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IMPACT THAT MATTERS

THE POWER OF TOURISM ON SOUTH PADRE ISLAND

Who We Are
The South Padre Island Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB), South Padre Island welcomed over
a division of the City of South Padre Island, is a destination
organization responsible for promoting South Padre Island as 5.1 MILLION
an attractive travel destination and enhancing its public image
as a dynamic place to live and work. Through the impact of VISITORS IN 2018
travel, the CVB strengthens the economic position and
provides opportunites for people on South Padre Island.
$339,169
What We Do MIXED BEVERAGE TAX
Our mission is to generate economic impact and job growth by
increasing the Island’s hotel occupancy and revenues. $8.2M
We promote to attract diverse regional, state, and national HOTEL OCCUPANY TAX
convention and leisure visitors through creative sales,
marketing and communications e‚orts. $3.3M
2018 AT A GLANCE
Partners in Tourism SALES TAX
South Padre Island Convention & Visitors Bureau $2M
7355 Padre Boulevard | (956) 761-3000 | SoPadre.com VENUE TAX

South Padre Island Visitors Center $500K
321 Padre Boulevard | (956) 761-6433 BEACH NOURISHMENT

AIRFLIFT PARTNERSHIP 4,780
JOBS CREATED
VALLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (HARLINGEN) &
BROWNSVILLE/SPI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Includes direct and nonstop
flights with various
seasonal flights

$164 BILLION

$9,040,367 $17,668,729 ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TRAVEL

Year-Over-Year: 13.01% Year-Over-Year: 8.71%
2017 2017 Direct travel spending was estimated at $80.2 billion.
This is an increase of 7.3% over the previous year.
$7,999,558 $16,253,380

Year-Over-Year: -0.41% Year-Over-Year: 0.09% 1.2 MILLION $59 BILLION
2016 2016 TEXAS JOBS DIRECT EARNINGS

LOCAL TAX RECEIPTS STATE TAX RECEIPTS TEXAS TOURISM STATS

Provided by the South Padre Island Convention & Visitors Bureau
Source: The Economic Impact of Travel in Texas, Dean Runyan Associates, 2018