Virginia tourism revenue returns to pre-pandemic levels, tourism-supported jobs still down

A look north from the Virginia Beach Fishing Pier of the Virginia Beach Oceanfront on May 4, 2022. (WAVY Photo/Wyatt Young) RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — New data shows tourism revenue is back to pre-pandemic levels in Virginia, but jobs supported by tourism are still down compared to 2019. The data from Tourism Economics released by the Virginia Tourism Corporation shows tourists spent $30.3 billion in Virginia in 2022. That surpasses the 2019 figure of $29.1 billion. Dan Roberts, Vice President of Research and Strategy for the Virginia Tourism Corporation, says...