[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 64302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-25730]


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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 
[email protected].
    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 [email protected].

    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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