TOURISM SPENDING WAS UP IN NEW MEXICO LAST YEAR. THE STATE TOURISM DEPARTMENT REPORTS VISITOR SPENDING IN THE STATE IN 2016 WAS 6-POINT-4 BILLION DOLLARS … UP JUST OVER 2 PERCENT COMPARED TO 2015.
GOVERNOR MARTINEZ LAST JULY SAID TOURISM NUMBERS BROKE RECORDS IN NEW MEXICO LAST YEAR WITH 34-POINT-4 MILLION TRIPS. OUT OF STATE VISITORS IN 2016 BEAT THE 2015 RECORD BY A MILLION … WITH A 70 PERCENT BUMP IN OUT-OF-STATE VISITORS.
THERE WERE THREE BIG SPENDING AREAS LAST YEAR: LODGING AT 31 PERCENT … FOOD AND BEVERAGE AT 23 PERCENT … AND RETAIL AT 17 PERCENT.
