The Economic Impact of Travel on Louisiana Parishes 2006

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1 The Economic Impact of Travel on Louisiana Parishes 2006 A Study Prepared for the Louisiana Office of Tourism by the Research Department of the Travel Industry Association Washington, D.C. August 2007

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3 Preface PREFACE This study was conducted by the research department of the Travel Industry Association (TIA) for the Louisiana Office of Tourism. This report include 2006 preliminary estimates of domestic traveler expenditures in Louisiana, as well as employment, payroll income, and federal, state and local tax revenues directly generated by these expenditures. Additionally, this study provides estimates by parish for domestic travel expenditures and employment; payroll income; and state and local tax revenue directly generated by domestic expenditures. In order to show the impact of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita on Louisiana travel, 2004 and 2005 travel impact estimates are included in the report. We would like to give our special and sincere thanks to Mark Northington, Research Director, Louisiana Office of Tourism for his help in this study, his consistent support of TIA, and most importantly, his tremendous contributions to the travel and tourism industry. Travel Industry Association Washington, D.C. August 2007

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5 Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION...1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY...2 TRAVEL IMPACT ON U.S. ECONOMY DIRECT TRAVEL IMPACT IN THE UNITED STATES IN TRAVEL IMPACT ON LOUISIANA TRAVEL EXPENDITURES...10 TRAVEL-GENERATED EMPLOYMENT...12 TRAVEL-GENERATED PAYROLL...14 TRAVEL-GENERATED TAX REVENUE...16 DOMESTIC TRAVEL IMPACT ON LOUISIANA PARISHES PARISH TABLES...21 APPENDICES...43 APPENDIX A: LIST OF DISASTER PARISHES AND CONTIGUOUS PARISHES FOR 2005 HURRICANE KATRINA...44 APPENDIX B: TRAVEL ECONOMIC IMPACT MODEL...45 APPENDIX C: GLOSSARY OF TERMS...49 APPENDIX D: TRAVEL-RELATED INDUSTRY MEASUREMENT...50 APPENDIX E: SOURCES OF DATA...53

6 List of Tables LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Travel Expenditures in the U.S Table 2: Travel-Generated Employment in the U.S., Table 3: Overall U.S. Economic Developments, Table 4: U.S. Travel Trends, p...7 Table 5: Domestic Travel Expenditures in Louisiana by Industry Sector, Table 6: Domestic Travel-generated Employment in Louisiana, Table 7: Domestic Travel-generated Payroll Income in Louisiana, Table 8: Domestic Travel-Generated Tax Revenue in Louisiana by Level of Government, Table 9-1: Domestic Travel Impact in Louisiana - Top 5 Parishes, Table 9-2: Percent changes of Domestic Travel Impact in Louisiana - Top 5 Parishes, 2006 over 2005 and 2006 over Table A: Alphabetical by Parish, Table B: Ranking of Parishes by Expenditure Levels, Table C: Percent Distribution by Parish, Table D: Percent Change over Table E: Percent Change over Table F: Alphabetical by Parish, Table G: Alphabetical by Parish,

7 Introduction INTRODUCTION This report presents preliminary 2006 estimates of the impact of U.S. resident traveler spending in Louisiana, as well as the employment, payroll income and tax revenue directly generated by this spending. In order to show the impact of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita in 2005, this study provides the comparisons of 2006 with normal year 2004 and the Hurricane affected year All estimates of the economic impact of travel contained in this volume are the product of TIA's Travel Economic Impact Model (TEIM), a proprietary economic model developed expressly to indicate the expenditures, employment, payroll, and tax revenue generated by travel away from home in the United States. The Travel Economic Impact Model (TEIM) was initially developed in 1975 for the U.S. Department of the Interior to indicate the economic value of travel and tourism to states and counties. The original TEIM has been revised substantially based on more accurate and targeted input data available from governments and the private sector. The domestic component of TEIM is based on national surveys conducted by TIA and other travel-related data developed each year by TIA, various federal agencies and national travel organizations. A summary of the methodology is provided in Appendix A. U.S. residents traveling in Louisiana include both state residents and out-of-state visitors traveling on day trips to places 50 miles or more away from home or staying overnight in paid accommodations. Travel commuting to and from work; travel by those operating an airplane, bus, truck, train or other form of common carrier transportation; military travel on active duty; and travel by students away at school, are all excluded from the model. In addition, the payroll and employment estimates represent impact generated in the private sector and exclude publicly supported payroll and employment. Any travel expenses as a result of hurricane refugees, relief contractors and relief government officials due to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are not covered in this report. The payroll, employment and tax revenue related with these expenditures are excluded as well. Since additional data relating to travel and its economic impact in 2006 will become available subsequent to this study, TIA reserves the right to revise these estimates in the future. 1

8 Executive Summary EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As a result of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita, domestic travelers direct expenditure in the state declined 18.6 percent in 2006 compared to 2005 to $6.4 billion and plunged 32.6 percent compared with normal year Domestic travel expenditures directly generated 86.6 thousand jobs within Louisiana in 2006, a decrease of 25.4 percent over Compared to 2005, domestic travel-generated jobs declined 18.5 percent. These jobs generated by domestic travel spending composed 4.7 percent of Louisiana s total non-agricultural employment in Domestic travel-generated employees in Louisiana earned $1.5 billion in payroll income during This represents a 21.8 percent decrease from Compared with 2005, domestic travel-generated payroll was down 11.2 percent. On average, every $74,178 spent by domestic travelers in Louisiana during 2006 generated one job. Additionally, travel and tourism generated $842.1 million in tax revenue for federal, state and local governments in 2006, down 13.7 percent from 2005 and down 30.5 percent from Eleven of Louisiana s 64 parishes received over $100 million in domestic travel expenditures in Severely affected by hurricanes in 2005, travel in Orleans and Jefferson parishes continued to decline dramatically in

