APPLETON, WI (WTAQ)- Tourism dollars are on the rise in the Fox Cities.
“Tourism in 2017 in the Fox Cities went to $470 million dollars of visitor spending. It was a really wonderful surprise continuing a very strong growth of the last five to six years.”
Despite a year of construction and renovations on hotels, 2017 tourism dollars were once again on the up.
Fox Cities Convention and Visitors Bureau Spokesperson Pam Seidl says the number of tourism dollars is significant.
“Each household in the Fox Cities would have to be taxed an additional $955 dollars per year to replace the impact of that spending.”
She says the building of the new Exhibition Center will only help the 2018 numbers. There are also plans for an indoor sports facility in the future.
The Fox Cities CVB also presented the Fox Cities Tourism Awards.
