  Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 1047 Registered: 10-2003 |
Posted this on a thread in ND issues, but thought I should put it here too. http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi- bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY= /www/story/07-10-2007/00046229 41&EDATE= "A bright spot in Michigan's struggling economy is the number of visitors to metro Detroit in 2006, which edged up to its highest level since Sept. 11, 2001, according to a report released today by the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau (DMCVB). The study defines metro Detroit as Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties." | ||
Yvette248 Member Username: Yvette248 Post Number: 722 Registered: 10-2006 |
Maybe we should all get jobs in the hotel industry? | ||
Detroit313 Member Username: Detroit313 Post Number: 392 Registered: 02-2006 |
That is great, remember tourist spending is a city's largest income. Paris leads the way with 70 million. So if Metro Detroit sits at 16, thats not as bad as I thought. I could see Detroit hitting 20 million by the end of this decade. <313> | ||
Broken_main Member Username: Broken_main Post Number: 1244 Registered: 06-2005 |
This is very encouraging news. | ||
Upinottawa Member Username: Upinottawa Post Number: 887 Registered: 09-2005 |
It would be interesting to see what the numbers would have been if the United States had not made delaying travellers at the border a major priority and had not caused all the WHTI-related confusion. I mean, the Canadian dollar is worth almost 96 cents USD. The border is holding back a lot of cross-border shopping that would benefit Metro Detroit businesses. | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 5776 Registered: 10-2003 |
Yvette248, The article makes it a point to say that the hotel/motel-staying visitor numbers have dropped by about 300,000 since 2004. People forget that the majority of metro visitors are simply those that come up to visit family & friends, and stay in their homes, and then there is a whole other section counted that are simply daytime/day trip visitors. |