9 Travel Impact on U.S. Economy TRAVEL IMPACT ON U.S. ECONOMY The U.S. economy continued to grow in 2006, with real GDP increasing 2.9 percent. Both real disposable income and real personal consumption expenditures rose 3.1 percent from The U.S. job market improved during 2006 as annual average total non-farm employment increased nearly 2.5 million to million. This reduced the national unemployment rate to 4.6 percent. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), an indicator of the level of price inflation, was up 3.2 percent in 2006, while TIA s Travel Price Index increased 4.8 percent during the same period, primarily due to a significant increase in the price of gasoline. The total U.S. current account deficit rose to a record high of $811.5 billion in The U.S. travel industry, however, generated a $13.7 billion trade surplus (excludes international passenger fares) for the country in U.S. Travel Volume in 2006 In 2006, total U.S. domestic person-trips were up 0.4 percent over 2005, according to TIA TravelScope /DIRECTIONS by DKS&A survey. International visitors to the U.S. increased 3.8 percent in 2006 to 51.1 million. However, the volume of international travel to the U.S. remained 0.3 percent lower than its historical record set in Travel Expenditures in 2006 Domestic travelers spent $614.2 billion in the U.S. during 2006, an increase of 7.3 percent over International traveler expenditures in the U.S., excluding international passenger fares, increased 4.8 percent to total $85.7 billion in Combined domestic and international travel expenditures in the U.S. totaled nearly $700 billion, 7.0 percent more than in Change in Total Domestic and International Travel Spending in the U.S % 8.0% 6.0% 4.0% 2.0% 0.0% -2.0% -4.0% -6.0% 8.3% 7.0% 7.6% 7.2% 6.3% 5.3% 6.0% 7.8% 4.5% 3.6% 2.8% % -5.2% Sources: TIA, OTTI 3

10 Travel Impact on U.S. Economy Domestic travel spending on auto transportation jumped 10.1 percent over 2005, to $117.0 billion, reflecting the dramatic increase in gasoline prices during Domestic travel spending on lodging increased 8.4 percent over According to Smith Travel Research, hotel room demand (hotel room-nights sold) grew 1.1 percent and average daily rate jumped 7.0 percent. Table 1: Travel Expenditures in the U.S Travel Spending Travel Spending Percent Change in The U.S. in The U.S. Over 2005 Industry Sector ($ Billions) ($ Billions) (%) Public Transportation $116.8 $ % Auto Transportation % Lodging % Foodservice % Entertainment % General Retail % Domestic Travelers % International Travelers* % Total $699.9 $ % Source: TIA * Excludes payments on international passenger fares Travel Employment in 2006 Nearly 2.5 million jobs were added to the non-farm sector of the strengthening U.S. economy in 2006, a 1.8 percent increase from 2005, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This reduced the national unemployment rate to 4.6 percent from 5.1 percent in Domestic and international travelers spending in the U.S. directly generated 7.5 million jobs for the U.S. economy in 2006, up 0.4 percent from Domestic travel expenditures directly generated 6.6 million jobs for travel and tourism industry in 2006, representing a 0.5 percent increase from Among all travel industry category investigated in this report, the greatest gain occurred in the arts/entertainment/recreation industry, with employment up 1.8 percent from Travel-generated employment in the public transportation sector decreased 2.6 percent, mainly due to a large decline in the airline industry. The employment generated by travel in retail industry experienced a slight decline as well. 4

11 Travel Impact on U.S. Economy Table 2: Travel-Generated Employment in the U.S., Travel-Generated Travel-Generated Percent Change Employment Employment Over 2005 Industry Sector (Thousands) (Thousands) (%) Public Transportation % Auto Transportation % Lodging 1, , % Foodservice 2, , % Entertainment 1, , % General Retail % Travel Planning % Domestic Travelers 6, , % International Travelers* % Total 7, , % Sources: TIA, BLS * Excludes jobs generated by spending on international passenger fares 5

12 Overall U.S. Economic Developments, Table 3: Overall U.S. Economic Developments, Sector Nominal gross domestic product ($ billions) $11,685.9 $12,433.9 $13,194.7 Real gross domestic product ($ billions)* $10,675.8 $11,003.4 $11,319.4 Real disposable personal income ($ billions)* $8,008.9 $8,147.9 $8,396.9 Real personal consumption expenditures $7,561.4 $7,803.6 $8,044.1 ($ billions)* Consumer price index** Travel Price Index** Non-farm payroll employment (millions) Unemployment rate (%) Percentage change from previous year Nominal gross domestic product 6.6% 6.4% 6.1% Real gross domestic product 3.6% 3.1% 2.9% Real disposable personal income 3.6% 1.7% 3.1% Real personal consumption expenditures 3.6% 3.2% 3.1% Consumer price index 2.7% 3.4% 3.2% Travel Price Index 4.5% 5.3% 4.8% Non-farm payroll employment 1.1% 1.7% 1.8% Sources: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, U.S. Dept. of Labor, U.S. Census Bureau, TIA * Chained 2000 dollars ** Base period: =100 6

13 U.S. Travel Trends, Table 4: U.S. Travel Trends, p Category p U.S. travel expenditures ($ billions) $478.3 $495.8 $532.4 $572.1 $ International travel expenditures in the U.S.* ($ billions) $66.6 $64.4 $74.5 $81.8 $85.7 Total travel expenditures ($billions) $544.9 $560.1 $606.9 $653.9 $699.9 Travel price index** Travel-generated employment*** (thousands) 7, , , , ,542.1 Percentage change from previous year U.S. travel expenditures -1.1% 3.7% 7.4% 7.5% 7.3% International travel expenditures in the U.S. -7.4% -3.4% 15.8% 9.7% 4.8% Total travel expenditures ($billions) -1.9% 2.8% 8.3% 7.8% 7.0% Travel price index -0.3% 2.4% 4.5% 5.3% 4.8% Travel-generated employment -3.0% -1.4% 1.6% 0.8% 0.4% Sources: TIA, BEA and BLS. P: preliminary Note: * Includes international traveler spending within the U.S. only. ** Base period: =100 ** Includes employment generated by both domestic and international traveler expenditures. 7

