Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request

DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for collection of information under

the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-

13.

Bureau: International Trade Administration.

Title: Survey of International Air Travelers.

Agency Form Number: None.

OMB Number: 0625-0227.

Type of Request: Extension-Regular Submission.

Burden: 24,840 hours.

Number of Respondents: 165,600.

Avg. Hours Per Response: 15 minutes.

Needs and Uses: The International Trade Administration, Tourism

Industries' ``Survey of International Air Travelers'' is the only

source for estimating international travel and passenger fare exports

and imports for this country. This program also supports the U.S.

Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis mandate to collect

and report this type of information which is used to calculate Gross

Domestic Products for the United States. In addition, this project

serves as the core data source for Tourism Industries. Numerous reports

and analyses are developed to assist businesses in increasing U.S.

exports in international travel. An economic impact of international

travel on state economies, visitation estimates, traveler profiles,

presentations and reports are generated by Tourism Industries to help

the federal government agencies and the travel industry better

understand the international market. It is also a service that the U.S.

Department of Commerce provides to travel industry businesses seeking

to increase international travel and passenger fare exports for the

country. It provides the only comparable estimates of nonresident

visitation to the states and cities within the U.S., as well as U.S.

resident travel abroad. Traveler characteristics data are also

collected to help travel related businesses better understand the

international travelers to and from the U.S. so they can develop

targeted marketing and other planning related materials.

Affected Public: International travelers departing the United

States 18 years or older which includes U.S. and non-U.S. residents.

Frequency: Monthly.

Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary survey.

OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-7340.

Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained

by calling or writing Linda Engelmeier, Departmental Forms Clearance

Officer, (202) 482-3272, Department of Commerce, Room 5327, 14th and

Constitution, N.W., Washington, DC 20230.

Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information

collection should be sent to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room

10201, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 within 30

days of publication of this Federal Register notice.

Dated: December 18, 1998.

Madeleine Clayton,

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.

[FR Doc. 98-33990 Filed 12-22-98; 8:45 am]

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