Extending the record-setting growth of 2017, Chicago has set new tourism records in the first months of 2018.Published on : Thursday, March 22, 2018
Extending the record-setting growth of 2017, Chicago has set new tourism records in the first months of 2018.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said hotel demand increased by 12.5 per cent in January and February alone.
He attributed the bulk of the growth to the business sector. The city held more meetings and conventions in the first months of 2018 than it did during the same time period in previous years.
The leisure sector also set records for this period.
This comes on the heels of unprecedented tourism numbers in 2017, when an estimated 55 million people visited the city. The high number of visitors led to an 11.3 percent increase in hotel revenue per room.
Emanuel went on to say that tourism created more jobs and “injects billions of dollars” into the local economy.
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