Orlando is the Favorite Destination
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009Orlando is the favorite destination according to a survey recently released from the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA). The 2009 summer survey reveals the top 10 vacation choices, and for the seventh year in a row, Orlando and Las Vegas remain the most popular summer destinations booked by ASTA travel agents.
Orlando came out on top with 17.2% of responses and Las Vegas maintained the second spot with 16% of the votes. Orlando and Las Vegas were followed by San Francisco, Los Angeles, Miami, Honolulu, San Diego, Washington (DC), Chicago and New York. While the same cities have remained in the top ten since 2006, their rankings have not. New York, for example, fell again this year from seventh place in 2008 to tenth place after five years in the number three spot from 2003 to 2007. San Francisco, Los Angeles and Miami maintained their spots at numbers three, four and five respectively. Honolulu moved up from number eight to number six in this year’s survey.
When looking at which states see the most summer travelers as booked by travel agents, not surprisingly, Florida again came out on top in 2009, accounting for 20.3% of all responses with cities such as Orlando, Miami, Ft. Lauderdale and Tampa. Nevada drew the second largest number of responses at 16.1% share with almost all the travel for Las Vegas. California, New York and Hawaii took third, fourth and fifth places respectively. Overseas, the top four international destination cities are London followed by Rome, Paris, and Cancun