14 Travel Impact On Louisiana Direct Travel Impact in the United States in 2006 Travel Expenditures* $699.9 Billion Gross Receipts Tax Sales Tax Excise Tax Property Tax Business Receipts Corporate Taxes Tax Revenue $109.4 Billion Payroll $177.0 Billion Payroll Taxes Employees 7.5 Million Source: TIA 8

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16 Travel Expenditures TRAVEL IMPACT ON LOUISIANA Travel Expenditures Travel, as one of most important industries in Louisiana s economy, has been dramatically affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. In 2006, travel and tourism in Louisiana continued to decline in most of hurricane affected areas. Ttal domestic travelers direct spending in Louisiana decreased 18.6 percent from 2005 and plunged 32.6 percent from 2004 to $6.4 billion. Domestic traveler spending on foodservice, the largest expenditure category, totaled over $1.5 billion in 2006, 23.5 percent of the state total. This represented a 23.2 percent decrease from 2005 and a 37.1 percent decrease from The auto transportation sector brought in over $1.4 billion during 2006, a 16.4 percent decrease from 2005 and a 25.9 percent decrease from Auto transportation represents 22.1 percent of the state domestic total in Domestic traveler spending on lodging decreased 36.1 percent from nearly 1.8 billion in 2004 to $1.1 billion in Compared to 2005, domestic travel spending on lodging declined 21.1 percent in Domestic Travel Expenditures in Louisiana by Industry Sector, 2006 Entertainment & Recreation 18.7% General Retail Trade 8.6% Public Transportation 9.4% Auto Transportation 22.1% Foodservice 23.5% Lodging 17.7% 1. Auto transportation sector includes privately-owned vehicles that are used for trips (e.g., automobiles, trucks, campers or other recreational vehicles), gasoline service stations, and automotive rental. 2. Foodservice sector includes restaurants, grocery stores and other eating and drinking establishments. 3. Public transportation sector comprises air, intercity bus, rail, boat or ship, and taxicab or limousine service. 4. Lodging sector consists of hotels and motels, campgrounds, and ownership or rental of vacation or second homes. 5. General retail trade sector includes gifts, clothes, souvenirs and other incidental retail purchases. 6. Entertainment and recreation sector includes amusement parks and attractions, attendance at nightclubs, movies, legitimate shows, sports events, and other forms of entertainment and recreation while traveling. 10

17 Travel Expenditures Table 5: Domestic Travel Expenditures in Louisiana by Industry Sector, Total Total Total ($ millions) ($ millions) ($ millions) Industry Sector Public Transportation $900.9 $733.0 $603.4 Auto Transportation 1, , ,420.3 Lodging 1, , ,138.6 Foodservice 2, , ,507.5 Entertainment 1, , ,204.3 General Retail Trade Total $9,539.4 $7,888.6 $6,425.0 Percent Changes, % Change % Change % Change Industry Sector 2005/ / /04 Public Transportation -18.6% -17.7% -33.0% Auto Transportation -11.4% -16.4% -25.9% Lodging -19.0% -21.1% -36.1% Foodservice -18.0% -23.2% -37.1% Entertainment -19.9% -11.3% -29.0% General Retail Trade -18.5% -20.5% -35.2% Total -17.3% -18.6% -32.6% Source: TIA 11

18 Travel Impact On Louisiana TRAVEL IMPACT ON LOUISIANA Travel-Generated Employment Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, left many Louisiana residents jobless in the affected areas. In 2006, travel-generated employment decreased 18.5 percent from 2005 and dropped 25.4 percent from However, it is important to note that even after the effects of the hurricanes, travel generated employment composed 4.7 percent of total non-agricultural employment in Louisiana during This equaled around 86,600 jobs. Without these jobs generated by domestic travel, Louisiana s 2006 unemployment rate of 4.0 percent would have been 4.4 percentage points higher than it was, or nearly 8.4 percent of the labor force. In addition, every $74,178 spent by domestic travelers in Louisiana directly supported one job. The foodservice sector, which includes restaurants and other eating and drinking places, provided more jobs that any other industry sector. During 2006, travelers spending in this sector created 37.0 thousand jobs, accounting for 42.8 percent of the state total. However, this represents a 17.3 percent drop from 2005 and a 24.4 percent decrease from In 2006, travel-generated employment decreased to 15.2 thousand in the lodging sector, down 22.3 percent from 2005 and 32.4 percent from The greatest change in travel related employment was seen in the travel planning sector, decreasing 31.5 percent from 2005 and 37.9 percent from Entertainment & Recreation 24.2% Domestic Travel-Generated Employment in Louisiana by Industry Sector, 2006 General Retail Trade 4.6% Travel Planning 0.9% Public Transportation 5.9% Auto Transportation 4.1% Lodging 17.6% Foodservice 42.8% 12

19 Travel-Generated Employment Table 6: Domestic Travel-generated Employment in Louisiana, Total Total Total (Thousands) (Thousands) (Thousands) Industry Sector Public Transportation Auto Transportation Lodging Foodservice Entertainment General Retail Trade Travel Planning* Total Percent Changes, % Change % Change % Change Industry Sector 2005/ / /04 Public Transportation -3.1% -27.2% -29.5% Auto Transportation -5.2% -22.0% -26.1% Lodging -13.0% -22.3% -32.4% Foodservice -8.6% -17.3% -24.4% Entertainment -6.1% -13.0% -18.2% General Retail Trade -9.4% -21.9% -29.2% Travel Planning* -9.4% -31.4% -37.9% Total -8.4% -18.5% -25.4% Source: TIA Notes: * Refers to jobs created in travel arrangement firms such as travel agencies, wholesale and retail tour companies, and other travel-related service businesses. 13

