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South Dakota Tourism Pushing for Another Record

South Dakota Tourism Pushing for Another Record

Jim Hagen Photo: WNAX


With another year of record tourism numbers behind them, South Dakota Tourism Department Secretary Jim Hagen says he believes they can top that…

Numbers released at last weeks Tourism Conference showed visitor numbers hit fourteen point five million, a three-point one percent increase and visitor spending was up just under three percent to four point one billion dollars.
Hagen says they are adding another major market…

Hagen says they also have some short term promotions in mind…

Last years visitation generated over one hundred seventy million dollars in state tax revenue.

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