Local business website convinced them to stop somewhere they would otherwise have driven past in the previous year
32%
32% said a local business website convinced them to stop somewhere they would otherwise have driven past in the previous year.
n = 3,005 travel industry professionals · Fielded 2026 · Cherry Data Signals
Methodology
- Sample
- 3,005
- Population
- travel industry professionals
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- 2026
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- Towns With Untapped Tourism Potential
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (2026). "Local business website convinced them to stop somewhere they would otherwise have driven past in the previous year" Survey of 3,005 travel industry professionals, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/local-business-website-convinced-them-to-stop-somewhere-they
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