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Travel and Tourism Summary
New Mexico
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% Change % Change
Previous Data Ten Years
Current Previous Year to Ten Ago to
Current Year's Year's Current Years Current
Year Data Data Year Ago Year
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Wage and salary employment (number of jobs): 1/
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation 2005 8.1 7.9 2.63 7.2 12.69
Accommodation and Food Services 2005 75.7 74.6 1.45 65.1 16.33
Accommodation 2005 14.0 13.7 1.95 13.1 6.15
Food Services and Drinking Places 2/ 2005 61.7 60.9 1.34 51.9 18.91
Full-Service Restaurants 2005 28.4 28.4 0.21 20.9 36.24
Limited-Service Restaurants 2005 26.9 25.7 4.57 23.8 13.06
Total reported gross receipts: 1/, 3/
Accommodation and Food Services Industry 2005 $139,179 $130,432 6.71 $98,277 41.62
Arts, Entertainment and Recreation 2005 2,763,474 2,629,365 5.10 1,419,975 94.61
Total lodgers' tax receipts 3/, 4/ 2005 $31,155,481$26,399,612 18.01$17,974,231 73.33
Lodgers' tax receipts for the top five cities:*
Albuquerque 5/ 2005 $9,855,207 $7,997,508 23.23 $6,187,404 59.28
Santa Fe 5/ 2005 7,727,651 5,679,246 36.07 3,636,295 112.51
Las Cruces 2005 1,309,895 1,211,521 8.12 824,507 58.87
Ruidoso 2005 1,029,736 942,395 9.27 382,626 169.12
Taos 2005 879,714 864,539 1.76 593,820 48.14
Total national park visits 2005 1,650,441 1,733,165 -4.77 2,250,766 -26.67
Visits at the top three national parks:**
White Sands National Monument 2005 450,447 448,185 0.50 604,796 -25.52
Carlsbad Caverns National Park 2005 413,786 419,599 -1.39 588,609 -29.70
Bandelier National Monument 2005 250,161 263,285 -4.98 395,677 -36.78
Total state park visits 2005 4,359,652 3,856,795 13.04 4,884,255 -10.74
Visits at the top three state parks:**
Elephant Butte Lake 2005 1,347,159 899,646 49.74 1,797,008 -25.03
Navajo Lake 6/ 2005 483,891 487,451 -0.73 396,476 22.05
Ute Lake 2005 246,925 339,579 -27.28 255,359 -3.30
* Five cities with the most lodgers' tax receipts in FY 2005. Though some county governments have
instituted lodgers' taxes, collections in each of these counties were less than the receipts in
the top-five cities.
** Three parks with the most visitors in 2005.
1/ Figures for tourism-related industries reflect total receipts or total employment in the industries
and not just the receipts or employment dependent on tourism or travel.
2/ Includes liquor dispensers by the drink.
3/ Dollar amounts have not been adjusted for inflation. They are expressed in current or nominal terms.
4/ Data are by fiscal year. Changes in lodgers' tax receipts partially reflect changes in tax rates.
5/ Beginning in July 1, 2004, Albuquerque data include receipts from the Hospitality Fee Act and
Santa Fe data include receipts from the Convention Center Funding Act.
6/ Prior to March 1995, Navajo Pine, Navajo Sims, and Navajo San Juan River were combined to create
the total for Navajo Lake.
Sources: New Mexico Dept. of Labor, Economic Research and Analysis Bureau, New Mexico Nonagricultural
Employment, March 2006; New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Dept., RP 80 Quarterly Reports; New Mexico Dept.
of Finance and Administration, Local Government Division, unpublished reports; U.S. Dept. of the Interior,
National Park Service, National Park Service Statistical Abstract; and New Mexico Energy, Minerals and
Natural Resources Dept., State Park and Recreation Division, unpublished reports.
Table prepared by: Bureau of Business and Economic Research, University of New Mexico.
Bureau of Business & Economic Research, UNM /bber@unm.edu