Indy Tourism Facts:

• More than 28.8 million people visited Indy in 2017, with 84% coming for leisure and 16% for business.
• The money generated by visitor spending tallies more than $5.4 billion.
• The industry generated more than $1.26 billion in tourism initiated tax revenue, with $426 million going to state and $299 million to local municipalities.
• Indy households pay $967 less in average state and local taxes due to visitor tax receipts.
• $27 billion in wages were paid to the tourism workforce and downstream employees.
• Tourism fuels more than 81,600 full-time-equivalent jobs across the Indy region.
• Tourism is the 8th largest employer in Indianapolis.
• Visitors spent an average of $186 per trip.
• See what the media is saying about Indy.
• Read Indy's regional tourism master plan, a collection of strategies to make Indy a desirable place to live and visit for years to come.