20 Travel Impact On Louisiana TRAVEL IMPACT ON LOUISIANA 2006 Travel-Generated Payroll Travel-generated payroll is the wage and salary income paid to employees directly serving travelers within the industry sectors from which these travelers purchase goods and services. One dollar of travel spending generates different amounts of payroll income within the various travel industry sectors depending on the labor content and the wage structure of each sector. Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita in 2005 dramatically affected payroll income as well. Total annual payroll paid by Louisiana travel-related firms and directly attributable to domestic traveler spending decreased to $1.5 billion in 2006, down 11.2 percent from 2005 and 21.8 percent from In 2006, the foodservice industry and amusement/recreation industry, the largest travel-generated payroll income providers in Louisiana, declined to million and million, respectively, the travel planning sector reported the strongest decrease in travel-generated payroll income among all travel-related industries covered in this study, down 23.1 percent from 2005 and 32.0 percent from Domestic Travel-Generated Payroll in Louisiana by Industry Sector, 2006 Entertainment & Recreation 28.7% General Travel Retail Trade Planning 4.6% 1.3% Foodservice 28.9% Public Transportation 12.9% Auto Transportation 5.2% Lodging 18.4% 14

21 Travel-Generated Payroll Table 7: Domestic Travel-generated Payroll Income in Louisiana, Total Total Total ($ Millions) ($ Millions) ($ Millions) Industry Sector Public Transportation $267.5 $243.7 $197.8 Auto Transportation Lodging Foodservice Entertainment General Retail Trade Travel Planning* Total $1,956.4 $1,721.7 $1,529.3 Percent Changes, % Change % Change % Change Industry Sector 2005/ / /04 Public Transportation -8.9% -18.8% -26.1% Auto Transportation -9.8% -12.1% -20.7% Lodging -15.2% -13.2% -26.3% Foodservice -13.1% -8.7% -20.7% Entertainment -10.6% -6.9% -16.7% General Retail Trade -11.6% -15.4% -25.2% Travel Planning* -11.6% -23.1% -32.0% Total -12.0% -11.2% -21.8% Source: TIA Notes: *Refers to payroll income that goes to travel agents, tour operators, and other travel service employees. These employees arrange passenger transportation, lodging, tours and other related services. 15

22 Travel Impact On Louisiana TRAVEL IMPACT ON LOUISIANA Travel-Generated Tax Revenue Travel tax receipts are the federal, state and local tax revenues attributable to travel spending in Louisiana. Travel-generated tax revenue is a significant economic benefit, as governments use these funds to support the travel infrastructure and help support a variety of public programs. As a result of substantial decreases in the sale of travel goods and services, in addition to travel generated income caused by the hurricanes, travel generated tax receipts for federal, state and local declined dramatically as well. Domestic travel spending in Louisiana generated $424.4 million in tax revenue for the federal government in 2006, down 7.3 percent from 2005 and 26.4 percent from Domestic travel spending in Louisiana also generated $269.6 million tax revenue for the state treasury through state sales and excise taxes, and taxes on personal and corporate income, down 19 percent from 2005 and 34.1 percent from 2004 due to the hurricanes. Taxes collected by local governments were severely affected by the hurricanes as well. During 2006, domestic spending generated tax revenue through sales and property for localities declined 20 percent from 2005 and 34.5 percent from Each dollar spent by domestic travelers in Louisiana produced 13.1 cents for federal, state and local tax coffers. Domestic Travel-Generated Tax Revenue in Louisiana by Level of Government, 2006 Local 17.6% State 32.0% Federal 50.4% 16

23 Travel-Generated Tax Revenue Table 8: Domestic Travel-Generated Tax Revenue in Louisiana by Level of Government, Total Total Total ($ millions) ($ millions) ($ millions) Government Federal $576.3 $457.7 $424.4 State Local Total $1,211.3 $975.5 $842.1 Percent Changes, % Change % Change % Change Government 2005/ / /04 Federal -20.6% -7.3% -26.4% State -18.6% -19.0% -34.1% Local -18.1% -20.0% -34.5% Total -19.5% -13.7% -30.5% Source: TIA 17

24 Domestic Travel Impact On Louisiana Parishes DOMESTIC TRAVEL IMPACT ON LOUISIANA PARISHES Domestic travelers spent $6.4 billion while traveling in Louisiana in 2006, down 18.6 percent from 2005 and down 32.6 percent from 2004, largely due to 2005 hurricanes Katrina and Rita. These expenditures directly generated more than $1.5 billion in wages and salaries, 86.6 thousand jobs and $417.7 million in tax revenue for the state treasury and local governments. Travel expenditures occurred throughout all the sixty-four parishes in Louisiana. The top five parishes in Louisiana received $4.1 billion in direct domestic travel expenditures, 64.5 percent of the state total, down 25.7 percent from 2005 and down 39.4 percent from In 2006, spending by domestic travelers in the top five parishes generated over $1.0 billion in payroll income and 60.3 thousand jobs. This represented 68.6 and 69.6 percent of the state total, respectively. Additionally, domestic traveler expenditures in these top five parishes generated $254 million in tax revenue for the state treasury and the local governments during 2006, 60.8 percent of the state total. Domestic Travel Impact on Top 5 Parishes Orleans Parish, which includes the city of New Orleans, was the most severely affected area by the hurricanes. Consequently, domestic travel spending declined 35.5 percent from 2005 and 50.7 percent from 2004 to $2.2 billion in Travel-generated employment, payroll and tax receipts declined dramatically as well. East Baton Rouge Parish posted $678 million in domestic expenditures to rank second, up 16.9 from These expenditures benefited parish residents with nearly $124 million in payroll as well as 6.3 thousand jobs for parish residents. Jefferson Parish, located adjacent to New Orleans, ranked third with $514 million in domestic travel spending in This parish was heavily hit by the Hurricanes. Travel spending declined 28.4 percent from 2005 and 45.7 percent from Similar to Orleans Parish, travel-generated employment, payroll and tax receipts in Jefferson Parish declined dramatically. Caddo Parish received $457 million from domestic travelers, down 14.1 percent from On a positive note, Caddo Parish saw increases in payroll and employment, 4.9 percent and 2.0 percent respectively. Lafayette Parish ranked fifth with $338 million travel spending from domestic visitors, up 27.2 percent from This spending generated $58.2 million in payroll and more than 3.1 thousand jobs. 18

