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BOOK OF FACTS-20 · DEC. 19, 2016
TOURISM
TOURISM ECONOMIC IMPACT
(statewide by region, fiscal 2015)
Source: Missouri Division of Tourism FY15 Annual Report
NORTHEAST
$5.3B
(42%)
NORTHWEST
$3.28B
(27%)
CENTRAL
$1.13B
(10%)
SOUTHEAST
$794,000
(6%)
SOUTHWEST
$1.9B
(15%)
TOTAL STATEWIDE
ECONOMIC IMPACT
$12.4B
TOURISM-RELATED EXPENDITURES
(FISCAL 2015)
EATING AND DRINKING PLACES $9.68 BILLION
HOTEL AND MOTEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1.65 BILLION
AMUSEMENT PARKS/TOURIST ATTRACTIONS . . . . . . .$455.8 MILLION
COMMERCIAL SPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $401.9 MILLION
PUBLIC GOLF COURSES AND SWIMMING POOLS . . . . . . .$74 MILLION
CAMPS AND TRAILER PARKS $66 MILLION
PRODUCERS, ORCHESTRAS, ENTERTAINERS $41.28 MILLION
BOAT AND CANOE RENTALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $40.7 MILLION
BOTANICAL AND ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS $755,000
TOTAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $12.4 BILLION
40.4M
TOTAL VISITORS
297,129
MISSOURIANS DIRECTLY
EMPLOYED BY TOURISM
$280
AMOUNT SPENT PER
PERSON/PER TRIP BY
OVERNIGHT VISITORS