The Real Chicago Recovery — Block Club’s Tourism Cheerleading Misses the Bigger Picture

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Biasly Media Bias Rating for Block Club Chicago (2024) Biasly https://www.biasly.com/sources/block-club-chicago-media-bias/

Block Club Chicago Reports 55 Million Visitors and 20 Billion in Tourism Spending for 2024 (2025) Block Club Chicago https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/19/tourism-in-chicago-bounced-back-in-2024-with-55-million-visitors-20-billion-in-spending/

Chicago Area Tourism Reaches New Heights in 2023 (2024) Choose Chicago https://www.choosechicago.com/press-releases/chicago-area-tourism-reaches-new-heights-in-2023/

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting Block Club Chicago Crime Reporting Critique (2023) FAIR https://fair.org/home/publishing-police-press-releases-as-local-crime-reporting/

Governor Pritzker Announces Record Tourism Growth in 2023 (undated) Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity https://dceo.illinois.gov/news/2024-news/governor-pritzker-announces-record-tourism-growth-in-2023.html

Illinois Tourism Numbers Soar to New Heights in 2024 (2025) Illinois Office of Tourism https://www2.illinois.gov/dceo/Media/PressReleases/Pages/Illinois-Tourism-Numbers-Soar-to-New-Heights-in-2024.aspx

Media Bias and Credibility Rating for Block Club Chicago (2024) Media Bias Fact Check https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/block-club-chicago-bias-and-credibility/

Tourism Generates Big Economic Impact for Illinois Chicago (2009) Illinois Government https://www.illinois.gov/news/press-release.7866.html

Tourism Sets Spending Record (2015) NBC Chicago https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-tourism-hits-record-50m-visitors/1984885/

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