25 Top Five Parishes Table 9-1: Domestic Travel Impact in Louisiana - Top 5 Parishes, Travel Impact State & Local Expenditures Payroll Employment Tax Revenue Rank Parish ($ million) ($ million) (thousands) ($ million) 1 ORLEANS $2,159.7 $ $ EAST BATON ROUGE JEFFERSON CADDO LAFAYETTE BOSSIER Top Five Parish Total $4,146.2 $1, $254.1 State Total $6,425.0 $1,529.3 $86.6 $417.7 Share Of Top 5 Parishes 64.5% 68.6% 69.6% 60.8% 2005 Travel Impact 1 ORLEANS $3,347.3 $ $ JEFFERSON EAST BATON ROUGE CADDO BOSSIER LAFAYETTE Top Five Parish Total $5,579.4 $1, $351.7 State Total $7,888.6 $1, $517.8 Share Of Top 5 Parishes 70.7% 77.0% 77.7% 67.9% 2004 Travel Impact 1 ORLEANS $4,376.5 $1, $ JEFFERSON EAST BATON ROUGE CADDO BOSSIER LAFAYETTE Source: TIA Top Five Parish Total $6,837.1 $1, $437.1 State Total $9,539.4 $1, $635.0 Share Of Top 5 Parishes 71.7% 77.2% 77.9% 68.8% 19

26 Top Five Parishes Table 9-2: Percent changes of Domestic Travel Impact in Louisiana - Top 5 Parishes, 2006 over 2005 and 2006 over 2004 State & Local Percentage Change Expenditures Payroll Employment Tax Revenue 2006 over 2005 ($ million) ($ million) (thousands) ($ million) ORLEANS -35.5% -26.0% -31.7% -37.1% EAST BATON ROUGE 16.9% 16.7% 9.0% 15.2% JEFFERSON -28.4% -18.0% -24.3% -30.5% CADDO -14.1% 4.9% 2.0% -15.3% LAFAYETTE 27.2% 19.9% 9.6% 25.3% BOSSIER -16.2% 2.5% -0.5% -17.4% Top Five Parish Total -25.7% -20.9% -27.0% -27.7% State Total -18.6% -11.2% -18.5% -19.3% State & Local Percentage Change Expenditures Payroll Employment Tax Revenue 2006 over 2004 ($ million) ($ million) (thousands) ($ million) ORLEANS -50.7% -37.2% -38.8% -52.8% EAST BATON ROUGE 6.0% 6.7% 2.9% 2.3% JEFFERSON -45.7% -30.8% -32.6% -48.3% CADDO -10.1% 5.5% 1.8% -13.2% LAFAYETTE 0.7% 4.7% 1.0% -2.8% BOSSIER -8.1% 7.9% 4.1% -11.2% Top Five Parish Total -39.4% -30.5% -33.3% -41.9% State Total -32.6% -21.8% -25.4% -34.2% Source: TIA 20

27 Domestic Travel Impact On Louisiana Parishes PARISH TABLES The following tables list the results of the Parish Economic Impact Component of the TIA s Travel Economic Impact Model for Louisiana in 2006, 2005 and The estimates presented are for direct domestic travel expenditures and related economic impact. Table A shows the parishes listed alphabetically, with 2006 travel expenditures, travel-generated payroll and employment, and state tax revenue and the local tax revenue for each. Table B ranks the parishes in order of 2006 travel expenditures from highest to lowest. Table C shows the percent distribution for each impact measure in Table D shows the percent change in 2006 over 2005 estimates for each of the measures of economic impact. Table E shows the percent change in 2006 over 2004 estimates for each of the measures of economic impact. Table F shows the parishes listed alphabetically, with 2005 travel expenditures, travel-generated payroll and employment, and state tax revenue and local tax revenue shown for each. Table G shows the parishes listed alphabetically, with 2004 travel expenditures, travel-generated payroll and employment, and state tax revenue and local tax revenue shown for each. 21

28 Table A: Alphabetical by Parish, Domestic Travel Impact on Louisiana Table A: Alphabetical by Parish, 2006 State Tax Local Tax Expenditures Payroll Employment Receipts Receipts Parish ($ Millions) ($ Millions) (Thousands) ($ Millions) ($ Millions) ACADIA $23.23 $ $1.32 $0.42 ALLEN ASCENSION ASSUMPTION AVOYELLES BEAUREGARD BIENVILLE BOSSIER CADDO CALCASIEU CALDWELL CAMERON CATAHOULA CLAIBORNE CONCORDIA DE SOTO EAST BATON ROUGE EAST CARROLL EAST FELICIANA EVANGELINE FRANKLIN GRANT IBERIA IBERVILLE JACKSON JEFFERSON JEFFERSON DAVIS

29 Table A: Alphabetical by Parish, Domestic Travel Impact on Louisiana Table A: Alphabetical by Parish, 2006 (Continued) State Tax Local Tax Expenditures Payroll Employment Receipts Receipts Parish ($ Millions) ($ Millions) (Thousands) ($ Millions) ($ Millions) LAFAYETTE LAFOURCHE LASALLE LINCOLN LIVINGSTON MADISON MOREHOUSE NATCHITOCHES ORLEANS 2, OUACHITA PLAQUEMINES POINTE COUPEE RAPIDES RED RIVER RICHLAND SABINE SAINT BERNARD SAINT CHARLES SAINT HELENA SAINT JAMES SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST SAINT LANDRY SAINT MARTIN SAINT MARY SAINT TAMMANY TANGIPAHOA TENSAS

30 Table A: Alphabetical by Parish, Domestic Travel Impact on Louisiana Table A: Alphabetical by Parish, 2006 (Continued) State Tax Local Tax Expenditures Payroll Employment Receipts Receipts Parish ($ Millions) ($ Millions) (Thousands) ($ Millions) ($ Millions) TERREBONNE UNION VERMILION VERNON WASHINGTON WEBSTER WEST BATON ROUGE WEST CARROLL WEST FELICIANA WINN STATE TOTALS $6, $1, $ $ C2007 TIA 24

