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Business Is Booming In Philadelphia Region, New Report Shows

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- When it comes to tourism in the Philadelphia region, business is booming.

Visit Philadelphia says a record-breaking 43 million people visited Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties last year.

That's a three percent increase from 2016 and the eighth straight year there's been a record number of visitors here.

All of those visitors pumped more than seven billion dollars into the region last year.

 

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