Arkansas Website Designers have proved to be a significant force in the growth of the Arkansas economy and most significantly in the Arkansas Tourism Industry.
The Arkansas tourism industry grew by 4.3 percent last year, which was the largest annual increase since 2008. Much of this growth is the rewards produced by very talented and skilled Professional Website Designers that provide services to the state of Arkansas Websites and Arkansas Business Websites.
Travelers through Arkansas spent $5.6 billion in 2011. The number of travelers increased to more than 23 million, the highest number in three years. That figure refers to the number of “person-trips” made in Arkansas, which is defined as one person traveling more than 50 miles from home in one day, or one person staying overnight in paid lodging away from home.
The Arkansas travel industry directly employed almost 59,000 people and paid $1.1 billion in salaries.
The primary focus of Arkansas’ tourism website ads are people aged 25 to 49, with an emphasis on women and families with children. Arkansas Websites market to senior citizens too, but not as much.
Arkansas Website advertising also targets Kansas and Mississippi, with secondary marketing in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota and Ohio.
A 2011 study found that 49 percent of television viewers say they watch programming on the Internet as well as on traditional TV. Also, the study found that 11 percent of viewers say that they watch TV only on the Internet.
The Arkansas Parks and Tourism Department has made great strides with its web site, which last year earned a number one market share when measured against neighboring states and a top 10 position among tourism web sites nationwide.
The Arkansas tourism web site, at www.Arkansas.com, had 4.7 million visits in 2011. That is up 13 percent over the previous year.
Those Internet browsers linked to Arkansas tourism industry website partners more than 1.1 million times.
This means that the Parks and Tourism Department web site is an increasingly important gateway directing vacationers with questions to Arkansas tourism businesses.
Five counties accounted for more than half the travel-related spending in Arkansas – Pulaski, Garland, Washington, Benton and Sebastian. However, in 63 of the state’s 75 counties travel spending totaled more than $10 million. In 12 counties, travel expenditures were more than $100 million last year.
A big shout out of Congratulations!, to the Arkansas Website Designers on your great work!!!
Dallas Bowman
USA Website Design
