The study also showed tourism supports 12,244 jobs in Warren County, or one in every nine jobs in the County, and that Warren County is more dependent on tourism for jobs than any other county in Southwest Ohio.
Those jobs generated an estimated $276.3 million in wages and $146.5 million in federal, state, and local taxes in 2015, according to the release.
The top three areas of visitor spending in 2015 were retail ($271.6 million), recreation and entertainment ($206.9 million), and food and beverage ($179.7 million).
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