Travel is by far the biggest industry in the Internet. Countless research groups have stated that travel is the biggest industry on the Internet. During the summer of 1998, NPD Research surveyed 6,000 people. The amount of people visiting car rental, hotels and travel agents has tripled in the last 18 months. The major contributing factor to this number of people is the ease of checking ticket prices online.
Males are more likely to purchase tickets online.
The Internet is seen as the biggest industry on the Internet. Travel is the biggest industry on the Internet and it is also the biggest growth industry on the Internet. The greatest fear for people on the Internet is the fear of being ripped off. The fear of credit card numbers being stolen scare the average Internet user. In 1997 there were no reported incidences of credit card interception from travel sites.