Texas ranks 30th highest in study of how Covid-19 affects state tourism industries

Texas came in 30th highest in a new study by the WalletHub website that shows which states’ tourism industries have suffered the most during the coronavirus pandemic, based on two key dimensions.

The state earned a total score of 42.97 in the study by the personal finances website, with the maximum score set at 100. In the “State Dependency on Travel & Tourism” category, the state received a rank of 31st, and in the “State Aggressiveness Against Coronavirus” rank, the state earned the rank of 27th.

All 50 states and the District of Columbia were ranked in the WalletHub analysis.

As many as 5.9 million American jobs may be lost through the end of April as the result of virus-related shut-down orders, according to an analysis from the U.S. Travel Association and Tourism Economics. But stimulus money provided to employees and businesses by the federal government may help to blunt that impact, WalletHub reported.

Within the two main tourism dimensions examined by the website, researchers made their rankings using 10 different metrics, including the share of travel-related employment within the state and how much tourism contributes to the state’s gross domestic product.

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States Whose Tourism Industries Are Affected Most by Covid-19

Overall Rank	State	Total Score	“State Dependency on Travel & Tourism Industry” Rank	“State Aggressiveness Against Coronavirus” Rank
1	Hawaii	81.38	1	2
2	Montana	67.75	3	10
3	Nevada	66.92	2	41
4	Vermont	64.60	5	5
5	Massachusetts	61.38	11	4
6	Florida	60.77	4	29
7	New Hampshire	59.64	6	18
8	District of Columbia	59.50	7	15
9	New York	59.33	8	14
10	California	56.88	10	23
11	Maine	56.70	15	8
12	Rhode Island	56.56	16	3
13	Connecticut	55.25	12	21
14	Alaska	55.16	17	1
15	Wyoming	54.45	9	45
16	New Mexico	53.49	14	12
17	Maryland	52.85	21	6
18	Colorado	52.52	13	36
19	Arizona	49.25	18	24
20	Idaho	48.38	19	29
21	Washington	47.89	22	17
22	Tennessee	47.66	20	33
23	Delaware	46.95	34	7
24	Illinois	45.89	23	28
25	Oregon	45.45	24	31
26	South Carolina	44.70	25	34
27	Louisiana	44.68	27	22
28	Georgia	43.78	28	35
29	Virginia	43.04	29	38
30	Texas	42.97	31	27
31	New Jersey	42.56	33	16
32	Utah	41.48	32	43
33	West Virginia	40.91	38	13
34	Missouri	40.74	35	37
35	North Carolina	39.95	36	39
36	Kansas	39.33	39	19
37	Kentucky	38.73	48	11
38	Ohio	38.07	51	9
39	Michigan	37.65	41	40
40	Pennsylvania	37.32	42	24
41	Minnesota	36.85	44	20
42	North Dakota	35.86	30	47
43	South Dakota	35.74	26	51
44	Mississippi	34.32	46	42
45	Indiana	34.00	49	26
46	Wisconsin	33.59	50	32
47	Alabama	33.35	47	43
48	Nebraska	31.30	37	50
49	Oklahoma	30.89	43	46
50	Iowa	30.42	40	48
51	Arkansas	26.83	45	49

Source: WalletHub.com

This article was first published by The Center Square.

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