Most Americans still travelling

Seven out of 10 travellers in the USA say they have not changed their travel plans following the 11 September attacks, according to the Travel Industry Association (TIA) of America.

A TIA survey of 1,000 adults conducted in mid-September found that before the attacks, 39% of Americans (78 million) had plans to take a leisure trip within the next three months and 69% of them (54 million) said they had made no changes to their travel plans.

But 12% (9.4 million) had cancelled one or more leisure trips and 8% (6.3 million) had rescheduled one or more trips to a later date.

In the next six months, 58% of US adults planned to take a leisure trip, the survey found. Of those not planning to travel, 20% cited financial concerns as the main reason.

Only 12% said they would not travel because of concerns over security and 4% were concerned about the inconvenience of travel these days.