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Kentucky Derby gives Louisville s hospitality industry its best weekend in over a year Share Updated: 6:48 PM EDT May 4, 2021 Share Updated: 6:48 PM EDT May 4, 2021
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Show Transcript GOING. KENTUCKY DERBY 147 BROUGHT AN ESTIMATED ECONOMIC IMPACT OF 60 MILLION DOLLARS TO LOUISVILLE. WELL ABOVE THE EXPECTED 35 MILLION DOLLARS PREDICTED. SO TO PUT THAT IN SOME PERSPECTIVE OUR NEXT LARGEST ECONOMIC DRIVER IS 19.5 MILLION AND THAT IS THE GIE PLUS EXPO EVENT THAT WILL HOST IN THE FALL LOUISVILLE. TOURISM IS NOW LOOKING TO BUILD ON THAT MOMENTUM AS IT CONTINUES TO RECOVER FROM THE PANDEMIC. IT’S A GRADUAL HILL THAT WE ARE EMBARKING UPON TO BRING VISITATION BACK A BIG INDICATOR FOR TOURISM IS HOTEL OCCUPANCY AND THOSE IN THE INDUSTRY SAY IT’S LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. WE RAN 90% FOR THE WEEKEND. SO IT WAS A THE BUSIEST WEEKEND WE’VE HAD IN OVER A YEAR AND IT WAS JUST GREAT TO SEE. SKIP JAMES IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES AND MARKETING AT TH
If you re planning to visit the Louisville area, it might be worth visiting a distillery or 18 while you re here.
In fact, distillery representatives would really love for you to visit. In 2019, the Kentucky Bourbon Trail and Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour welcomed nearly 2 million visitors. In 2020, that number plummeted to just under 600,000 as Americans were encouraged to stay home to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.
Now, with spring rolling up and doses of various COVID-19 vaccines rolling out, distillery owners hope Kentucky Bourbon Trail tours will pick back up again.
Of course, those tours are a bit different now: they re operating with small tour groups of less than 10 people, and hand sanitizer and masks are required. You ll have to book in advance, but it still only takes a few dollars and a mask to visit some of Kentucky s famed distilleries.