Published on : Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Last year, the county explained that tourism attracted over two billion dollars in total spending money.
In 2003, Collier witnessed 1.3 million overnight visitors. Last year, that number increased to 1.8 million.
As per the presentation, tourism saved home owners around $1,000 in tax savings.
There are 39,000 people associated with tourism in Collier County — one in every ten jobs in the area is in travel and tourism.
So far in 2019, Collier has seen more than 600,000 visitors.