the impact of lodging based tourism on connecticut economy a dynamic analysis by fred carstensen director william lott research stan mcmillen manager projects hulya varol assistant jingqiu zhu july 26 2001 center for economic university 341 mansfield road u 63 storrs ct 06269 1063 voice 860 486 0485 fax 4463 http www lib uconn edu ccea i executive summary travel and industry in generates significant state its regional economies council office department community development commissioned at to estimate that calendar year 1999 using expenditure data gathered survey from hotels motels resorts campgrounds estimates impacts diverse these must be regarded as conservative because omitted surveying tourists travelers directly or specific attractions such museums aquariums amusement parks monuments casinos myriad industries
