Author: Somersan, Ayse

Publication Year: 1978

Media Type: Report

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CONTENTS
Summary.

Part I: City of Spokane visitor and convention impacts.

Benefits of visitors and conventions.
Liabilities and costs of the visitor and convention business.

Part II: Visitor estimates.

Transient population.
The overnight visitor population in Spokane.

Part III: Visitor impacts on expenditures, income and employment.

Visitor spending.
Visitor generated employment.
Multiplier effects of visitor spending.

Part IV: Fiscal impacts of visitors to the city of Spokane.

Fiscal benefits.
Direct tax benefits.
Indirect tax benefits.
Utility taxes.
City and county sales tax revenues.
Stadium-convention tax (room tax) revenues.
City admissions tax revenues.
Other city revenues.
Summary of visitor induced city revenues.
Fiscal costs.
Calculating visitor costs.
Summary of visitor induced public costs and revenues.

Appendix I: Economic base analysis for Spokane county.

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Categories: Economic Impact