The Oregon Office of Economic Analysis presented an overview of the travel and tourism industry to the Transient Lodging Tax Workgroup on July 11th, 2016. The workgroup was setup following the passage of HB 4146 which raised the statewide lodging tax. Topic covered include consumer spending on tourism, demographics, employment, geographic footprint of the industry, wages and the outlook.

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Tourism and Oregon’s
Economy
July 11th, 2016 Oregon Office of Economic Analysis
Mark McMullen
Josh Lehner
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Macro Trends
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Hitting the Road
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Source: BEA

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Hotel & Motel Spending
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Oregon Trends
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Back to Peak Employment
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Oregon Boom & Bust
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Regional Overview
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Low Productivity
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Result is (Very) Low Wages
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Statewide Avg: $48,300
Travel/Tourism: $20,600

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Large Employment Sector
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Spread Throughout the State
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Can Be Very Important Sector
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Broader Impacts Too
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Outlook
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Tourism Spending By Age
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Sources: Oregon Office of Economic Analysis, BLS

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Lodging Spending by Age
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Boomers Account For Half of
Spending on Lodging
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Lodging Taxes Are Less Regressive
Than Most Other Sales Taxes…
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…But More Volatile
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Source: BEA

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Demographics and the Outlook
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