Spending is estimated by spending category and visitor segments. This detail reveals which visitors contribute most to the local economy and also which local economic sectors benefit. Total Spending Table 4. Direct effects are reported by economic sector in Table 5. In Table 6, the secondary effects are added to the direct effects to yield total effects and the aggregate multipliers are calculated.
Jobs are the number of jobs in the region supported by the visitor spending.
Job estimates are not full time equivalents, but include part time and seasonal positions. Personal income includes wage and salary income, proprietor's income and employee benefits. Value added is a commonly used measure of the contribution of an industry or region to gross national or gross state product. Value added is personal income plus rents and profits, plus indirect business taxes. Value added can also be defined as the final price of the good or service minus the costs of all of the non-labor inputs to production.