Gov. JB Pritzker says he’s committed to helping travel and tourism thrive in Illinois.
During a stop in Peoria, Pritzker said tourism is vital to the state’s economic health and credited an audience of around 360 industry professionals for their resilience and perseverance over the past five years.
“I am truly struck again and again by the challenges that we have overcome, all of us together,” Pritzker said Wednesday in remarks before the Illinois Governor’s Conference on Travel and tourism at the Peoria Civic Center. “The tourism industry, perhaps more than any other, has seen dramatic highs and lows during last five years.”
Pritzker said $5.5 billion in hotel revenue last year led to a $78 million economic impact from tourism across the state.
“We’ve gone from a COVID-induced recession that caused the most difficult challenges that I think the tourism industry may have ever faced, or certainly in generations, to a recovery that is…
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