Tourism Satellite Accounts Q2 - 2006

Growth in real tourism output slowed to an annual rate of 1.4 percent in the second quarter of 2006, according to data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. In the first quarter of 2006, real tourism output grew 5.0 percent (revised). By comparison, real gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annual rate of 2.9 percent in the second quarter of 2006, and 5.6 percent in the first quarter of 2006.

Link: http://www.bea.gov/bea/newsrelarchive/2006/tour206.htm