Table 9. Number of tourist trips, average length 

 of stay, average party size, and number of tour- 

 ists 3 visiting Mobile, Baldwin, and Escambia 

 Counties by automobile, 1970, 1980 (Friend et al . 

 1981). 



Tourist item 



1970 



1980 



Number of tourist trips (1, OOP's) 



Terminal 218 



Transient 942 



Business 416 



Total 



1,576 



328 

 1,422 



616 

 2,366 



Average length of stay in the area 



Terminal 2.1 days 2.1 days 



Transient 0.5 hours 0.5 hours 



Business 2.0 days 2.0 days 



Average party size 

 Terminal 

 Transient 

 Business 



3.0 



3.0 

 1.0 



3.3 



3.3^ 



1.5 b 



Number of tourists (1, OOP's) 



Terminal 654 



Transient 1,413 



Business 416 



Total 2,483 



1,082 



2,347 



924 



4,353 



a Tourist = tra 

 his county of 

 oriented activ 

 has arrived at 

 tourist = on 

 primary desti 

 traveling on 

 pleasure-orien 

 to work. 

 ^Estimated by 

 based on data 

 and Tourism in 

 c Assumes 50% 

 through the a 

 Regional Plann 

 Inc. 1971). 



veler going 100 miles or more from 

 residence to engage in pleasure- 

 ities; terminal tourist = one who 



his primary destination; transient 

 e who is traveling to or from his 

 nation; business tourist = one 



business, but participating in 

 ted activity not directly related 



Gulf Research Associates, Inc. 



from Auburn University's Travel 



Alabama 1979 study. 



of transient tourists traveling 



rea actually stop (South Alabama 



ing Commission and John H. Friend, 



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