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1600 Jobs From Tourism In Vilas County

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The economic impact of tourism in Vilas county and elsewhere was shown in a recent report.

The state reported tourism accounted for more than $10 billion in visitor spending in Wisconsin in 2012, $6 billion of that on dining, retail and recreation. Cindy Burzinski, Executive Director of Vilas County Tourism and Publicity says visitors spent a lot of money in places to stay, eat, and shop...

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"....in 2012, visitor expenditures were at $195.4 million dollars, and that was a 10 percent increase over 2011...."

She says it accounted for a large number of jobs in Vilas county..

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"....the tourism industry accounted for more than 1600 full time jobs in 2012...."

The Department of Tourism report also revealed tourism spending accounted for $20.2 million dollars in state and local taxes.

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