SUCCESSFULLY PROMOTED THE DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THE CONVENTION & TOURISM INDUSTRY IN WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA THROUGHOUT 2022. THE MOST RECENT "WAYNE COUNTY ECONOMIC IMPACT THROUGH VISITOR SPENDING REPORT" (2021) SHOWED "TOURISM SPENDING BY VISITORS" GENERATED 145.1 MILLION, AN INCREASE OF +25.7% WHEN COMPARED TO THE 2020 ECONOMIC IMPACT THROUGH VISITOR SPENDING REPORT OF 115.4 MILLION. THE COMBINED WELCOME CENTER VISITORS, CONVENTION PARTICIPANTS AND GENERAL INQUIRIES TOTALED 54,514. IN ADDITION, THERE WERE 8,495 DOWNLOADS, 165,571 WEBSITE VISITORS AND 336,457 PAGE VIEWS GENERATED FROM THE BUREAU'S WEBSITE. ACTUAL EARNED MEDIA COVERAGE TOTALED 62,680 WITH ALL SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS REACHING OVER 70,000 SOCIAL MEDIA USERS.