Oregon tourism booms to pre-pandemic levels with a record $14 billion in travel spending
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) —
For the first time since covid-19 shut down the world tourism in Oregon is back to pre-pandemic levels.
Oregon saw a record level of travel spending, increases in travel-related jobs, and better pay for people in the industry.
In 2023, travel spending hit 14 billion dollars. That’s a 0.6% increase over 2022, which saw travel spending hit $13.9 billion.
The biggest jump in spending was on food, where people spent 197 million dollars.
Overall, Oregon is doing well just a few years after the global pandemic, which negatively impacted the travel and tourism industries.
Julia Amato, director of communications at Travel Oregon says, “Every single region has fully recovered to its 2019 levels and actually has surpassed its 2019 level with the exception of Portland. So, Portland is 95 percent recovered, andnd it did see about a 2 percent or just under 2% year-over-year…
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