This number was expected to grow ten-fold over the next year. Internet travel companies are amongst the most visited sites on the Internet.
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.