IN SR0026

Urges the Legislative Council to assign a study committee to examine increasing Indiana's tourism marketing budget

Tourism is Indiana's 6th largest industry, employing 139,900 workers with wages over $3 billion and contributing $7.7 billion to state GDP

Visitors generated over $2.1 billion in tax receipts and $561 million in Indiana sales tax (8.5% of total sales tax receipts)

For every dollar spent in Indiana's tourism economy, 76% remains in the state to support local businesses

Indiana is the only state in the surrounding area to have decreased its tourism marketing budget while neighboring states have increased theirs