By the Numbers - Corridor Tourism
The Iowa Tourism Office has collected information on the economic impact of travel on counties throughout Iowa. Their
interactive map illustrates the impact of tourism on jobs, payroll and tax revenue based off of figures generated by the U.S. Travel Association's Travel Economic Impact Model.
Check out the 2018 figures for our region:
County
|
Tourism Expenditures (millions)
|
Payroll generated (millions)
|
Employment (thousands)
|
Local tax receipts (millions)
|
Buena Vista
|
$30.59
|
$3.94
|
0.20
|
$0.28
|
Clay
|
$115.12
|
$25.16
|
0.76
|
$1.48
|
Dickinson
|
$302.52
|
$37.65
|
2.02
|
$5.43
|
Emmet
|
$12.25
|
$1.61
|
0.07
|
$0.15
|
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