Visit Baltimore Annual Report FY 2019-2020 2019 | Page 6

Tourism by the Numb Baltimore welcomed 26.7 million visitors A 2% increase from 2017 A 14.6% increase from 2012 Visitor spending reached $5.9 billion A 2.5% increase from 2017 A 15.8% increase from 2012 (source: Longwoods) generating $10.7 billion in total business sales and $734 million in State and City tax revenue $306 million in city revenue generated $428 million in state revenue generated or nearly the entire cost of the Ft. McHenry tunnel ($750m) when it was built Tourism sustained 86,414 jobs both directly and indirectly 1 in 16.4 jobs in the Baltimore region 6.1% of private nonfarm employment or enough to hire every resident of Towson (source: Tourism Economics) 4 [All statistics in this spread refer to calendar year 2018-2019]