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THE FUTURE OFGLOBAL TOURISM

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• Miguel Southwell
• Miami International Airport
• July 24, 2003

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OVERVIEW

• Importance of tourism Miami and the role of
  aviation to the tourism industry.
• Current state of the aviation industry.
• Future of the aviation industry.
• What Miami International Airport is doing to
  build air service to Africa.

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IMPACT OF MIA ONMIAMI TOURISM

• 96 of all visitors to Miami-Dade arrive by air.
• 3.8 million domestic visitors through MIA
• - 20 business
• - 80 pleasure 38 cruise passengers
• 3.5 million international visitors through MIA
• - 16 business
• - 84 pleasure 13 cruise passengers

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IMPACT OF MIA ONMIAMI TOURISM

• 9 billion dollars in business revenue
• 162,000 visitor-industry jobs
• 1.7 billion dollars local purchases
• 375 million dollars state local taxes

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CURRENT STATE OF AVIATION

• Network airlines need a new business model.
• Will lose more money this year than they made in
  the five best years (95-00).
• Current challenges
• - Global economic slump
• - Iraq
• - Threat of terrorism
• - SARS

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CURRENT STATE OF AVIATION

• Load factors up, including record load factors
  for some airlines, but due to capacity cuts, not
  traffic gains.

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FUTURE OF AVIATION

• While we are going through the worst crisis in
  aviation history, there is reason for optimism.
• Over the next five years, we will return to an
  annual growth rate of 4.
• In the next twelve years, the number of
  passengers will double from 1.5 billion to 3
  billion.

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BUILDING AIR SERVICE TO AFRICA MIAMI INTL
AIRPORT

• Miami is the number one US gateway for
  international passengers capacity.
• Miami is the second largest US gateway for
  international passengers.
• Miami is the largest US airport for international
  freight

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BUILDING AIR SERVICE TO AFRICA MIAMI INTL
AIRPORT

• The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
  projects US international passenger traffic to
  grow faster than domestic passenger traffic.
• MIA is aggressively seeking new markets and
  airlines SHE 26 new routes in the next three
  years, including Africa.
• Building new facilities to prepare for future

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CONCLUSION

• Air Service Critical precursor for meaningful
  development of trade between Africa and the US.
• Need Advocates Government officials, travel
  industry, business community, freight forwarders
• Miami International Airport An Advantage.

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