Travel Industry

Traveler expenditures contributed $271 Million to Macon's economy in 2008. These expenditures supported 3,270 jobs, produced $69.87 Million in resident wages earned, and generated $8.06 Million in local tax revenue.*

During FY 2008/09, 314 meetings and conventions brought 103,086 meeting delegates to Macon who spent $52.98 Million during their stay.

Group tours to Macon during FY 2008/09 resulted in 1,113 overnight stays and day trips generating $2.21 Million in revenues for Macon and Bibb County.

During FY 2008/09, 127,698 travelers stopped in at Macon Visitors Centers located in downtown Macon and the Department of Transportation's Macon I-75 southbound rest stop, resulting in 58,196 reservations and referrals to Macon and Bibb County restaurants, shops and lodging facilities, generating $1,060,591 in revenues for area merchants and service providers.

With 1,826 visitors taking an Around Town Tour and 3,948 visitors taking a custom tour of Historic Macon during FY 2008/09, $52,177 in revenue was generated for local attractions.

Advertisements placed by the Macon CVB during FY 2008/09 generated 52,923 requests for information In addition, 37,355 Macon brochures were distributed to state welcome centers.

The Macon-Bibb County CVB web site, www.maconga.org, received 13.9 million hits and 430,351 visitors to the site during FY 2008/09.

During FY 2008/09, 301 articles about Macon appeared in national and international publications representing $2.03 Million in free advertising that carried the added value of a third party endorsement to lure travelers to Macon.