the April 2009 Issue in PDF Format - Trade Show Executive

Trade Show Executive’s Research Roundup Sponsored by SMG
Economic Impact of Exhibitions
Continued from page 47
In the United States, meetings and events are directly
responsible for one million of the
2.4 million jobs created by business travel, and generate
$27 billion in wages.
Source: U.S. Travel Association, 2009
If the one million jobs generated by meetings and
events were to be lost, the U.S. unemployment rate
would rise more than a half of a percentage point from
7.6%
to
8.2%
15%
Meetings and events account for 15% of all travel-related
spending. With that in mind, business travel alone accounts for
$240 billion in spending and $39 billion in tax revenue at the
Federal, state and local levels.
Source: U.S. Travel Association, 2009
Source: U.S. Travel Association, 2009
$1,071.63
Average economic impact of a trade show attendee on
the local economy at U.S. exhibitions in 2008.
Source: Destination Marketing Association International (DMAI),
2005 study adjusted for inflation
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