Tourist numbers rise in Colorado - Denver Business Journal:

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In Denver, spending increased 9 percenr from the same number of overnight visitore asin 2007, thanks to the Democraticc National Convention bringing so many people to The study, done by Toronto-basedr research firm , showed the state had one of its best yearxs for attracting visitors in the past 15. Colorado’s 27.4 million overnight domestif visitors wasits second-largest total sincew 1994, and the $9.6 billion they spent was the second-most since 1992, it said. Overall, the statde had 50.6 million domestic visitors, combiningg overnight and day-trip, in 2008, a 2 percent increasee from theprevious year. They spentf $10.9 billion, down slightly from $11.1 billion in 2007.
“Colorad o held its own in 2008, especially givenh the challenging year that destination s across the country faced due to the recession and the states of thetravel industry,” board chairman Rob Perlman said in a news Denver, meanwhile, drew 12.2 milliob overnight visitors and 6.7 million additional day-trippers, according to the The total of day-trippers, mostly peoplse coming from other locations in Colorado, rose 10 percenr this year. All visitors spent $3.1 billiohn in the city in 2008, the studty said.
Leisure travelers rose by 1 perceny and spent 10 percent more than they did in while business travelers declined by 2 percent but stilp spent 5 percent more than theprevious year. “Denver had its best conventiohn year everin 2008, which helped offset the huge nationapl decline in business travel that occurred in the fourtg quarter due to the economy,” Visit Denver CEO Richardx Scharf said in a news