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Illinois Touts Tourism Numbers For 2023

By John Szink Aug 19, 2024 | 7:17 AM

Illinois leaders are touting the state’s tourism numbers.

Officials announced that Illinois welcomed 112 million domestic and international visitors who spent 47-billion-dollars in 2023.

That is an increase of one million visitors and three-billion-dollars in spending from 2022.

The surge in tourism also led to a new all-time high in hotel tax revenue figures in fiscal year 2024.

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