarter for key tourism performance variables, including volume, share, and tourism profiles. Detailed tables available upon request.

• Jan-Mar 2008(.pdf 35KB))
• Oct-Dec 2007 (.pdf 136KB)
• Apr-Jun 2007 (.pdf 32KB)
• Oct-Dec 2006 (.pdf 30KB)
• Jul-Sep 2006 (.pdf 52KB)
• Apr-Jun 2006 (.pdf 44KB)
• Oct-Dec 2005 (.pdf 65KB)
• Jul-Sep 2005 (.pdf 70KB)
• Apr-Jun 2005 (.pdf 70KB)
• Jan-Mar 2005 (.pdf 234KB)

TDED Tourism Site (TravelTex)
2001 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife Recreation (Texas -- Census Bureau)

Texas Travel Spending Comparison Select 1 of the 6 search levels along with the corresponding level criteria. Texas Travel Spending Comparison