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Do Your Part to Support the Travel Industry By Rachel Sacco, Scottsdale Convention & Visitors Bureau
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s we celebrate National Travel & Tourism Week, May 5-13, we recognize how tourism impacts our community. Every Scottsdale resident reaps the benefits via their pocketbooks and quality of life. Based on the latest data from the city of Scottsdale, out-of-town guests generate $35.4 million annually in bed- and sales-tax revenue for Scottsdale, totaling 25 percent of the city’s privilege tax collections. Without this money, your taxes would increase to cover the services we all enjoy. Simply put, when people travel, the economy grows, jobs are created, and the tax coffers are filled. For example, Scottsdale’s tourism industry generated a 44 percent
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