[Federal Register: June 24, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 121)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 
Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request

    DOC has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 
clearance of the following proposal for collection of information under 
the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public Law 104-
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International Trade Administration

    Title: Survey of International Air Travelers.
    Agency Form Number: N/A.
    OMB Number: 0625-0227.
    Type of Request: Regular Submission.
    Burden: 24,840 hours.
    Number of Respondents: 165,000.
    Avg. Hours per Response: 15 minutes.
    Needs and Uses: The International Trade Administration, Tourism 
Industries office ``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 Product for the United States. This project also 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, as 
well as U.S. outbound travel. 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: Individuals or households.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    OMB Desk Officer: David Rostker, (202) 395-3897.
    Copies of the above information collection can be obtained by 
calling or writing Madeleine Clayton, Departmental Paperwork Clearance 
Officer, (202) 482-3129, Department of Commerce, Room 6608, 14th & 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230 or via the Internet at 
MClayton@doc.gov.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent to David Rostker, OMB Desk Officer, Room 
10202, New Executive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 within 30 
days of the publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

    Dated: June 18, 2002.
Madeleine Clayton,
Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, Office of the Chief 
Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 02-15785 Filed 6-21-02; 8:45 am]
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