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Tourism Spending In Ohio Rose Last Year

Ohio Public Radio

The state estimates 43 billion dollars was spent last year on tourism, and officials are hoping for another increase this year. Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles reports.

Governor John Kasich says big national events held in the Buckeye State have led many families to think of Ohio as a vacation destination.

 

“After the convention and people saw Cleveland and they saw it in a much different way, they say to their spouse, ‘ Well honey, we are going to go on vacation. Should we go to Maui in Hawaii or should we go to Cleveland?’ and Cleveland is starting to work out.”

 

Kasich made his comments at Ohio Tourism Day at the Statehouse where attractions from around the state gathered to tout their events.

 

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