| Eau Claire County Tourism Posts Record-Breaking Year in 2022 |
Good afternoon!
The Visit Eau Claire team is thrilled to announce that the Wisconsin Department of Tourism released its 2022 economic impact data, showing that Eau Claire County posted a record-breaking year with $433 million in total economic impact to Wisconsin's tourism industry. This is the 3rd year in a row that Eau Claire County has broken its own total economic impact record! The state of Wisconsin also broke their previous record, with the tourism industry generating $23.7 billion in total economic impact.
Eau Claire County also supported 3,854 part-time and full-time jobs across various tourism industry sectors and generated $29.8 million in local tax revenue. Statewide, tourism generated $1.5 billion in state and local tax revenue.
“We can’t even begin to express how much it means to Visit Eau Claire and our community to break our previous 2019 total economic impact records,” said Visit Eau Claire Executive Director, Benny Anderson. “Each one of our 3,854 part-time and full-time workers in our area have worked so hard to accomplish this feat, and we are so proud to be a part of a community that values what tourism does for our cities.”
Thank you to every single one of you that contributed to this record-breaking year. This amazing accomplishment would not be possible without each one of you, and your commitment to supporting the tourism industry in the Chippewa Valley. Congrats on the best year yet! We are looking forward to breaking this record again in 2023!
Cheers to an amazing 2023!
-The Visit Eau Claire team
Below is a graphic with more information on the 2022 total economic impact in the Chippewa Valley. |
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