Most popular activities on leisure trips in the U.S. 2013

The statistic depicts the most popular activities on leisure trips of the survey respondents. One of the most frequently done activity amongst leisure trip travellers was dining in a restaurant. 70.3 percent of the respondents had done so.

In the past 12 months, which of these activities did you participate in while on leisure trips?*

Characteristic	Activities on leisure trips
Dine in restaurants	70.3%
Visit friends or relatives	60%
Shopping	54.6%
Go to the beach or lake	44.5%
Sightseeing in cities	39.4%
Visit a historical place or attraction	33.6%
Visit small towns/villages	31.8%
Visit a theme/amusement park	29.7%
Sightseeing in rural areas	29.7%
Casino/Gambling	28.5%
Visit a state of local park	24.8%
Visit National Parks	22.7%
Day Hiking	21%
Art galleries or museums	20.2%
Attend conccert, play or musical	18.2%

Loading statistic...

Download

Source

Show detailed source information?

Already a member?

Source

Use Ask Statista Research Service

Release date

January 2013

More information

Region

United States

Survey time period

January 03. - 09., 2013

Number of respondents

1,005 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

Leisure travelers

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Interviewees had at least traveled once for leisure or personal reasons in the past 12 months. This travel must have been of at least 50 miles one-way — the standard distance threshold used in the tourism industry to signify that a “trip” has been taken. Multiple answers were possible.

Citation formats