In 2023, tourism brought in $756.4 million in direct destination spending to Tualatin Valley!
Tualatin Valley offers a wealth of attractions that are appealing to visitors: wine, golf, tax-free shopping, natural areas and more. Travelers collectively spend millions of dollars on lodging, camping, dining, shopping and entertainment, and tourism benefits the community as a whole.
Together with Explore Tualatin Valley, you can benefit from the burgeoning tourism industry. Explore Tualatin Valley (ETV) is the primary destination marketing organization for Washington County, Oregon, and markets the destination, its attractions and activities to leisure and business travelers around the globe. ETV also markets Washington County via several channels, including Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and TikTok.
Together we can do great things, and through partnerships we can continue to grow Washington County’s tourism industry.
2023 Oregon Travel Impacts
Travel Oregon worked with Dean Runyan Associates to estimate the economic significance of the travel industry in Oregon. The report describes the economic impacts of travel to and through the state, each of it’s seven tourism regions and all 36 counties over the time period of 2003 to 2022, and includes detailed estimates of travel spending, the employment and earnings generated by this spending, and travel-generated tax receipts. A primary objective of the report is to provide reliable detailed figures that permit year-to-year comparisons at the state, regional and county levels.
Travel Oregon Regional Cooperative Tourism Program
Travel Oregon worked with Dean Runyan Associates to estimate the economic significance of the travel industry in Oregon. The report describes the economic impacts of travel to and through the state, each of it’s seven tourism regions and all 36 counties over the time period of 2003 to 2021, and includes detailed estimates of travel spending, the employment and earnings generated by this spending, and travel-generated tax receipts.
Washington County's Hotel Industry
In Washington County Oregon, hotels, motels and other lodging properties are integral to the region’s economy. In addition to providing employment to locals, the taxes they collect also benefits our communities. Transient lodging taxes (TLT) are collected from any person occupying a hotel, motel, dwelling unit used for temporary overnight occupancy (such as Airbnb), or recreational vehicle (RV) spaces.