The following is a partial list of the latest comments provided by TInews subscribers. It gives a good idea of how TI's customers intend to use the web site and tourism data.

As you will see, TInet users have a wide spectrum of interests. From marketing to research and professional to educational purposes our customers intend to use the TI web site for a wide variety of reasons.

Please note that company-specific names have been edited from the original version.

• Strategic planning

• Planning to promote tourism to Colorado by Japanese using the Internet

• To understand the profile and travel patterns of U.S. travelers

• To help us plan our international marketing projects for tourism development to southern California.

• Statistical analysis of tourism trends will assist us in designing tourism web site, which meet the needs of travelers to the US.

• For tourism development

• Academic research

• I am enrolled in a Masters of Tourism Administration. I plan to use this information as part of my general studies.

• Share with others in cultural tourism coalition

• Market research

• Our firm represents a US international airline. We make use of the information listed in the above categories when drafting persuasive arguments in legal, legislative, and administrative related documents.

• This data will be used for research studies for my MBA degree in Tourism and Hospitality Management.

• Culture tourism and development

• As material for my International Travel and Tourism Classes, I am a Professor

• To assess the volume, characteristics and economic impact of international travel, as part of the state overall economic development program.

• To improve my knowledge of tourism

• Marketing

• Statistical reporting for major travel industry association.

• Hotel demand analysis, occupancy and rate forecasting.

• To keep current with the travel industry for my own personal knowledge.

• Help determine marketing and sales approach

• Economic studies for California and our county

• Strategic plan to promote Cancun and the Coast in the US

• Research for international publications about tourism industry.

• Planning tours

• Work with state tourism office

• Opportunities to sell international travel research services

• I am the International Salesperson and I would like to learn more about the International traveler.

• Incorporate it into tourism classes I teach. Also for research.

• Planning tourism to the United States

• To gain timely understanding of international trends and issues that may affect tourism in the U.S./California.

• To decide on new locations for our brochure in the UK

• Keep up to date on travel and tourism issues for implications on the lodging industry

• Research for resort tourism program

• I do a quarterly travel and tourism industry forecast for my company that is used for internal reports

• Editorial and marketing development for organizations & publications that we represent.

• For analyzing the international market

• We are planning to study demand of passenger's from/to USA and how it is linked to our policy.

• I am doing research on small farm tourism for myself. Also, I am doing various tourism-related research for a professor.

• Employment research in the travel industry

• For use in marketing a travel series

• Research

• Research & teaching

• Travel and Tourism research

• To help prepare reports for the Planning Institute of Jamaica

• Developing marketing strategies for business expansion.

• I will be using it for integration into my marketing plan and I will be using it to help and educate our private sector

• Market Analysis and projections for upcoming quarters/seasons

• Citizen International Departures

• Analyze trends and opportunities within the travel industry. Understand where the growth and activity is projected to be.

• Strategic Marketing Planning

• Research reports

• Update industry members on developments in international tourism

• I am a member of the media (for the trade) and will use the material in our publications: a weekly newspaper and a monthly guide

• For marketing strategies of our company

• To stay abreast of international issues in order to communicate them fully to the 4,000 members.

• Aviation security strategic planning

• Business development

• Conocer cual es el comportamiento del sector turismo a nivel mundial

• To better understand and market tourism to a world wide market

• Research

• Education and planning

• Interface with Tourism Industries programs.

• Background

• Assistance with development of state and regional marketing programs.

• Tracking international visitors, measuring progress of international representatives, developing fact sheets for media use, legislative budgeting purposes

• Market research and news bits for company newsletter

• Help formulate marketing decisions

• Marketing financial products to incoming foreign nationals.

• Be able to assist my company steered towards the future of the industry

• To focus my efforts as a newly hired tourism employee who has planning/organizing responsibilities.

• Information

• Help me keep up to data on tourism activities both domestically and internationally.

• To assist Travel & Tourism clients with their international endeavors.

• Consulting with travel clients, market research

• To provide state government with statistics on visitation to the state.

• To stay abreast on current events in the travel industry

• To keep abreast of data, statistics & trends that will help this office in formulating its marketing plan.

• For Marketing of the US. and more specifically our city.

• To develop international marketing plans

• National comparisons

• To counsel my tourism clients on U.S. Dept. of Commerce services.

• To help members of a heritage league in promoting cultural tourism and planning international strategies.

• We intend to work with agents for clients intending to visit East Africa and also locate tour operators dealing with inbound tourist to USA from Kenya

• We are doing a study on injury deaths of US travelers.

• To prepare presentations of the Italian market for Tourism to the U.S. to distribute to the companies in the industry

• Sales strategies to bring more passengers to the US on a major airline

• Research on US traveler's health abroad

• Just would like to keep informed. Thanks!

• As reference for articles to be published in the newspaper

• Marketing to Senior Groups

• For research and to enhance our travel and business services with the latest statistics and information

• Assist us in our Marketing

• Share info with local industry, track federal policy with state & local, etc.

• In-office research

• I'm the editor of a lodging newsletter. The information would be used primarily for the newsletters/magazines.

• Budgets, track tourism, keep members up-to-date

• Research and analyze international visitor data to the US to help plan marketing activities for my tourism clients

• For the purpose of marketing and promoting our city as an International Visitor Destination

• In legislative process

• Research and for development of new programs.

• Reporting, market segmentation

• Writing an article on my newspaper

• Internal reporting and program development

• For my clients in international tourism marketing

• Planning and implementation of policies and procedures impacting buyer enrollment for annual conference on tourism.

• Analysis of outbound destinations for product development

• International marketing strategies and justification of programs.

• Policy and research

• As the International Marketing Manager for a state tourism office I intend to use the information provided by you for the education of our travel and travel related industry.

• Tourism research and statistical analysis

• Need data on German & British tourists arriving in the various US cities and states for advertising sales

• To support research we do.

• Promote international tourism to the United States and six states within our region

• Market research for travel guide publishing

• For making Marketing decisions

• Allocation of marketing resources for international spending.

• Strategic business planning

• For in-house reporting

• For internal research

• Interest in tourism and promotion of National Scenic Byway

• To stay current with industry issues, research and opportunities

• Equity Research of Travel and Leisure markets.

• Better planning for our International tourism marketing strategies.

• To keep on top of market trends/shifts in an effort to better develop effective marketing strategies.

• Development of marketing strategy for regional tourism promotion from around the globe to California's Central Coast.

• Market and feasibility studies for hotel/tourism development

• Market Intelligence

• Teaching and community development