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According to the Travel Texas, the tourism in the Austin MSA directly supported 74,880 jobs in 2019. These jobs were in accommodations and food services; arts, entertainment, and recreation, ground transportation, retail, visitor air transportation, and other travel. The region attracted almost 30 million visitors annually (as measured by person-stays) and direct travel spending for the metro was estimated to be $9.2 billion in 2019.
Source: Travel Texas, Travel Impacts Dashboard and 2018 Travel Industry Research Binder.
In July 2020, taxable hotel receipts fell 24% in comparison to July 2019.
In the twelve months leading up to the economic shutdown, taxable hotel receipts grew on average 17% versus the same month the previous year.
About the Data:
As of 09/20/2020
Geography: Austin Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson Counties.
The total room receipts collected in the rental of rooms minus all receipts not subject to tax for reasons defined in §156.101 through §156.103 of the Texas Tax Code.
To access the data:https://comptroller.texas.gov/transparency/open-data/hotel-receipts/
As of 09/20/2020
Geography: Austin Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson Counties.
The total room receipts collected in the rental of rooms minus all receipts not subject to tax for reasons defined in §156.101 through §156.103 of the Texas Tax Code.
To access the data:https://comptroller.texas.gov/transparency/open-data/hotel-receipts/
The recent expansion of ABIA led to a record-setting year of travel in 2019. The total number of passengers in 2019 increase by more than 9%.
In the first two months of 2020, the total number of passengers increased by 12.5% over the first two months in 2019. March travel was down 52.1% compared to March 2019, and April travel was down 96.6%. In May, there was a slight uptick, but the number of passengers was still down 91.5% compared to May 2019. In June, the number of passengers continued to increase but was 81% lower than June 2019, and in July, passenger volume was down 75%.
About the Data:
As of 08/21/2020
Geography: Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
The total number of passengers includes passengers of both domestic and international departures and arrivals as well as passengers at the South Terminal.
To access the data:https://data.austintexas.gov/City-Government/Airport-Monthly-Operational-Report/67kt-ykxh/data
As of 08/21/2020
Geography: Austin-Bergstrom International Airport
The total number of passengers includes passengers of both domestic and international departures and arrivals as well as passengers at the South Terminal.
To access the data:https://data.austintexas.gov/City-Government/Airport-Monthly-Operational-Report/67kt-ykxh/data
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