IL has record-breaking hotel revenue, tourism growth

(KBSI) – Monday, the governor of Illinois announced record breaking hotel revenue and tourism growth.

Gov. JB Pritzker says the revenues from state hotels in fiscal year 2023 were more than $307 million surpassing the pre-pandemic record in 2019, which was more than $296 million.

Illinois also had more than 111 million visitors in 2022, who spent more than $44 billion in the state.

“It means more jobs for hotel and hospitality and recreation workers,” said Gov. Pritzker. “Good paying jobs with health insurance. More tourism means millions of new visitors exploring all the amazing things that our state and city have to offer, supporting small businesses and local economies along the way.”

Illinois has recently made several investments in tourism, including two rounds of funding for Route 66 projects, tourism marketing grants and tourism festival grants.