Tourism Pays for Denver and
Colorado. Tourism is the second largest
industry in the City & County of Denver, and in the
State of Colorado. Visitors stimulate the local economy
and benefit hotels, meeting facilities, attractions,
restaurants, cultural institutions, tour companies,
transportation providers, local farmers, and countless
other businesses.
Denver
| Denver Jobs |
Tourism employs nearly 50,000
people in the Denver metro area. |
| Economic Impact |
Overnight visitors to Denver generated
$3 billion in spending in 2010. |
| Denver Taxes |
Revenue generated by visitors
saves every Denver household $395 per
year. |
» Learn more about why tourism pays for
Denver.
Colorado
| Colorado Jobs |
Tourism employs nearly 137,000
people in Colorado. |
| Economic Impact |
Overnight visitors to Colorado generated
$8.8 billion in spending in 2010. |
| Colorado Taxes |
Revenue generated by visitors
saves every Colorado household $395 per
year. |
» Learn more about why tourism pays for
Colorado.
Denver
- Denver had a record 12.7 million total overnight visitors in 2010, up 5% over 12.1 million in 2009.
- A healthy tourism economy is built and supported
by Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs) such as
VISIT DENVER, The Convention & Visitors Bureau, that
use a portion of the local Lodger's tax and private
membership dollars to market Denver as a visitors'
destination.
- Without dedicated funding from local and state
governments to promote tourism, its economy shrinks —
fewer people come to Denver, reducing the money that
enters our economy.
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facts.
Colorado
- Colorado welcomed a record 55.1 million visitors in 2010, a 6.1 percent increase over 2009 and the highest total number ever reported. Of these, the state welcomed 28.9 million domestic overnight visitors, a 5% increase over 2009 and also a new record.
- Overnight visitors to Colorado generated $8.8
billion in spending in 2010.
- Direct-travel spending supported 136,900 jobs
with earnings of over $3.9 billion.
- Colorado's travel industry generated $750
million in local and state
tax revenues during the 2009 calendar year.
- This represents approximately $395 of tax
revenue per household in the state.
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facts.
- The U.S. travel industry directly employs 7.4 million people and generates a payroll of $178 billion and tax revenues of about $118 billion.
- The U.S. Travel Association ranks travel fifth
among the top 20 major private industry sectors.
- Visitors to the U.S. spent more here than residents traveling abroad, creating a positive balance of trade of $32 billion for the national economy. Travel expenditures within the U.S. total $134 billion.
» Learn
more about the national impact of
travel.
