A new report cites evidence of the sector’s recovery, such as tourism-related employment returning to 60% of pre-pandemic levels and a sharp turnaround in bookings at the city’s hotels, which yielded a 163% increase in tax revenue compared with 2020. By the end of 2021, average room rates were 90% of pre-pandemic levels, the report said.
Loop Alliance has lied through their teeth about how awful the Loop has gotten, as reported by CWB Chicago “Loop promoter dismisses crime problem as robberies, carjackings, auto thefts, and shootings soar higher than pre-COVID years“
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Chunky Puree
3 years ago
Come to Chicago and see the chalked outlines of murder victims on every street corner. See the blood stained street gutters. Have your photo taken at random memorials to recent victims. Now that’s gonna generate some business.
Lion's Choice
3 years ago
Fake tourism numbers — this is something that current Mayor Big-Dick learned from former mayor Crooked Rahm
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IllinoisHomeOfTheSwamp
3 years ago
60% of pre-pandemic levels? That is hardly anything to celebrate…
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Loop Alliance has lied through their teeth about how awful the Loop has gotten, as reported by CWB Chicago “Loop promoter dismisses crime problem as robberies, carjackings, auto thefts, and shootings soar higher than pre-COVID years“
Come to Chicago and see the chalked outlines of murder victims on every street corner. See the blood stained street gutters. Have your photo taken at random memorials to recent victims. Now that’s gonna generate some business.
Fake tourism numbers — this is something that current Mayor Big-Dick learned from former mayor Crooked Rahm
60% of pre-pandemic levels? That is hardly anything to celebrate…
And that is fake, it looks like a ghost town to me.