Summer is drawing closer. Want to find out where most Americans want to go for vacation, whom they intend to bring along, and what they plan to do? Read on:

According to the Travel Industry Association of America’s (TIA) Summer 2003 forecast, Florida and California are the states that travelers would most like to visit this summer. The survey also found that during June, July and August 2003, Americans will likely do 2.5% more traveling than they did last summer with 275.4 million leisure trips planned this season. One trip is defined as a single trip taken by one person going 50 miles or more away from home, one way.

“The rather dramatic shifts that Americans have made in their travel preferences in the past 20 months, such as more driving trips, closer-to-home travel and more rural destinations are still apparent,” says Dr. Suzanne Cook, senior vice president of research and technology for TIA. “While we expect these trends to remain strong this summer, they may not be as exaggerated as we saw last year, reflecting Americans’ gradual return to their more traditional travel patterns.”

Survey participants revealed the summer spots that they would most like to travel to, and the top 10 destinations are: