This statistic shows the sales figures for travel e-commerce in the United States from 2002 to 2012. In 2012, travel e-commerce sales in the United States amounted to 103 billion U.S. dollars, demonstrating a 9 percent year-on-year growth compared to 2011.
With the increasing penetration of mobile internet, mobile travel research and bookings are also gaining popularity. In 2011,8.7 million US users booked trips online.
Digital travel sales are projected to reach 168.1 billion US dollars in 2017, with mobile accounting for almost one-third of all sales. Brand websites and online travel agencies also accounted for 26.7 and 10.4 percent of transient hotel reservations in North America in 2012, respectively.