Bainbridge Island Tourism Alliance - City of Bainbridge Island

According to the Washington State Department of Commerce’s 2009 Why Tourism
Matters study, Tourism is a $15.2 billion industry that supports nearly 144,000 jobs,
contributes nearly $1 billion in local and state tax revenues and ranks fourth in Gross
Domestic Product (GDP) produced in Washington.
Visitors from other states generated an additional $235 of tax revenue for each
Washington household. Local in-state residents generated an additional $140 of tax
revenue per household. Locally, the Bainbridge Island Chamber of Commerce tracked
35,944 non-local visitors (tourists), and 915 local visitors ("local visitors" are people from
Bainbridge or NK that come into the office expressly for the VIC - looking for maps,
brochures, information, wedding info, lodging for out of town guests, etc.) for the period
between January 1, 2011 – September 30, 2011.
Simple math says if every one of those visitors spent a minimum of $50 while they were
here, 35,944 visitors x $50 = $ 1.79M into our local economy. Add dinner and an
overnight stay and the value to our island economy becomes very apparent.
E. Partnerships with other groups or businesses in the proposed project – including efforts to
minimize duplication of services where appropriate and encourage cooperative
marketing;
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§ Best Western PLUS
§ Bloedel Reserve
§ B I Art Museum
§ B I Historical Museum
§ Eagle Harbor Book Co.
§ Back of Beyond and Exotic Aquatics
§ Friends of the Farm
§ Sustainable Bainbridge
§ Bainbridge Bakers
§ Coppertop / Sportsman Business Park
§ Kids Discovery Museum
§ Rolling Bay
§ Harbor Pub & Pegasus / the Marina
§ Winery Alliance of Bainbridge Island
§ Arts & Humanities
§ Farmers’ Market and Global Source Education
§ Bainbridge Travel
§ Local Harvest Restaurant
§ Kitsap Visitor and Convention Bureau
§ Trans 4 Media (WSF advertising partner)
§ KOMO-TV
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