Economic Impact

The travel sector is an integral part of the Kansas economy, generating a total economic impact of $13.4 billion in 2024, including indirect and induced impacts. This impact sustained over 91,000 jobs and generated $843 million in state and local tax revenue.

Tourism Economics, an Oxford Economics Company, conducts an annual economic impact study of tourism in Kansas using the most current data available. This report enables us to quantify, track, and compare the travel and tourism for Kansas's vitality.

What our research provides:

Measures tourism in the categories that allow it to be compared to other sectors and which matter to policymakers, such as taxes, income, and jobs
Provides the ability to benchmark the visitor economy to other sectors on an "apples-to-apples" basis
Allows benchmarking to other destinations
Tracks the economic contribution of tourism over time
Provides county-level analysis

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