(The Center Square) - Tourism brought in $15.7 billion in combined direct visitor spending and induced economic impact, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism and Director of State Parks Shea Lewis said Monday.
“We also study the indirect and induced impact that tourism has on our economy. And that number is $6.5 billion,” said Lewis. “That’s money put back into the economy by industry operators when buying goods and services and by industry employees who are investing their wages where they live.”“For a perspective, without this visitor-generated tax receipts, each Arkansan household would need to be taxed an additional $866 to replace those tax dollars,” Lewis said.
Just over 48 million people visited Arkansas in 2022, a 27% increase over pre-COVID numbers in 2019 and 17.1 % more than the previous year, according to Lewis. “Since the pandemic we continue to see growth in numbers and visitation,” said Lewis. “In my view, it’s for a couple of different reasons. First of all, we have really leaned into digital marketing, which allows us to target key audiences across the nation and around the world to maximize our reach and help us optimize future campaigns. And secondly, something I know for sure is a lot of visitors found us during the pandemic.
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders said her administration has been making “sweeping reforms” to improve tourism. “We cut red tape at state parks to make maintenance and lodging better and seamless. We funded grant programs to support high-impact recreation projects in small towns all across the state," Sanders said."And we’re supporting entrepreneurs who are innovating in everything from food to lodging to guide services. And the Sanders family favorite: we’re launching a lifetime hunting and fishing license that Arkansans under 10 can get for half off.
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