Economic Impact

Tourism is the lifeline for so many. From hotels to local businesses to Macon citizens, tourism-generated business and tax savings has a tremendous impact on our community.

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Visit Macon FY23 Annual Report

FY23 ANNUAL REPORT

Macon is Ready For All

Macon is no longer "a best-kept secret," visitors from far and wide are choosing to add Macon to their must-see travel plans.

Here are a few that prove tourism is bigger and better than ever in Macon!

  • Record hotel-motel tax collections in 2022 exceeding over $6 million in sales tax revenue In Macon-Bibb County
  • $448.8 million in total visitor spending – a 21.7% increase in 2022
  • Visitors generated 34.4 million in state and local taxes in 2022 and $585 in tax savings for every Macon-Bibb household due to visitor spending
  • 2023 was a record-setting year for earned media coverage with stories appearing on CBS Mornings, in The New York Times as one of 52 Places for Travelers to Visit in 2023, Bloomberg, Conde’ Nast Traveler, Forbes, Frommer’s, Garden & Gun, Insider, Men’s Journal, Southern Living, Travel + Leisure and featured on the cover of Vintage Rock magazine.
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