Resident Travel Reports

All reports on this site are downloadable for no charge. Costs associated with each report pertain to hard copies ordered directly from ITRR and do not apply to downloaded information.

Resident Travel

RR 2000-2
Regional Analysis of Pleasure Travel by Montana Residents
(instructions to download and print 'ResRegns.pdf', 296 KB,
Author: Kim McMahon, October 2000, 121 pp., free to downlod, $25.00 hardcopy
This report includes analysis of resident travel on a tourism region basis. Provides discussion on pleasure travel engaged in by residents of each of Montana's six tourism regions as well as pleasure travel characteristics for Montanans traveling to destinations within each region. Also provides figures on spending in Montana for pleasure travel by residents of each tourism region and visitors to each tourism region.

RR 69
Montana Resident Pleasure Travel
(instructions to download and print the full report or view and print the report summary)
Authors: Kim McMahon, Norma P. Nickerson, and J. Allen Ellard, November 1999, 45 pp., free to downlod, $15.00 hardcopy
This report describes annual frequency of travel engaged in by Montana residents. Includes detailed descriptions of resident travel patterns for pleasure including pleasure travel spending, contribution to Montana's Lodging Facility Use Tax, trip characteristics in terms of frequency, timing, and destination of travel. Also includes group and household characteristics.

RR 68
Recreation Participation Patterns by Montana Residents
(instructions to download and print the full report or view and print the report summary)
Authors: J. Allen Ellard, Norma P. Nickerson, Kim McMahon, September 1999, 35 pp., $12.00
Results of a year-long study of resident travel and recreation in Montana. This report describes typical resident recreation patterns as well as annual, seasonal, and monthly participation. It also compares recreation participation of residents with different income levels, household type (with vs. without children), and discusses the value of Montana's natural resources for recreational purposes.

TCR 98-1
A National Study of Domestic Travel: Results for Montana
(instructions to download and print the file 'domtravl.pdf', 102 KB)
Authors: Rita J. Black May 1998, 23 pp., $10.00
Analysis of Secondary Data from the American Travel Survey Conducted by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Washington, DC A nationwide survey of approximately 80,000 households was conducted to document domestic travel patterns of Americans for an entire year. The survey was designed to record travel involving only the travelers' destinations. The data for each state were classified into three areas: nonresidents traveling to each state, each state's residents traveling within their state, and each state's residents traveling out-of-state. The results for Montana are presented in this report, and comparisons to ITRR nonresident data are made.

RR16
The Montana Resident Pleasure Travel Study:
Characteristics and Economic Impacts, 1989-1990
Authors: Neal A. Christensen, Michael Yuan,
Stephen F. McCool, and Neil Moisey
October 1991, 60 pp., $16.00
Results of a one-year statewide study assessing resident pleasure travel characteristics and associated economic impacts. Outdoor recreation activity participation, travel characteristics, travel purposes, and expenditures are presented.

TRENDS2000
Outdoor Recreation Participation in Montana:
Trends and Implications
Authors: Stephen F. McCool and Jeffrey E. Frost
June 1987, 16 pp., $9.00
Presents 1985 recreation participation data for Montana residents and makes projections in participation patterns to the year 2000 for selected outdoor activities. (Published as Research Paper No. 1 from the Montana Forest and Conservation Experiment Station, School of Forestry, The University of Montana.)

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