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ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TOURISM

Please note that additional 2008 statistics will be posted as soon as they become available. Other statistics are posted on www.agccvb.org/stats.

For the 2008 Annual Report from the AL Gulf Coast CVB, click here.

2008 Baldwin County Tourism Facts

About 4.5 million people visited Alabama’s beaches and left behind $2.3 Billion in travel-related expenditures.

Approximately 41,500 people were employed in travel-related jobs and collected around $928 million in wages.

Baldwin County generated the largest portion (24%) of the state of Alabama’s $1.1 billion tourism industry. The county collected $279 million in taxable lodging revenue.

Baldwin County claimed the largest portion of the market share (24.2%) when compared to the five neighboring Panhandle counties of Escambia (11.9%), Santa Rosa (2.0%), Okaloosa (18.6%), Walton (24.1%) and Bay (19.2%).

Note: The above Baldwin County data was gathered from the “Economic Impact of Alabama’s Travel Industry, 2008,” which was produced by the Center for Business and Economic Development at Auburn University Montgomery.

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