Virginia domestic tourists produce $30.3 billion in visitor spending

Thursday, August 3, 2023

In 2022, domestic tourists produced $30.3 billion in visitor expenditure, as per the Virginia Tourism
Corporation, surging 20.3% from 2021 and 4.4% development than Virginia tourism expenditure of
2019.

Enduring an inclination that started in 2021 when travelers were searching places of road journey with
out-of-doors doings, tourism expenditure on entertaining happenings in Virginia surpassed 2019
heights by 10%. Visitor expenditure on food and beverage last year also surpassed the standards before
the pandemic.

Virginia spent a lot on tourism advertising in 2022, by means of reserves from the American Rescue Plan Act to publicize in different markets. Virginia Tourism Corp. said that its choice occasioned in attaining
approximately 15 million additional families compared to 2021.

The President and the CEO of Virginia Tourism Corporation Rita McClenny said that by coming in
contact with more tourists in different markets, Virginia endures to increase consciousness and attention as a leading place to travel. This mindfulness brings in amplified reservations and influxes, which,
consecutively, brings augmented visitor expenditure in the state.

Virginia travelers in a straight line fetched almost $2.2 billion in state and native levy incomes in 2022, an
upsurge of 19.1% compared to 2021. Overnight tourists also augmented by 10% to 42.2 million.

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