TIA appreciates that domestic travel makes up around 60% of annual tourism spending and thereby establishes the base that enables many international tourism products and services to exist.  

TIA has long championed the importance of domestic tourism for its social, cultural, and economic benefits, and will continue to do so. In the post COVID period, it is important that the role of domestic tourism is not lost as international tourism returns.  

In addition to providing the base demand, domestic travel is important in the role it plays for regional dispersal and reducing seasonality, and for its responsiveness to a wide range of sports, cultural and other events that create reasons to travel to particular places outside of the peak travel periods.