UCF Research Guides: Helpful Websites for Hospitality: Statistics / Demographics

International Hospitality/Tourism Statistics - Online Resources

Tourism Statistics (UN World Tourism Organization)
"...the latest and most up-to-date tourism statistics for all the countries and regions around the world. Data on inbound, domestic and outbound tourism is available, as well as on tourism industries, employment and complementary indicators."

Bureau of Economic and Business Research - Florida
Includes population trends, statistics, and limited access to the Florida Statistical Abstract
U.S. Census Bureau Quick Facts Interactive Map
Find statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more
UCF Guides - Statistics, Demographics and Census: Florida
Visit Florida: Research section
Current Florida visitor volumes and economic indicators

Visit Orlando (Orlando CVB): Research Site
"Available information includes visitor volume, visitor profiles, trip characteristics, hotel industry performance, convention center attendance, and other key measures of tourism in the Greater Orlando area."

State, Local, and Tribal Governments
Links to key contacts in state government. Includes links to state's travel and tourism offices.
U.S. Travel Association - Research section
Contains some city/state statistics

Consumer Expenditure Survey (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
"consists of two surveys, the Quarterly Interview Survey and the Diary Survey, that provide information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics"
Office of Economic & Demographic Research (OEDR) (Florida Legislature)
"a research arm of the Legislature principally concerned with forecasting economic and social trends that affect policy making, revenues, and appropriations."
- Consensus Estimating Conferences (Criminal Justice, Demographic, Early Learning, Economic, Education, FRS Actuarial Assumption, Revenue, Self-Insurance, Social Services, Workforce)
- Revenues
- Long Range Financial Outlook
- Economy
- Population & Demographics
- Resource Demand
- Local Government
-- Local Government Economic Development Incentives Report
-- Local Government Financial Information Handbook
-- Review of Federal Funding to Florida
-- Salaries of Elected County Constitutional Officers & School District Officials
-- Utilization of Local Option Taxes by Florida Counties
-- Economic Development Incentives
-- County & Municipal Revenue Estimates
-- Expenditures & Revenues Reported by Florida's Local Governments

Some of the following sources may also contain U.S. hospitality and tourism related statistics:

Tourism Statistics (UN World Tourism Organization)
"...the latest and most up-to-date tourism statistics for all the countries and regions around the world. Data on inbound, domestic and outbound tourism is available, as well as on tourism industries, employment and complementary indicators."
Consumer Expenditure Survey (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)
"consists of two surveys, the Quarterly Interview Survey and the Diary Survey, that provide information on the buying habits of American consumers, including data on their expenditures, income, and consumer unit (families and single consumers) characteristics"