Tue, Jan 12, 2010
Full Body Scans Preferred Over 'Pat-Downs' At Checkpoints
Nearly half of American leisure travelers feel that airport
passenger screening techniques are inadequate. In the national
State of the American Traveler survey conducted this week by
Destination Analysts, 47 percent of American leisure travelers
reported they either "Agreed" or "Strongly agreed" that airport
screening techniques were not sufficient. Only one-in-five
travelers believe that passenger screening is adequate.
Travelers are also seven times more likely to prefer full-body
scanning technology versus pat downs at security checkpoints. In a
follow-up question, Destination Analysts discovered that the
majority (57%) of travelers are either "Comfortable" or "Extremely
comfortable" with the use of such technologies--with only about 16
percent being "Uncomfortable" or "Extremely uncomfortable" with
full-body scans.
Other notable early findings of the study include Americans'
expectations for their future travel and spending appears to be on
the mend. 33 percent expect to increase the number of leisure trips
they will take in the coming year, up from 28 percent last July.
Meanwhile, only 14 percent of American leisure travelers expect to
cut back on their travel, compared with 20 percent last July.
Similar improvements were seen in expectations for spending on
leisure travel, with both areas approaching 2008 pre-recession
levels.
"We expect to see modest increases in domestic leisure travel
and spending in the upcoming year," says Erin Francis-Cummings,
Managing Partner of Destination Analysts. "Despite economic
pressures and security threats and uncertainty, Americans are more
upbeat about their travel prospects than they were six months
ago."
The State of the American Traveler survey is conducted every six
months by Destination Analysts. The Winter 2010 survey was
conducted online amongst a nationally representative sample of
adult Americans. From January 5th-6th, surveys were collected from
persons who had traveled at least once in the past 12 months for
leisure. In total, 1,011 travelers completed the survey, which has
a reliability of +/- 3.1%.
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