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		drumdance on Sept 30, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fog of World All this boring travel you disdain encompasses 95% of tourism spending. It may be boring to you, but it's hard for me to get mad at a product that targets a market that huge.

beatpanda on Sept 30, 2012 [–]

95% of existing tourism spending. There's a big untapped market out there.

adambratt on Sept 30, 2012 | [–]

It's true. The stuff off the beaten path usually hasn't been commercialized. Thus it makes sense why it would only account for 5% of the spending

kisielk on Sept 30, 2012 | | [–]

Once it's commercialized it won't be off the beaten path for long.

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