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Flathead looks to tourism for economic boost; wood products down

February 12, 2011 /

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Financial experts predicted growth in cities across Montana at an economic outlook seminar Friday, while local business leaders here singled out tourism as the Flathead Valley’s biggest boon.

Last year, nonresident travelers, or "geo-travelers," accounted for 20 percent of basic labor income in Flathead County, said Diane Medler, director of the Kalispell Convention and Visitor Bureau.

In 2010, nonresident travelers spent $232 million while visiting Flathead County, a figure that was no doubt augmented by the unprecedented visitation records set at Glacier National Park, which welcomed 2.2 million visitors through its gates.

By TRISTAN SCOTT of the Missoulian missoulian.com

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