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[Gallery One Visual Arts Center Application for Lodging Tax][2016] <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 totall 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 64%2060 <br />Outside Kittitas County 28%911 <br />Out of State 8%232 <br />Facebook Likes <br />Kittitas County 43%807 <br />Outside Kittitas County 51%959 <br />Out of State/Country 6%119 <br />Members <br />Kittitas County 77%370 <br />Outside Kittitas County 21%98 <br />Out of State/Country 2%8 <br />Arnett Muldrow survey over 1 wk <br />Kittitas County 49%46 <br />Outside Kittitas County 38%35 <br />Out of State/Country 13%12 <br />Website Visits from top 24 locations <br />Kittitas County 48%7326 <br />Outside Kittitas County 42%6366 <br />Out of State 10%1455 <br />3