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[Gallery One Visual Arts Center Application for Lodging Tax] I [2 016] <br />2. Please provide the following estimates of how any money received will result in increases in the <br />number of people traveling for business or pleasure on a trip. <br />With the help of Lodging Tax funds, we anticipate continued growth of visits in 2017. Since 2013, Gallery <br />One has seen a 14-19% growth of visits annually. We project, therefore, that we will see an increase of <br />15% of visits to Gallery One again in 2017. 15% of the total increase from 2016 to 2017 is 3,822 new <br />visits. Based on percentages from our mailing list, our expanded artist list, the 2015 survey from Arnett <br />Muldrow, website traffic and Facebook likes, we estimate the average percentage of outside of Kittitas <br />County visitors amounts to 30% (I and II below) and the average visitors out of state amounts to 7% (III <br />below) totaling 37%. 1413 visits total/ 1031 overnight <br />I. 382 - visits away from business or place of residence and overnight in paid accommodations. <br />(10% of 3822) <br />II. 764 - visits to a place 50 miles or more for the day or staying overnight. (20% of 3822, 382 <br />overnights and 382 daytrips) <br />III. 267 - visits from another country or state. (7% of 3822) <br />A summary of our statistics used <br />Mailing List <br />Kittitas County <br />64% <br />2060 <br />Outside Kittitas County <br />28% <br />911 <br />Out of State <br />8% <br />232 <br />Facebook Likes <br />Kittitas Count <br />43% <br />807 <br />Outside Kittitas Count <br />51% <br />959 <br />Out of State/ Country <br />6% <br />119 <br />Members <br />Kittitas County <br />77% <br />370 <br />Outside Kittitas Coun <br />21% <br />98 <br />Out of State/ Country <br />2% <br />8 <br />Arnett Muldrow survey over t wk <br />Kittitas County <br />49% <br />46 <br />Outside Kittitas County <br />38% <br />35 <br />Out of State/ Count <br />13% <br />12 <br />Website Visits from top 24 locations <br />Kittitas Count <br />48% <br />7326 <br />Outside Kittitas County <br />42% <br />1 6366 <br />Out of State <br />10% <br />1455 <br />3 <br />