The Delaware Tourism Office contracted with Tourism Economics to complete the first comprehensive economic impact analysis of sports tourism in the First State.
The sector’s direct spending impact of $258 million generated $400 million in total business sales in the local economy, which supported more than 3,000 part-time and full-time jobs and generated $20 million in state and local taxes.
Delaware Tourism Office director Jessica Welch says the office wanted some data to back-up their funding requests when they go to state legislators or discuss sports tourism in the “real world.”
“In the past, we thought the number was a lot smaller than it turned out to be. So we’re really excited that…
