Because the mountain travel business is particularly dependent on economic, political, environmental, and competitive influences, MTRiP has identified and tracks a broad set of business indicators that include National economic and travel data as well as local sales and lodging tax data.

MTRiP's Economic and Travel News package is ideally suited to resort destinations or corporate clients that want to keep their management, marketing, and sales force apprised of changing market conditions in a timely and efficient manner, and is of particular value when time is an issue.

Destination marketing organizations such as tourism associations and local Chambers of Commerce are using the News and Indicators together - a Marketplace Monitor - both for their own use and to help member-subscribers make more informed marketing decisions. The resulting improvement in members’ performance is a benefit that rolls-up to the entire resort community: a “rising economic tide floats all the boats."

MTRiP's Economic Indicators and Mountain Travel News are offered as an annual subscription package and are usually purchased together as part of the Mountain Travel Market Monitor, often included as part of an overall Resort program.

		National Economic/Travel Indicators Consumer Confidence Index (Conference Board) Consumer Sentiment Index (University of Michigan) Traveler Sentiment Index (Travel Industry Association - TIA) Index of Leading Economic Indicators (Conference Board) Index of Coincident Indicators (Conference Board) National Domestic Enplanements (Air Transport Association; TIA) U.S. Hotel/Motel Occupancy Rate (Smith Travel Research; TIA) U.S. Travel Price Index and Current Inflation (US Bureau of Labor Statistics; TIA) U.S. Dollar Foreign Exchange Rate (Federal Reserve) Mountain Travel Indicators Snow Mapper: Interactive snowfall map Enplanements at Mountain Gateways / Warm Weather Airports Retail Sales Tax Collections at Mountain Towns Lodging Tax Collections at Mountain Towns