Tourist numbers rise in Colorado - Denver Business Journal:

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In Denver, spending increased 9 percenrt from the same number of overnighf visitors asin 2007, thanks to the Democrati National Convention bringing so many people to town. The done by Toronto-based research firm , showed the stat had one of its best years for attracting visitors in thepast 15. Colorado’ss 27.4 million overnight domestic visitors wasits second-largestf total since 1994, and the $9.6 billion they spent was the second-mostf since 1992, it said. Overall, the stated had 50.6 million domestic visitors, combininy overnight and day-trip, in 2008, a 2 percent increase from thepreviouas year. They spent $10.9 billion, down slightly from $11.q1 billion in 2007.
“Colorado held its own in especially given the challenging year that destinationes across the country faced due to the recessio n and the state of the travel board chairman Rob Perlman said in anews release. Denver, drew 12.2 million overnight visitors and 6.7 millionn additional day-trippers, according to the study. The total of mostly people coming from other locationsin Colorado, rose 10 percent this All visitors spent $3.1 billionj in the city in 2008, the studyg said. Leisure travelers rose by 1 percent and spenf 10 percent more than they did in while business travelers declined by 2 percent but stilpl spent 5 percent more than thepreviouws year.
“Denver had its best convention year ever in which helped offset the huge national decline in business travel that occurred in the fourth quarter due tothe economy,” Visit Denver CEO Richard Scharf said in a news