Figures released by the US Travel Association show that Massachusetts tourism had a record-breaking year in 2015.
Some numbers:
- 28.2 million visitors
- 25.8M domestic, up 8% from 2014
- 1.7M overseas, up 13%
- 700,000 Canadians
- Total visitor spend of $20.2B
- Domestic $17.8B
- International $2.5B
- Incremental $812.2M in state tax revenues
- Incremental $497.7M in local tax revenues
- 135,500 tourism-related jobs, up 2.3% from 2014
