According to a new survey of 2,231 US adults, only 9 percent of those questioned are planning to have a ‘staycation’, or a vacation based from their home.

The numbers were a bit shocking to the hotel industry, who had feared much worse.

Another surprising fact: 22% of those planning a staycation still plan on staying in a local hotel or motel for at least 1 night.

“People taking ‘staycations’ are not necessarily entertaining themselves at home,” said Roger Dow, president and chief executive officer of the Travel Industry Association (TIA). “On the contrary, many are participating in travel-related activities that generate significant revenues for restaurants, attractions, theme parks, as well as hotels and resorts.”

They might be keeping local, but these vacationers are still planning on taking advantage of what the local tourism industry has to offer, from hotels, to parks, to dining, to planned family events.

This is good news anyway you cut it for the Hospitality Industry in the United States.

” Other results from the travelhorizonsT survey corroborate this conclusion: more than five times as many U.S. adults (160 million) actually took a leisure trip during the past six months than took a “staycation,” and nearly eight times as many (166 million) plan to take a leisure trip during the next six months than are planning a “staycation,” said Peter Yesawich, chairman of Ypartnership, coauthor of the survey.

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