The given charts delineate the purposes of traveling and six possible problems for public travel tourism in the US by the year 2009.
Overall, it is discernible from the charts that most tourists traveled for occupational purposes. In the same year, travel expenditure took the majority of primary concerns among Americans with regard to the trips they made
Looking at the information in more detail, in 2009, work-related trips made up 49% of all travel by Americans, compared to only 6% of trips made to visit friends and family. Additionally, personal reasons were cited as the reason for 19% of all travel, closely followed by shopping and social/recreation, with differences of 3% and 6%, respectively.
In the pie chart, the cost of traveling was the most remarkable consideration, taking up 36% of total issues, whereas the proportion of safety concerns was approximately half of that, at 19%, pursued by aggressive drivers, which was a concern for 17% of surveyed US citizens. Furthermore, highway congestion accounted for 14% of the concerns, which was equal to the combined total of public transport accessibility (8%) and pedestrian zones (6%).