31 Table B: Ranking Of Parishes By Expenditure Levels, Domestic Travel Impact on Louisiana Table B: Ranking of Parishes by Expenditure Levels, 2006 State Tax Local Tax Expenditures Payroll Employment Receipts Receipts Parish ($ Millions) ($ Millions) (Thousands) ($ Millions) ($ Millions) ORLEANS $2, $ $77.17 $52.73 EAST BATON ROUGE JEFFERSON CADDO LAFAYETTE BOSSIER CALCASIEU OUACHITA ALLEN SAINT TAMMANY RAPIDES TANGIPAHOA AVOYELLES SAINT LANDRY TERREBONNE SAINT MARY LAFOURCHE ASCENSION WEBSTER MADISON IBERIA WEST BATON ROUGE SAINT BERNARD NATCHITOCHES LIVINGSTON VERMILION SAINT CHARLES

32 Table B: Ranking Of Parishes By Expenditure Levels, Domestic Travel Impact on Louisiana Table B: Ranking of Parishes by Expenditure Levels, 2006 (Continued) State Tax Local Tax Expenditures Payroll Employment Receipts Receipts Parish ($ Millions) ($ Millions) (Thousands) ($ Millions) ($ Millions) ACADIA LINCOLN SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST PLAQUEMINES SABINE RICHLAND SAINT MARTIN VERNON WASHINGTON IBERVILLE JEFFERSON DAVIS MOREHOUSE WEST FELICIANA EVANGELINE DE SOTO BEAUREGARD UNION CONCORDIA EAST CARROLL BIENVILLE ASSUMPTION CLAIBORNE SAINT JAMES POINTE COUPEE JACKSON FRANKLIN CALDWELL

33 Table B: Ranking Of Parishes By Expenditure Levels, Domestic Travel Impact on Louisiana Table B: Ranking of Parishes by Expenditure Levels, 2006 (Continued) State Tax Local Tax Expenditures Payroll Employment Receipts Receipts Parish ($ Millions) ($ Millions) (Thousands) ($ Millions) ($ Millions) WINN RED RIVER CATAHOULA LASALLE TENSAS WEST CARROLL CAMERON GRANT EAST FELICIANA SAINT HELENA STATE TOTALS $6, $1, $ $ C2007 TIA 27

34 Table C: Percent Distribution By Parish, Domestic Travel Impact on Louisiana Table C: Percent Distribution by Parish, 2006 State Tax Local Tax Parish Expenditures Payroll Employment Receipts Receipts ACADIA 0.36% 0.17% 0.18% 0.49% 0.28% ALLEN 1.78% 2.38% 2.15% 1.23% 1.51% ASCENSION 0.75% 0.43% 0.48% 0.97% 0.51% ASSUMPTION 0.12% 0.06% 0.06% 0.15% 0.11% AVOYELLES 1.28% 1.46% 1.36% 0.74% 0.86% BEAUREGARD 0.18% 0.12% 0.11% 0.23% 0.58% BIENVILLE 0.12% 0.08% 0.08% 0.15% 0.38% BOSSIER 5.25% 7.28% 6.75% 5.54% 6.41% CADDO 7.12% 7.19% 6.08% 7.69% 6.28% CALCASIEU 5.06% 5.11% 4.62% 5.35% 5.67% CALDWELL 0.10% 0.06% 0.07% 0.11% 0.27% CAMERON 0.05% 0.03% 0.04% 0.05% 0.12% CATAHOULA 0.06% 0.05% 0.06% 0.06% 0.17% CLAIBORNE 0.12% 0.09% 0.10% 0.12% 0.26% CONCORDIA 0.15% 0.09% 0.09% 0.18% 0.29% DE SOTO 0.19% 0.11% 0.11% 0.25% 0.27% EAST BATON ROUGE 10.56% 8.10% 7.31% 11.18% 7.99% EAST CARROLL 0.12% 0.06% 0.08% 0.17% 0.12% EAST FELICIANA 0.04% 0.03% 0.04% 0.04% 0.10% EVANGELINE 0.19% 0.14% 0.15% 0.22% 0.30% FRANKLIN 0.10% 0.08% 0.10% 0.10% 0.14% GRANT 0.04% 0.03% 0.05% 0.04% 0.16% IBERIA 0.47% 0.35% 0.37% 0.55% 0.35% IBERVILLE 0.22% 0.16% 0.16% 0.28% 0.39% JACKSON 0.11% 0.07% 0.09% 0.10% 0.12% JEFFERSON 7.99% 8.18% 7.75% 7.41% 6.94% JEFFERSON DAVIS 0.20% 0.12% 0.15% 0.26% 0.20% 28

35 Table C: Percent Distribution By Parish, Domestic Travel Impact on Louisiana Table C: Percent Distribution by Parish, 2006 (Continued) State Tax Local Tax Parish Expenditures Payroll Employment Receipts Receipts LAFAYETTE 5.25% 3.80% 3.57% 5.92% 4.04% LAFOURCHE 0.75% 0.45% 0.47% 0.96% 0.53% LASALLE 0.06% 0.04% 0.05% 0.05% 0.13% LINCOLN 0.34% 0.28% 0.33% 0.39% 0.35% LIVINGSTON 0.40% 0.18% 0.18% 0.52% 0.59% MADISON 0.53% 0.21% 0.19% 0.86% 0.34% MOREHOUSE 0.19% 0.15% 0.16% 0.22% 0.22% NATCHITOCHES 0.43% 0.32% 0.37% 0.50% 0.64% ORLEANS 33.61% 41.30% 44.87% 28.62% 35.60% OUACHITA 2.62% 2.36% 2.09% 2.61% 2.09% PLAQUEMINES 0.27% 0.19% 0.18% 0.31% 0.84% POINTE COUPEE 0.11% 0.07% 0.08% 0.12% 0.11% RAPIDES 1.67% 1.25% 1.22% 1.90% 1.36% RED RIVER 0.07% 0.04% 0.05% 0.08% 0.09% RICHLAND 0.26% 0.15% 0.16% 0.35% 0.21% SABINE 0.26% 0.17% 0.16% 0.28% 1.12% SAINT BERNARD 0.43% 0.27% 0.27% 0.53% 0.26% SAINT CHARLES 0.38% 0.25% 0.27% 0.44% 0.23% SAINT HELENA 0.03% 0.02% 0.03% 0.02% 0.07% SAINT JAMES 0.12% 0.07% 0.09% 0.13% 0.08% SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST 0.33% 0.26% 0.30% 0.37% 0.29% SAINT LANDRY 1.16% 0.66% 0.73% 1.54% 1.38% SAINT MARTIN 0.26% 0.15% 0.14% 0.31% 0.60% SAINT MARY 1.06% 1.15% 1.11% 0.74% 0.74% SAINT TAMMANY 1.74% 1.21% 1.23% 2.19% 2.01% TANGIPAHOA 1.46% 0.71% 0.73% 1.93% 1.05% TENSAS 0.05% 0.05% 0.05% 0.05% 0.23% 29

