Report sees resilient Montana tourist industry
| September 26, 2008 |  View for printing |
Montana's nonresident travel is not always understood
Montana ranks 42nd in the U.S. for tourist spending, but it ranks seventh in the nation in per capita tourist spending, according to a research report on the state's tourist economy in 2007.
The nonresident travel industry accounted for about 7 percent of the state's total employment, making it the fifth largest employer, after construction but ahead of agriculture, the report concluded.
The report http://www.itrr.umt.edu/ecorev/Economicreview2008.pdf was written by Kara Grau and Melissa Bruns-Dubois, of the University of Montana's Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research http://www.itrr.umt.edu/ . This is the institute's fifth edition of the biennial report.
By RICHARD HANNERS / Whitefish Pilot
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