Community Engagement
The Roadmap was created through a year-long community-wide process whereby tourism experts studied competitive cities, interviewed elected officials, surveyed more than 1,000 residents, visitors and meeting planners, met with local cultural and tourism officials and cultural ambassadors, and evaluated worldwide tourism industry trends.
Vision Statement
Denver is America’s leading outdoor city, known to visitors for its urban, active, and cultural experiences.
Goals
Guided by this vision, the resulting plan identified key tourism goals with more than 70 initiatives to be achieved over the next decade.



Targets
The Roadmap also includes quantitative targets to increase overnight visitors and grow visitor spending. In 2018, Denver welcomed a total of 31.4 million visitors, an 11% increase from 2015. Of these total visitors, 17.3 million were overnight visitors who spent $5.6 billion, matching 2017 records.