[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9433-9434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-03550]


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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.
    Title: Survey of International Air Travelers (SIAT).
    OMB Control Number: 0625-0227.
    Form Number(s): None.
    Type of Request: Regular submission (extension and revision of a 
currently approved information collection).
    Number of Respondents: 300,000.
    Average Hours per Response: 15 minutes.
    Burden Hours: 75,000.
    Needs and Uses: The Survey of International Air Travelers (SIAT) 
program, administered by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO) 
of the International Trade Administration provides source data required 
to: (1) Estimate international travel and passenger fare exports, 
imports and the trade balance for the United States, (2) comply with 
the U.S. Travel Promotion Act of 2009 (Pub. L. 111-145), collect, 
analyze and report information to the Corporation for Travel Promotion 
(CTP), and support the National Export Initiative (NEI-NEXT) to double 
U.S. exports, (3) comply with the 1945, 1961, 1981, and 1996 travel and 
tourism related acts to collect and publish comprehensive international 
travel and tourism statistics and other marketing information, and (4) 
support the continuation of the Travel & Tourism Satellite Accounts for 
the United States, which provide the only spending and employment 
figures for the industry. The SIAT program contains the core data that 
is analyzed and communicated by NTTO with other government agencies, 
associations and businesses that share the same objective of increasing 
U.S. international travel exports.
    The SIAT assists NTTO in assessing the economic impact of 
international travel on state and local economies, providing visitation 
estimates, key market intelligence, and identifying traveler and trip 
characteristics. The U.S. Department of Commerce assists travel 
industry enterprises to increase international travel and passenger 
fare exports for the country as well as outbound travel on U.S. 
carriers. The Survey program provides the only available estimates of 
nonresident visitation to the states and cities within the United 
States, as well as U.S. resident travel abroad.
    The SIAT also assists NTTO in producing in-depth statistical 
reports, fact sheets and briefings on economic factors and policy 
issues affecting U.S. industries. With the SIAT statistical data not 
replicable by private sector trade associations or by private firms, 
Federal agencies, Congress and

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international organizations rely on these statistic-based tools, as do 
American businesses, state and local governments, and news 
organizations.
    Affected Public: Individuals or households: International travelers 
departing the United States 18 years or older which includes U.S. and 
non-U.S. residents for all countries except Canada.
    Frequency: Monthly.
    Respondent's Obligation: Voluntary.
    This information collection request may be viewed at reginfo.gov. 
Follow the instructions to view Department of Commerce collections 
currently under review by OMB.
    Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information 
collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of this notice 
to [email protected] or fax to (202) 395-5806.

    Dated: February 18, 2015.
Glenna Mickelson,
Management Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-03550 Filed 2-20-15; 8:45 am]
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