Published on : Saturday, December 1, 2018
The figure — compiled by the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development — is a 5.9 percent increase over 2016’s then record-setting visitor expenditures.
Visit Franklin President & CEO Ellie Westman Chin said that the convention and visitors bureau has worked closely with our hospitality partners and local officials to continue making Franklin and all the communities of Williamson County a premier destination to visit because we know the important impact it has on our community. They have a unique variety of communities and attractions that allows our visitors to not only experience the historic stories and authentic Southern culture that have been here for generations, but it also inspires them to create their own stories and family memories that keep them returning year after year.
The state and local tax collections from tourism-related spending in the county during 2017 generated a total of $27.38 million in state and $9.31 million in local tax revenues, increases of 4.7 percent and 4 percent, respectively.
The tourism-related employment in the county also increased 2.6 percent, to 3,630 tourism-related jobs in Williamson County.
The Williamson County Convention & Visitor Bureau is funded by a percentage of the lodging taxes collected from visitors by the local hotels. Those collections are then reinvested in sales and marketing efforts to attract visitors to Williamson County for leisure travel, as well as sports, meetings and group business.
The economic impact information is determined by the U.S. Travel Association and was distributed by the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development as part of a statewide announcement that travel in Tennessee as a whole achieved a record high of $20.7 billion in 2017.
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