Iowa’s growth in tourism outpaces national average of last five years
Travel and tourism spending in Iowa has grown 5.94 percent in the past five years, slightly higher than the national average, according to an Iowa Tourism Office study. Travelers spent $8.06 billion in Iowa and generated $374 million in state tax revenues in 2014, both all-time highs. The report also said that more than 66,500 Iowans owe their employment to the tourism industry, a 1.6 percent increase from 2013. Without jobs generated by domestic travel, Iowa’s 2014 unemployment rate of 4.4 percent would have been 8.3 percent.
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