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Reuteman: They came, they saw and they spent in ’05
Colorado’s tourism industry, long plagued by a lack of public funds for marketing, appears headed toward a very sweet spot. Tourism revenues, for Denver and the state as a whole, are showing significant increases, even as millions of tax dollars become available to market the state nationally. A report from the Colorado Tourism Office last [...]
These UK Travelers spent $481 Million in the U.S.,yielded $79.9 Million in federal and local taxes The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced the final results of its first-ever U.S. Tourism Promotion Campaign, conducted in the UK from late December 2004 – early March 2005. The campaign successfully achieved the four goals of increasing awareness [...]
Colorado tourism hits record pace
Outside of Denver, the No. 2 urban market to deliver tourists to Colorado last year was Colorado Springs-Pueblo, according to a study released last week by a Canadian market research firm The major statewide news from the report, submitted by Longwoods International based in Toronto, showed that Colorado’s spending on tourism marketing campaigns appears to [...]
‘Preferred’ visitors boost state tourism
Officials give credit to marketing for leap in U.S. ranking Colorado attracted a record number of visitors in 2005, reaping almost $1 billion in additional spending as it grabbed a bigger share of the most lucrative segment of the vacation travel market. A 6 percent jump in “marketable leisure visitors” – those lured by travel [...]
Colorado attracted 25.9 million overnight visitors in 2005, a record number of tourists for the state, according to a report released Wednesday by the Colorado Tourism Office. Colorado posted a 6 percent increase in the number of so-called marketable leisure trips, those where travelers are not coming on business or to visit family and friends. [...]