36 Table C: Percent Distribution By Parish, Domestic Travel Impact on Louisiana Table C: Percent Distribution by Parish, 2006 (Continued) State Tax Local Tax Parish Expenditures Payroll Employment Receipts Receipts TERREBONNE 1.10% 0.75% 0.80% 1.39% 0.81% UNION 0.16% 0.09% 0.09% 0.20% 0.45% VERMILION 0.39% 0.20% 0.20% 0.53% 0.42% VERNON 0.24% 0.16% 0.17% 0.29% 0.43% WASHINGTON 0.23% 0.13% 0.13% 0.29% 0.27% WEBSTER 0.56% 0.32% 0.31% 0.76% 0.73% WEST BATON ROUGE 0.45% 0.29% 0.31% 0.60% 0.36% WEST CARROLL 0.05% 0.04% 0.05% 0.05% 0.08% WEST FELICIANA 0.19% 0.15% 0.17% 0.23% 0.32% WINN 0.08% 0.08% 0.10% 0.08% 0.16% STATE TOTALS % % % % % C2007 TIA 30

37 Table D: Percent Change Over Domestic Travel Impact on Louisiana Table D: Percent Change over 2005 State Tax Local Tax Parish Expenditures Payroll Employment Receipts Receipts ACADIA % -5.54% % % % ALLEN % -7.67% % % % ASCENSION % -5.71% % % % ASSUMPTION -5.16% 0.07% -8.50% -6.50% -6.66% AVOYELLES -4.05% 20.72% 10.35% -5.40% -5.56% BEAUREGARD % 12.34% 2.74% % % BIENVILLE % -0.62% -3.42% % % BOSSIER % 2.54% -0.49% % % CADDO % 4.88% 2.03% % % CALCASIEU 40.36% 24.49% 13.84% 38.39% 38.15% CALDWELL % 4.29% 1.46% % % CAMERON 1.33% 5.29% -3.78% -0.10% -0.27% CATAHOULA % 1.64% -1.37% % % CLAIBORNE % 3.07% 0.27% % % CONCORDIA -9.49% 13.99% 4.23% % % DE SOTO % 3.59% 0.80% % % EAST BATON ROUGE 16.87% 16.71% 8.98% 15.23% 15.03% EAST CARROLL % -2.47% -5.40% % % EAST FELICIANA -7.75% -2.22% % -9.05% -9.20% EVANGELINE % 10.77% 1.31% % % FRANKLIN % 2.89% -0.01% % % GRANT % 3.21% 0.41% % % IBERIA -3.86% 1.80% -6.91% -5.22% -5.38% IBERVILLE -5.11% 0.02% -8.54% -6.45% -6.61% JACKSON % 3.94% 1.14% % % JEFFERSON % % % % % JEFFERSON DAVIS -4.50% 1.40% -7.26% -5.84% -6.00% 31

38 Table D: Percent Change Over Domestic Travel Impact on Louisiana Table D: Percent Change Over 2005 (Continued) State Tax Local Tax Parish Expenditures Payroll Employment Receipts Receipts LAFAYETTE 27.18% 19.88% 9.65% 25.39% 25.17% LAFOURCHE -3.84% 1.70% -7.00% -5.19% -5.36% LASALLE % 3.84% 0.99% % % LINCOLN % 7.85% 4.76% % % LIVINGSTON -6.78% -0.70% -9.17% -8.09% -8.25% MADISON % 4.88% 2.25% % % MOREHOUSE % 1.40% -1.48% % % NATCHITOCHES % -0.85% -3.47% % % ORLEANS % % % % % OUACHITA % 7.65% 4.74% % % PLAQUEMINES 7.66% -0.64% -9.17% 6.15% 5.97% POINTE COUPEE -3.61% 1.53% -7.17% -4.97% -5.13% RAPIDES % 3.41% 0.42% % % RED RIVER % -2.21% -4.94% % % RICHLAND % 10.06% 6.87% % % SABINE % 2.82% -0.03% % % SAINT BERNARD -8.71% -4.66% % -9.99% % SAINT CHARLES -2.99% 1.57% -7.16% -4.35% -4.52% SAINT HELENA -5.26% -0.07% -8.63% -6.59% -6.75% SAINT JAMES -5.06% 0.59% -8.01% -6.40% -6.56% SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST 0.23% 5.32% -3.71% -1.18% -1.35% SAINT LANDRY 0.17% 26.15% 15.35% -1.24% -1.41% SAINT MARTIN -8.51% -3.31% % -9.80% -9.96% SAINT MARY -5.70% 0.17% -8.38% -7.03% -7.19% SAINT TAMMANY % -6.04% % % % TANGIPAHOA -2.53% 3.27% -5.56% -3.91% -4.07% TENSAS % 3.67% 0.81% % % 32

