Fewer leisure travelers came to Chicago last year, marking a low point for the city's tourism in the past six years. But business travel perked back up.I guess fewer people want to see Barack Hussein "Messiah"'s home town for a vacation.
A total of 38.1 million people came to Chicago in 2010, according to figures released Monday by Gov. Pat Quinn's office. That was down 3.5% from 39.5 million visitors in 2009 and a 16.6% drop from 45.7 million in 2008. (Travel to Chicago peaked in the past decade in 2007, when 46.3 million people visited the city.)
Monday, June 20, 2011
Chicago slips as a travel spot
Crain's Chicago Business reports: