Research Reports and other documents
2023 New York 1000 Islands-Seaway Region Economic Impact of Tourism
This report produced for the New York State Division of Tourism by Tourism Economics has information on the impact of tourism and travel spending across the state and specifically within the 1000 Islands-Seaway Region and the counties of Jefferson, Oswego and St. Lawrence. Data includes information on spending, jobs and taxes. A link to all regional reports can be found here. (2023 data published in 2024)
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1000 Islands Tourism Business Confidence Survey, 2023 - Summary
This is a summary report from the 1000 Islands international region summer and fall business survey. It includes a brief analysis of the survey along with charts on US, Canadian and combined responses as well as historical results.
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2022 New York 1000 Islands-Seaway Region Economic Impact of Tourism
This report produced for the New York State Division of Tourism by Tourism Economics has information on the impact of tourism and travel spending across the state and specifically within the 1000 Islands-Seaway Region and the counties of Jefferson, Oswego and St. Lawrence. Data includes information on spending, jobs and taxes. A link to all regional reports can be found here. (2022 data published in 2023)
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1000 Islands Tourism Business Confidence Survey, 2022 - Summary
This is a summary report from the 1000 Islands international region summer and fall business survey. It includes a brief analysis of the survey along with charts on US, Canadian and combined responses as well as historical results.
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2021 New York 1000 Islands-Seaway Region Economic Impact of Tourism
This report produced for the New York State Division of Tourism by Tourism Economics has information on the impact of tourism and travel spending across the state and specifically within the 1000 Islands-Seaway Region and the counties of Jefferson, Oswego and St. Lawrence. Data includes information on spending, jobs and taxes. (2021 data published in 2022)
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1000 Islands Tourism Business Confidence Survey - 2021
This is a summary report from the 1000 Islands international region summer and fall business survey. It includes a brief analysis of the survey results along with charts on U.S., Canadian and combined responses as well as historical results.
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2020 New York 1000 Islands-Seaway Region Economic Impact of Tourism
This report produced for the New York State Division of Tourism by Tourism Economics has information on the impact of tourism and travel spending across the state and specifically within the 1000 Islands-Seaway Region and the counties of Jefferson, Oswego and St. Lawrence. Data includes information on spending, jobs and taxes. (2020 data published in 2021)
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1000 Islands Tourism Business Confidence Survey, 2020 - Summary
This is a summary report from the 1000 Islands international region summer and fall business survey. It includes a brief analysis of the survey along with charts on US, Canadian and combined responses as well as historical results.
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2019 New York 1000 Islands-Seaway Region Economic Impact of Tourism
This report produced by Empire State Development reports information on the economic impact of tourism on the 1000 Islands Region, including Jefferson, Oswego and St. Lawrence counties (data broken down to county level). Data includes information on spending, jobs, and taxes. (2019 data, published 2020)
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2019 Tourism Business Confidence Survey - Summary
This is a summary report from the 1000 Islands international region summer and fall business survey. It includes a brief analysis of the survey along with charts on US, Canadian and combined responses as well as historical results.
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2019 High Water Impact Survey Report
This summary report covers the results of a survey of 1000 Islands tourism interests regarding the impact of 2019 high water levels on the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario. Includes charts and comments.
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2018 New York 1000 Islands-Seaway Region Economic Impact of Tourism
This report produced by Empire State Development reports information on the economic impact of tourism on the 1000 Islands Region, including Jefferson, Oswego and St. Lawrence Counties (data broken down to county level). Data includes information on spending, jobs, and taxes. (2018 data, published 2019)
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2018 Tourism Business Confidence Survey - Executive Summary This is a summary report on the 1000 Islands International Region summer business survey. It includes a brief analysis of the survey along with charts and graphs for the general; Canadian and US responses.
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2017 New York 1000 Islands - Seaway Region Economic Impact of Tourism
This report produced by Empire State Development reports information on the economic impact of tourism on the 1000 Islands Region, including Jefferson, Oswego and St. Lawrence Counties (data broken down to county level). Data includes information on spending, jobs, and taxes. (2017 data, published 2018)
2016-2017 Tourism Sensitive Taxable Sales in Jefferson County
Spreadsheet showing quarterly sales in the hospitality sector with year-to-year comparison
2017 High Water Impact Survey Report
This summary report covers the results of a survey of 1000 Islands tourism interests regarding the impact of 2017 high water levels on the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario. Includes charts and comments.
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2017 Tourism Business Confidence Survey - Executive Summary
This is a summary report on the 1000 Islands International Region summer business survey. It includes a brief analysis of the survey along with charts and graphs for the general; Canadian and US responses.
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2015 Tourism Marketing Conversion Study
This report is based on an extensive survey of visitors who had responed to TI Council advertising in 2015. It focuses on Jefferson County, New York tourism operations.
2016 New York 1000 Islands - Seaway Region Economic Impact of Tourism
This report produced by Empire State Development reports information on the economic impact of tourism on the 1000 Islands Region, including Jefferson, Oswego and St. Lawrence Counties (data broken down to county level). Data includes information on spending, jobs, and taxes. (2015 data, published 2017)
2012 Jefferson County, NY Seasonal Residents Survey
This report was produced by the Center for Community Studies at Jefferson Community College in partnership with the TI Council and Jefferson County Planning. The survey includes information on the social and economic activity of Jefferson County's 7,000+ seasonal homeowners.
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Find more tourism data . . .
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Ontario's Great Waterway Region offers a tourism industry site at www.tourismtalk.ca.
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Ontario Ministry of Tourism offers various data reports on its research webpage:http://www.mtc.gov.on.ca/en/research/studies/statistic_reports.shtml
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Search New York State's centralized data site for everything from traffic counts, to park attendance, to tax collections. https://data.ny.us