39 Table D: Percent Change Over Domestic Travel Impact on Louisiana Table D: Percent Change Over 2005 (Continued) State Tax Local Tax Parish Expenditures Payroll Employment Receipts Receipts TERREBONNE -5.69% 0.19% -8.37% -7.01% -7.18% UNION % 2.55% -0.39% % % VERMILION % -5.94% % % % VERNON % -1.34% -4.24% % % WASHINGTON -3.33% 1.67% -7.05% -4.69% -4.86% WEBSTER % 2.56% -0.29% % % WEST BATON ROUGE % -6.99% % % % WEST CARROLL % 3.20% 0.33% % % WEST FELICIANA -7.85% -2.37% % -9.14% -9.30% WINN % 2.14% -0.72% % % STATE TOTALS % % % % % C2007 TIA 33

40 Table E: Percent Change Over Domestic Travel Impact on Louisiana Table E: Percent Change over 2004 State Tax Local Tax Parish Expenditures Payroll Employment Receipts Receipts ACADIA % % % % % ALLEN % % % % % ASCENSION % % % % % ASSUMPTION % % % % % AVOYELLES % -1.86% -5.32% % % BEAUREGARD % -3.73% -7.13% % % BIENVILLE % 1.71% -1.88% % % BOSSIER -8.09% 7.91% 4.10% % % CADDO % 5.55% 1.82% % % CALCASIEU 6.89% 5.30% 1.59% 3.01% 3.74% CALDWELL % 4.77% 1.07% % % CAMERON % % % % % CATAHOULA -8.92% 6.94% 3.17% % % CLAIBORNE % 3.60% -0.06% % % CONCORDIA % -4.15% -7.53% % % DE SOTO % 3.62% -0.03% % % EAST BATON ROUGE 5.98% 6.65% 2.89% 2.13% 2.86% EAST CARROLL % 3.62% -0.04% % % EAST FELICIANA % % % % % EVANGELINE % -4.69% -8.06% % % FRANKLIN % 5.35% 1.64% % % GRANT % 3.61% -0.05% % % IBERIA % % % % % IBERVILLE % % % % % JACKSON % 4.16% 0.48% % % JEFFERSON % % % % % JEFFERSON DAVIS % % % % % 34

41 Table E: Percent Change Over Domestic Travel Impact on Louisiana Table E: Percent Change Over 2004 (Continued) State Tax Local Tax Parish Expenditures Payroll Employment Receipts Receipts LAFAYETTE 0.70% 4.70% 1.00% -2.95% -2.26% LAFOURCHE % % % % % LASALLE % 4.90% 1.20% % % LINCOLN -5.03% 11.50% 7.57% -8.48% -7.82% LIVINGSTON % % % % % MADISON % 1.57% -2.01% % % MOREHOUSE % 4.27% 0.59% % % NATCHITOCHES % -1.79% -5.26% % % ORLEANS % % % % % OUACHITA -8.13% 7.87% 4.06% % % PLAQUEMINES % % % % % POINTE COUPEE % % % % % RAPIDES -8.48% 7.46% 3.67% % % RED RIVER % -0.29% -3.80% % % RICHLAND -2.42% 14.57% 10.53% -5.96% -5.29% SABINE % 4.43% 0.74% % % SAINT BERNARD % % % % % SAINT CHARLES % % % % % SAINT HELENA % % % % % SAINT JAMES % % % % % SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST % % % % % SAINT LANDRY -9.85% 5.85% 2.12% % % SAINT MARTIN % % % % % SAINT MARY % % % % % SAINT TAMMANY % % % % % TANGIPAHOA % % % % % TENSAS % 4.94% 1.24% % % 35

42 Table E: Percent Change Over Domestic Travel Impact on Louisiana Table E: Percent Change Over 2004 (Continued) State Tax Local Tax Parish Expenditures Payroll Employment Receipts Receipts TERREBONNE % % % % % UNION -9.71% 6.01% 2.27% % % VERMILION % % % % % VERNON % 3.49% -0.16% % % WASHINGTON % % % % % WEBSTER % 4.37% 0.68% % % WEST BATON ROUGE % % % % % WEST CARROLL % 5.09% 1.38% % % WEST FELICIANA % % % % % WINN % 4.18% 0.50% % % STATE TOTALS % % % % % C2007 TIA 36

43 Table F: Alphabetical By Parish, Domestic Travel Impact on Louisiana Table F: Alphabetical by Parish, 2005 State Tax Local Tax Expenditures Payroll Employment Receipts Receipts Parish ($ Millions) ($ Millions) (Thousands) ($ Millions) ($ Millions) ACADIA $26.32 $ $1.51 $0.48 ALLEN ASCENSION ASSUMPTION AVOYELLES BEAUREGARD BIENVILLE BOSSIER CADDO CALCASIEU CALDWELL CAMERON CATAHOULA CLAIBORNE CONCORDIA DE SOTO EAST BATON ROUGE EAST CARROLL EAST FELICIANA EVANGELINE FRANKLIN GRANT IBERIA IBERVILLE JACKSON JEFFERSON JEFFERSON DAVIS

44 Table F: Alphabetical By Parish, Domestic Travel Impact on Louisiana Table F: Alphabetical by Parish, 2005 (Continued) State Tax Local Tax Expenditures Payroll Employment Receipts Receipts Parish ($ Millions) ($ Millions) (Thousands) ($ Millions) ($ Millions) LAFAYETTE LAFOURCHE LASALLE LINCOLN LIVINGSTON MADISON MOREHOUSE NATCHITOCHES ORLEANS 3, OUACHITA PLAQUEMINES POINTE COUPEE RAPIDES RED RIVER RICHLAND SABINE SAINT BERNARD SAINT CHARLES SAINT HELENA SAINT JAMES SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST SAINT LANDRY SAINT MARTIN SAINT MARY SAINT TAMMANY TANGIPAHOA TENSAS

45 Table F: Alphabetical By Parish, Domestic Travel Impact on Louisiana Table F: Alphabetical by Parish, 2005 (Continued) State Tax Local Tax Expenditures Payroll Employment Receipts Receipts Parish ($ Millions) ($ Millions) (Thousands) ($ Millions) ($ Millions) TERREBONNE UNION VERMILION VERNON WASHINGTON WEBSTER WEST BATON ROUGE WEST CARROLL WEST FELICIANA WINN STATE TOTALS $7, $1, $ $ C2007 TIA 39