Virginia
Virginia tourism shows signs of recovery from pandemic – Gazette Journal
Vacationers to Virginia spent $69 million a day in 2021, up from $48 million/day the yr earlier than, in keeping with a report launched this week by the Virginia Tourism Company.
Virginia’s tourism revenues additionally reached $25.2 billion in 2021, marking an 87 % restoration to pre-pandemic spending in 2019. This spending supported 185,000 jobs, $7.1 billion in salaries and wages, and $1.8 billion in state and native taxes. Eighty of Virginia’s 133 localities totally recovered to 2019 ranges of spending and plenty of grew even additional. Particularly, Coastal Virginia, Shenandoah Valley, and the Blue Ridge Highlands areas contributed most importantly to the general restoration within the state.
“Tourism has seen an unimaginable comeback because of the hardworking leaders within the journey and tourism business throughout Virginia,” mentioned Rita McClenny, president and CEO of Virginia Tourism Company. “As vacationers proceed to go to communities throughout the state, Virginia is on tempo to revive the tourism indus…