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  • Nonresident Travel Spending Contributes to NE Montana Counties and Travel Regions

    Norma Nickerson|Aug 20, 2014

    An analysis recently completed by the Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research at the University of Montana highlights the economic contribution of nonresident travel spending to each of the six travel regions in Montana, as well as 18 of the state’s 56 counties. Estimates of the economic contribution of traveler spending at the statewide level showed that 11.02 million visitors spent approximately $3.62 billion in 2013, which directly supported $2.8 billion of economic activity and over 33,000 Montana jobs. Nonresident travelers i...