Visitor spending for Gloucester reached $47.3 million, a 9.4 percent change over 2022, according to a release from Gloucester County. Tourism-supported jobs in Gloucester totaled 421 while local tourism-related taxes were $2.1 million.
According to the Virginia Tourism Corporation, tourism in Virginia generated a record high $33.3 billion in visitor spending in 2023, an increase of nearly 10 percent from 2022, exceeding pre-pandemic levels by 14.7 percent. The tourism industry in Virginia directly supported over 224,000 jobs in 2023, an increase of over 13,000 jobs relative to 2022. Direct travel employment is now at 93 percent of pre-pandemic employment levels. Visitor-facing industries accounted for more than 5 percent of all jobs in Virginia last year.
Travelers spent $91 million a day in Virginia in 2023, up from $83 million in 2022. Virginia visitors directly drove $2.4 billion in state and local tax revenue, an increase of 9 percent from $2.2 billion in 2022. Overnight visitation...