Research Links & Sources

Additional reports, facts and figures related to Minnesota travel and tourism.

U.S. Travel Association research, including current and historical U.S. travel indicators
http://www.ustravel.org/research

Office of Travel and Tourism Industries (OTTI) – Reports on arrival and departure information to and from the U.S.
http://www.tinet.ita.doc.gov/research/monthly/index.html

University of Minnesota Tourism Center – Research and Publications
www.tourism.umn.edu/

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) – Facts and Figures
www.dnr.state.mn.us/faq/mnfacts/index.html

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) – Reports, including current and projected outdoor recreation participation
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/aboutdnr/reports/index.html

U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) – Source of most current available federal data from Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)
www.bls.gov/cew/

Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) – User-friendly data tool for reports of Minnesota's state estimates from Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)
www.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/tools/qcew.htm

Minnesota Department of Revenue – Minnesota State Sales and Use Tax Statistics and Annual Reports, back to 1998 (gross sales, taxable sales, and tax liability by city, county, and industry)
http://www.revenue.state.mn.us/research_stats/Pages/Sales-and-Use-Tax-Statistics-and-Annual-Reports.aspx

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, Reports and Products, 1991-2006
wsfrprograms.fws.gov/Subpages/NationalSurvey/reports.htm

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, Minnesota State Report
http://www.census.gov/prod/2008pubs/fhw06-mn.pdf