Study: Inflation-adjusted R.I. visitor spending in 2022 reached 93% of pre-COVID levels

Christopher Allen

12/20/2023

Salve-Regina-University-2 — A NEW REPORT BY THE R.I. HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATION and Salve Regina University shows the state’s tourism spending trails 2019 levels when adjusted for inflation./ COURTESY SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY

PROVIDENCE – A new report by the R.I. Hospitality Association and a group of Salve Regina University undergraduates shows hospitality and tourism spending in 2022 trailed 2019 levels by $550 million. RIHA partnered with Salve Regina’s ECN-307 Intro to Econometrics class in what they called a “rigorous” analysis of Rhode Island’s tourism sector, adjusting the

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