December 28, 20213 yr Here’s how much Columbus bed tax revenue fell in 2020 as the tourism industry shut down Columbus in 2020 earned less than half of the revenue that it pulled in during 2019 from hotel and motel taxes as the tourism industry all but shut down because of Covid-19. Columbus reaped just $21.3 million from taxes paid by hotel and motel guests, also known as bed taxes, in 2020. That's 57% less than 2019, when Franklin County tourists generated $49.7 million – an all-time high. Bed taxes are an important indicator for the tourism industry and help fund the city’s tourism, arts and housing groups, along with nearly 40 human service organizations and the Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority. MORE: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/03/05/columbus-bed-taxes-2020-decrease.html
December 28, 20213 yr Columbus lost hundreds of millions in tourism spending in 2020 The full weight of the Covid-19 pandemic on Columbus’ tourism sector during 2020 is becoming clearer. Columbus lost $310.8 million in director visitor spending last year as the result of 300 groups that had to cancel trips to the city. Those visits represented nearly 375,000 total room nights, according to Experience Columbus. Hotel occupancy was 40% on average from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, according to STR figures, a nearly 40% decline over the previous year. MORE: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/04/21/covid-tourism-impact-2020.html
February 3, 20223 yr Columbus convention center planning for stronger performance in 2022 The Greater Columbus Convention Center is anticipating some recovery in 2022 in terms of hosting large conferences and events, at least compared to the past two years that were hamstrung by Covid-19. Still, convention center officials continue to budget conservatively because of continuing uncertainties about Covid-19 and anticipated rising costs. And event hosting still is not anticipated to return to 2019 levels. MORE: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2022/02/01/convention-center-performance-anticipated-2022.html
August 7, 20231 yr Roughly 50M visitors in 2022 in Columbus! Not sure how that compares to other cities in Ohio but by numbers this seems pretty strong especially considering it's surpassing pre-pandemic numbers...
August 8, 20231 yr Something seems off with these numbers. NYC is the most visited US city and they report just 10 million. Columbus is nice but not 5x NYC nice. What am I missing? https://www.worldatlas.com/cities/america-s-10-most-visited-cities.html
August 8, 20231 yr 24 minutes ago, OH_Really said: Something seems off with these numbers. NYC is the most visited US city and they report just 10 million. Columbus is nice but not 5x NYC nice. What am I missing? https://www.worldatlas.com/cities/america-s-10-most-visited-cities.html Total spin - no supporting details on what a "visitor" constitutes - from the organizations responsible for local spin - same as any city... https://www.experiencecolumbus.com/articles/post/2023-state-of-the-visitor-industry-mid-year-report/
August 8, 20231 yr 12 hours ago, eyehrtfood said: Total spin - no supporting details on what a "visitor" constitutes - from the organizations responsible for local spin - same as any city... https://www.experiencecolumbus.com/articles/post/2023-state-of-the-visitor-industry-mid-year-report/ "Visitors make 49.6 million trips to Greater Columbus for conventions, trade shows, sporting events and leisure visits, spending $6.6 billion and supporting 75,000 jobs." My guess is they are counting anyone comes to the city from outside the city limits, and they are counting multiple trips for person. Even so, 50m seems pretty high. Regardless of the ridiculous numbers, if the ridiculous numbers this year are surpassing the same ridiculous numbers from prior years, it's still good news.
May 28, 20241 yr Columbus saw a record 51.2 million visitors last year Columbus was a popular destination last year. Experience Columbus reported on Thursday that the greater Columbus area had a record 51.2 million visitors in 2023, up from 49.6 visitors in 2022. A Tourism Economics study showed the travel industry supports more than 82,500 jobs in Columbus and Franklin County. Visitors spent about $8.2 billion at local businesses last year and generated around $1.6 billion in local, state and federal tax revenue.
Create an account or sign in to comment