73 FR 210 pg. 64302 - Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
Type: NOTICEVolume: 73Number: 210Page: 64302
FR document: [FR Doc. E8-25730 Filed 10-28-08; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request
The Department of Commerce will submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for clearance the following proposal for collection of information under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
Agency: International Trade Administration (ITA).
Title: Survey of International Air Travelers (SIAT)
Form Number(s): None.
OMB Control Number: 0625-0227.
Type of Request: Extension of a currently approved collection.
Burden Hours: 24,850.
Number of Respondents: 99,400.
Average Hours per Response: 15 minutes.
Needs and Uses: The International Trade Administration, Manufacturing and Services, Office of Travel and Tourism Industries' (OTTI)-"Survey of International Air Travelers" is the only source for estimating international travel and passenger fare exports and imports for this country. This program also supports the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis mandate to collect and report this type of information which is used to calculate Gross Domestic Products for the United States. In addition, this project serves as the core data source for the OTTI. Numerous reports and analyses are developed to assist businesses in increasing U.S. exports in international travel. An economic impact of international travel on state economies, visitation estimates, traveler profiles, presentations and reports are generated by the OTTI to help Federal Government agencies and the travel industry better understand the international market. The data have been a staple of information for the U.S. Departments of State and Transportation in support of their "Open Skies" negotiations with foreign trading partners. It is also a service that Department of Commerce provides to travel industry businesses seeking to increase international travel and passenger fare exports for the country. It provides the only comparable estimates of nonresident visitation to the states and cities within the U.S. as well as U.S. resident travel abroad. Traveler characteristics data are also collected to help travel related businesses better understand the international travelers to and from the U.S. so they can develop targeted marketing and other planning related materials.
Affected Public: Individuals or households.
Frequency: Monthly.
Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
OMB Desk Officer: Wendy Liberante, (202) 395-3647.
Copies of the above information collection proposal can be obtained by calling or writing Diana Hynek, Departmental Paperwork Clearance Officer, (202) 482-0266, Department of Commerce, Room 6625, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230 (or via the Internet at dHynek@doc.gov .
Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice to Wendy Liberante, OMB Desk Officer, Fax number (202) 395-7285 or via the Internet at Wendy_L._Liberante@omb.eop.gov .
Dated: October 23, 2008.
Gwellnar Banks,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-25730 Filed 10-28-08; 8:45 am]
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