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Visit Quad Cities outlines tourism data, targets and programs to Davenport council
Summary
Visit Quad Cities presented fiscal-year priorities, data-driven marketing efforts and visitor-experience programs to the Davenport City Council, citing $1.37 billion in regional visitor spending and a push to grow group business, improve hotel occupancy and expand accessible tourism efforts.
Dave Harrell, of Visit Quad Cities, told the Davenport City Council on an evening meeting that the regional destination marketing organization is focused on growing visitation and reinvesting nonresident revenue in local quality-of-life projects.
Harrell said Visit Quad Cities reports $1,370,000,000 in visitor spending for the region and supports roughly 9,346 jobs. He emphasized the organization’s data tools and partnerships, saying the group recorded about 13,900,000 visitor days and roughly 6,100,000 visits across the region in fiscal 2025.
The presentation described Visit Quad Cities as three nonprofit entities: Visit Quad…
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