From the State of Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
All figures are for 2009.
** Domestic travelers spent $25 billion in Illinois. International ones added another $2 billion.
** Expenditures for food service accounted for the largest single category with over $6.7 billion.
** Twenty of Illinois' 102 counties received over $100 million in domestic traveler revenue.
** Traveler expenditure directly generated 288,700 jobs. One in ten jobs in the state is directly or indirectly supported by travel expenditure.
** Travel expenditures in Illinois generated nearly $5.1 billion for federal, state and local governments. These additional taxes save the average Illinois household $1,000 a year.
Keep Those Tourists Coming. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
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