how many travel agencies are there in the us
From 1997 to 2013, the number of retail agencies that have employees decreased by 59%, from 22,938 to 9,387. The number of full-time travel agents during the same time span dropped from a high of 124,030 down to 64,250. Non-employer firms (one-person agencies) increased by 7% between 1997 and 2012.