Despite a 13 percent drop in business trips to Colorado last year, Canada-based Longwoods International, which analyzes the state's travel market, has reported gains for tourism in what was a dusty year for suitcases everywhere. Leisure (aka pleasure) visits to Colorado "strangely were up, for both the state and for Denver," Longwoods' Michael Erdman tells 9News [2]. "You [Colorado] fared really very well on your pleasure side." Some 51.7 million trips were made to the state in 2009, and of those including a stay of at least one night, 48 percent were considered "marketable pleasure trips," 39 percent were visits to relatives, and 13 percent were strictly business. Thus, the Denver Business Journal [3] notes, "Colorado bucked a national trend." In other words, when times are tough, Colorado is a go-to escape for some R&R. Still, tourists lingered for fewer days and spent less money overall than in 2008. But, there's apparently a staycation factor at work here, too. One reason for the spending decline: More people taking trips in Colorado---40 percent---were state residents.