North Carolina has record tourism year

Sunday, 05 Apr, 2007 0

Visitors to North Carolina spent more than $15 billion on tourism-related activities last year for the largest single-year rise in tourism since 1990, officials announced.

That was even better than the national increase in tourism, which was 7.7%, according to wire services.

Even better news for the state is that Winston-Salem will be the host of the 2008 conference on tourism.

The data is from a preliminary study of the state’s tourism industry by the Travel Industry Association of America. The annual study uses tax-revenue data to determine the overall tourism economic impact from domestic and international sources.

North Carolina ranks sixth in the nation for tourism-related visitors.

About 45 million people visited the state last year.

Report by David Wilkening



 

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