Economic Impact of Domestic Travel
on the Nine Communities
in Blackstone Valley at Rhode Island in 2004
Prepared for:
Blackstone Valley Tourism Council
On behalf of the Blackstone Valley National Heritage Corridor
Communities Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Prepared by:
Research Department of the Travel Industry
Association of America Washington, D.C.
August 2006
The mission of the Travel Industry Association of America (TIA) is
to represent the whole of the U.S. travel industry to promote and
facilitate increased travel to and within the United States. TIA’s
Research Department seeks to meet the research needs of TIA members
and the travel industry by gathering, conducting, analyzing,
publishing and disseminating economic, marketing and international
research that articulates the economic significance of the travel
and tourism industry at national, state and local levels; defines
the size, characteristics and growth of existing and emerging travel
markets; and provides qualitative trend analysis and quantitative
forecasts of future travel activity and impact.
2006 Travel Industry Association of America
PREFACE
This study was conducted by the research department
of the Travel Industry Association of America (TIA) for the
Blackstone Valley Tourism Council On Behalf of the Blackstone Valley
National Heritage Corridor Communities. The study provides travel
impact on the U.S economy during 2004, preliminary 2004 estimates of
domestic traveler expenditures on the main nine communities in
Blackstone Valley at Rhode Island and the total Blackstone Valley
Rhode Island/Massachusetts region, as well as the employment,
payroll income, and state and local tax revenue directly generated
by these expenditures. The list of communities and associated zip
codes is on page 2.
All data and estimates covered in this report are
on a calendar year basis.
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