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TOURISM & MILITARY
TOURISM – Helena Hotels – 2018
• Hotel Occupancy was 58.9% – down 4.6% (non-legislative year)
• Average Daily Rate was $97.45 – up $1.81 or 1.9%
• Revenue Per Available Room $57.44 – down $1.68 or 2.8% (Rev PAR)
• Total Revenue up to $33,771,618 – up $282,581 or 0.8%
• Added 95 rooms with Home 2 Suites in March
2005 One of America’s Dozen Distinctive Destinations
(National Trust for Historic Preservation)
2013 Designated: Rand McNally’s “Best Geocaching Destination” 2015 Designated Silver-level Ride Center for mountain biking
(International Mountain Bicycling Assoc.)
(Source: Smith Travel Research Report)
MILITARY IMPACT
Number of National Guard Members in Helena area: 775 Air National Guard: 54
Army National Guard: 721
Veterans Admin: 6
Dept. of Emergency Services: 21 Montana Dept. of Military A airs: 11 (Source: Montana Dept. of Military A airs)
HELENA VETERANS BY AGE
Age Group Veterans
18 to 34 200
35 to 54 501
55 to 64 380
65 to 74 799 75+ 492 (Source: worldpopulationreview.com)
National Guard: Local Impact
• Butte:
• Missoula: • Billings:
$3,073,193 • Helena: $26,202,351 $10,467,264 • Great Falls: $33,408,897 $11,774,547
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