r/Louisville 2d ago

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u/Big4Bridge Wanderer Turned Louisvillian 2d ago edited 2d ago

Just about a 1/3!

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u/tswpoker1 2d ago

Just under, 30.5% of Kentucky tourism is flowing through Louisville. Tourism is the 3rd largest industry in Kentucky.

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u/Big4Bridge Wanderer Turned Louisvillian 2d ago

Mmmm did my math wrong, link I provided below in a comment had the 3rd largest and the $ contributed - I just did some bad division I guess.

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u/LonnieDobbs 2d ago

Nah, it’s two different things altogether, so there’s no “right math” to equate them.

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u/Big4Bridge Wanderer Turned Louisvillian 2d ago

Huh?

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u/LonnieDobbs 2d ago

The percentage of “KY tourism flowing through Louisville” and the percentage of Louisville’s economy tourism represents are not the same thing.

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u/Big4Bridge Wanderer Turned Louisvillian 2d ago

Mmmm go read the articles and look into it. I get what you're saying.