Editing Dallas (section)

=== Travel ===
Dallas is the third most popular destination for business travel in the United States, and the [[Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center]] is one of the largest and busiest convention centers in the country, at over {{convert|1000000|sqft|m2}}, and the world's single-largest column-free exhibit hall.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dallascvb.com/meetings/why_dallas/ |title=Meeting Professionals – Why Dallas? |publisher=Dallascvb.com |access-date=August 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413060744/http://www.dallascvb.com/meetings/why_dallas/ |archive-date=April 13, 2008 }}</ref> [[Visitdallas|VisitDallas]] is the [[501(c)(6)]] organization contracted to promote tourism and attract conventions but an audit released in January 2019 cast doubts on its effectiveness in achieving those goals.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Rogers |first1=Tim |title=VisitDallas Audit Reveals a Well-Run Trough for Piggish Top Executives |url=https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2019/01/visitdallas-audit-reveals-a-well-run-trough-for-piggish-top-executives/ |access-date=January 8, 2019 |magazine=D Magazine}}</ref>

Tourism is an important sector of Dallas's economy and is its tenth largest employer, providing 56,000 jobs.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dallas Travel and Tourism Industry Grows to New Heights |url=https://www.visitdallas.com/about/press/press-releases/dallas-travel-and-tourism-industry-grows-to-new-heights/ |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=Visit Dallas |language=en-US}}</ref> Dallas receives on average 25 million visitors annually.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dallas Tourism Statistics - How Many Tourists Visit? (2023) |url=https://roadgenius.com/statistics/tourism/usa/texas/dallas/ |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=Road Genius |language=en-US}}</ref>