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Despite economic downturn, 2008 good year for visitor spending in NC

Submitted by funluvn on Mon, 08/17/2009 - 7:26am

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In 62 of 100 North Carolina counties, visitor spending increased in 2008 according to Governer Bev Purdue. Mecklenburg County lead all other counties in increased visitor spending, not surprisingly followed by Wake County and then Guilford County. This is good news, as jobs were actually created and maintained by the record setting $16.9 billion spent by out of state visitors here in North Carolina.