Gas Prices Impacting Tourism The Detroit Free Press reports that while early data on the number of tourists and their spending shows this July was better than July 2004, it's not as good as expected. Don Holecek, director of Michigan State University's Tourism Resource Center says that the economy may be to blame as 60%-70% of Michigan tourists are residents and our unemployment rate is among the nation's highest. The UP and Mackinac Island appear to be slumping while Traverse City is having a great summer. Read Fuel prices, economy feed slump in tourism in the Freep Also see WHAT HIGH FUEL COSTS?: Travelers go with the gas-price flow in the Freep Posted/updated Aug 17, 2005 by Andrew McFarlane (Absolute Michigan) click to Send This Story to a Friend! Main Michigan News Page Go Back One Page

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