Gas Prices Put the Brakes on Summer Tourism The Detroit Free Press reports that high gasoline prices and a poor state economy put a drag on Michigan's summer travel season. 4 in 5 consumers said they traveled less or the same amount in 2005 due to high gas prices and economists are concerned that winter tourism will be similarly affected. At $16 billion annually, tourism is the state's second largest industry. Read Gas prices dampen Michigan summer travel in the Freep Also see Travel Barometer Report Labor Day 2005 from Travel Michigan Posted/updated Oct 14, 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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