Georgia Gaming Market Assessment - Pennsylvania Treasury

Visiting friends or relatives constitutes nearly half of visitors, with pure leisure travelers
constituting 38%.
Pennsylvania Tourism 2009 Purpose of Visit
Visiting Friends or Relatives 49%
Business 10%
Business and Leisure 4%
Leisure, not visiting friends or relatives 38%
Source: http://www.visitpa.com/annual-traveler-profile-report
The following table shows tourism volume by region. The Philadelphia and Pittsburgh regions
receive the largest number of overnight visitors, followed by Dutch Country Roads and the
Poconos.
Pennsylvania Tourism Visits Grouped by Region, 2009 (millions of Visitors)
Overnight Daytrip Volume
Volume
Pittsburgh and its Countryside 10.3 16.9
Laurel Highlands 2.6 4.7
Pennsylvania Wilds 3.5 4.9
The Alleghenies 3.8 5.2
Valleys of the Susquehanna 3.6 6.5
Dutch Country Roads 9.6 14.8
UPSTATEPA 5.7 8.2
Philadelphia & the Countryside 13.3 22.9
Lehigh Valley 3.9 10
Pocono Mountains 8.2 14.7
Pennsylvania's Great Lakes Region
Source: http://www.visitpa.com/annual-traveler-profile-report, regional reports
3.9 7.6
The following section describes some of the significant attractions for regions relevant to the
existing or potential gaming market.
Pittsburgh and its Countryside
Visitors come to nearby Pittsburgh to see the city, with its Carnegie Museums, zoo, and
aquarium. The surrounding region attracts tourists with covered bridges, Amish farm country,
and the Jimmy Stewart Museum. The Laurel Highlands sub-region to the east boasts Ohiopyle
State Park, homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (including Fallingwater), and the Fort
Necessity Battlefield.
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