Elgin Area Sees Tourism Numbers Rise in 2010
“Tourism in the Elgin Area and Kane County brings million of dollars into the area as well as creating jobs. Tourism has an economic impact on the job market in Kane County of over 4,000 jobs totaling $95.12 million dollars in payroll,” states Kimberly Bless, President and CEO of the Elgin Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.
State and local tax revenues from tourism totaled more than $2 billion in 2010, an increase of $93.5 million. The total tourism tax revenue (federal, state and local) saves the average Illinois household more than $1,000 in taxes each year while creating almost 300,00 jobs statewide.
The State of Illinois has seen an increase in the economic impact from tourism. Illinois maintained its ranking as the 7th most popular state for overseas visitors to the U.S. in 2010, hosting 1,186,000 such visitors, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Tourism. The City of Chicago, the 10th most popular U.S. city for overseas visitors, hosted 1,134,000 international visitors in 2010, a 2 percent increase over 2009 arrivals.
The Elgin Area Convention and Visitors Bureau serves 12 communities in Chicagoland's Northern Fox River Valley including Bartlett, Carpentersville, East Dundee, Elgin, Gilberts, Hampshire, Huntley, Lake in the Hills, Sleepy Hollow, South Elgin, Union, and West Dundee. Our purpose is to encourage, foster, promote and stimulate conventions and tourism in Chicagoland's Northern Fox River Valley.
Please contact us at (847) 695-7540 or at www.northernfoxrivervalley.com for more information.