Phoenix Ranked 11th for Tourist Destination

Released this week by  Global Insight, a Boston analytical firm ranked Metro Phoenix 11th on a list of top 100 tourist destinations.

With New York City, Orlando, Florida, and Las Vegas making up the top 3 travel destinations, Phoenix is behind Atlanta and just above Tampa, Florida, as a destination, according to the firm’s Top 100 U.S. Tourism City Destinations for 2007.

Meanwhile, the report says Phoenix is more dependent on tourism as an economic contributor than cities such as Philadelphia and

Seattle, which the study said is are among the lesser tourism-dependent economies. It takes 135 visitors to create a single full-time job in metro Phoenix.

Translating tourism spending into economic impact, a number of cities stand out for their dependence on visitor commerce. Examining tourism’s percentage of total private employment, each destination city was given a concentration rank. Orlando, Las Vegas, and Honolulu top the list with a job dependence score that is 2.4, 2.1, and 1.8 times the average, respectively, of all destination cities. The economic diversity of New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, all Top 10 tourism cities, makes them much less dependent upon visitors for overall economic vitality. Other destination cities with surprising tourism dependence included Boston, Phoenix, Arizona, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

It’s not surprising that the Metro Phoenix is a great destination for tourists with all the Amazing Professional Sports Phoenix has to offer.  Top 20 U.S 2007 Tourism Destinations.

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