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)
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[All statistics in this spread refer to calendar year 2018-2019]