据美国经济分析局周三公布的数据报告显示，由于消费信心的持续下跌及油价的大幅上涨，美国旅游休闲行业遭受严重影响，美国第一季度旅游消费支出年增幅锐减3.7%，
同时，它还将美国07年第四季度实际旅行消费支出增长率修正为2.3%。而与之相比，今年美国第一季度GDP增幅为0.9%，而去年第四季度仅为0.6%。
美国人旅行消费支出的减少在旅馆业和客运航空方面表现的尤为突出。在旅馆住宿方面，第一季度消费支出下降明显，减幅高达10.8%，而07年第四季度同比增幅则为12.1%；客运航空业方面，今年第一季度客流量减少5.6%，而07年第四季度增幅则为2.1%。
与旅游消费支出下降形成对此的是，第一季度旅行食宿费用价格上涨了0.9%，航空价格上涨了4.7%，而07年第四季度这两方面则分别为下降1.9%和上涨1.3 %。
此外，所有的旅行用品和服务价格都保持稳定持续增长，第一季度增幅为4.8%，这一数据在07年第三、第四季度也分别为4.7%，4.8%。但今年第一季度的旅行商店销售保持小幅上涨。
原文：Q1 Tourism Spending Declines by 3.7%
Real spending on tourism, or spending adjusted for inflation - decreased at an annual rate of 3.7% in the first quarter of 2008, indicating the travel and recreation industry is being hurt worse than the economy as a whole by declining consumer confidence and rising gas prices, data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis show.
The decline reflected a steep drop in spending on accommodations and passenger air transportation. The BEA also revised its estimates of real spending on tourstim for the fourth quarter of 2007 to an increase of 2.3 %. By comparison, real gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an annual rate of 0.9 % (preliminary) in the first quarter and 0.6 % in the fourth quarter of last year.
Real spending on accommodations turned down sharply, decreasing 10.8% in the first quarter after increasing 12.1% (revised) in Q4 of 2007. Real spending on passenger air transportation also turned down, decreasing 5.6 % in the first quarter after increasing 2.1% at the end of 2007.
Prices for accommodations increased 0.9% in Q1 after declining 1.9% in the previous quarter. Prices for passenger air transportation accelerated, increasing 4.7% in the first quarter after increasing just 1.3 % (revised) the previous quarter.
Real spending on recreation and entertainment slowed further, declining 6.6 % in the first quarter after declining 3.6 % (revised) in the fourth quarter.
Prices for all tourism goods and services continued to increase steadily - 4.8% in Q1 of 2008, 4.8% in Q4 of 2007 and 4.7% in Q3 of 2007.
Retail shopping by travelers grew slightly in the first quarter.
