Tourism Leaders to Seek More Promotion Funds The TC Record-Eagle reports that Michigan's top tourism leaders will gather this week in Mount Pleasant to discuss the 2006 tourism season and discuss ways to convince lawmakers to spend more promoting Michigan's $3 billion a year tourism industry. Industry officials said Michigan lags badly behind other states in dollars spent on tourism promotion. Michigan ranked among the top 10 in the country in tourism promotional spending in the early 1990s, spending over $10 million a year. That total slipped to $5.7 million last year ó 31st in the country ó and well behind other regional states such as Illinois at $48 million a year and Pennsylvania at $32 million annually. Read A kick-start for tourism in area in the Traverse City Record-Eagle Posted/updated Mar 27, 2006 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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