1. MOTT Research Update ACT&T Quarterly Meeting March 21, 2019

2. Direct Travel Spending: Domestic/International by Sub-Industry, CY2017
2017 Travel Expenditures
Domestic
International
Total
$ billions
Revised 2017 
Initial 2016
Public Transportation
$5.944
$.464
$.313
$6.408
Auto Transportation
$2.428
$.054
$.038
$2.481
Lodging
$4.237
$1.592
$1.097
$5.289
Foodservice
$3.823
$.807
$.546
$4.630
Entertainment & Recreation
$1.108
$.319
$.218
$1.428
General Retail Trade
$1.191
$.903
$.622
$2.095
$18.731
$4.139
$2.834
$22.870

3. MA International Spending: Comparison of original vs. revised spending
Next steps---RTC level and City/town level

4. Lodging Data: MA vs. U.S. CY 2018 vs. 2017
Casino and gas line problems
Source: STR

5. MA DOR Travel related data: CY 2018 and % change vs. 2017
Net Collections
Amount 
% change YOY
Room Tax Collections State
$278,244,596
6.9%
Rooms Tax Collections local
$224,779,099
7.1%
BCC tax collections (FYTD)
$93,222,172
5.0%
BCC Worcester
$1,553,322
6.0%
Meals State Tax
$1,217,828,836
4.9%
Meals Local Option
$138,104,034
Gas Tax
$671,411,791
0.1%

6. Other travel related data: CY 2018 and % change vs. 2017
Domestic Volume to MA
(TNS)
YTD Sept 2018
% change
YOY
20,575,000
4.0%
Logan International Airport
CY 2018
% change
YOY
Domestic Passengers
33,245,880
4.0%
 International Passengers
7,583,887
5.3%

7. International volume to U.S.
Other travel related data: International Volume CY 2018 and % change vs. 2017
International volume to U.S. 
Country of Residence
Volume
YTD May 2018
% Change
International TOTAL
31,379,979
6.9%
United Kingdom
1,695,853
3.3%
China, PROC
1,225,335
-1.4%
Japan
1,378,778
-3.7%
Germany
773,092
0.3%
India
588,516
10.1%
South Korea
911,970
1.2%
Brazil
918,957
30.0%
France
686,058
8.3%
Australia
497,193
0.8%
Italy
369,531
4.9%
Ireland
198,156
17.8%
Sweden
209,802
-0.9%

8. Gaming Tax Revenue and County Lodging Revenue: CY 2018
CY 2018 Gaming Tax Revenue
% change YOY
CY 2018 Lodging Revenue
% change
YOY
Plainridge Park/ Bristol County
$84,100,000
4.1%
$77,200,000
3.4%
CY 2014
$61,600,000
25.3%(4 yrs)
MGM Springfield/ Hampden County
$26,400,000
August 23 – year end
$96,300,000
17.9%

9. What’s all this pointing to?
Historically the increases in travel related data we see in 2018 has generated a 3-5% increase in spending to $23.6 B - $24.0 B