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Arkansas tourism is now a $9.2 billion industry and with big events planned in the coming months, 2024 is expected to be a big year for the state’s leisure and hospitality sector.
A study, conducted by tourism Economics and released in October by the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and tourism, said 48.3 million people visited Arkansas in 2022, up 15.4% from 41.2 million visitors in 2021. Those additional visitors spent $1.2 billion more than what was spent in 2021, the report said.
“We can, with great confidence, say that Arkansas’ tourism industry has fully recovered – and then some – from setbacks of the COVID pandemic,” said Shea Lewis,…
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