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Grand Rapids Business Journal ©Thinkstock.com Travel is expected to be on the rise again in Michigan for 2013 as consumer confidence grows and gas prices remain steady. “We really projected positive growth in the number of people visiting the state and the amount that they are spending, somewhat similar projections to last year,” said Sarah Nicholls, associate professor of tourism at Michigan State University. “What we think we are seeing is the beginning of a period of sustained, steady growth in the industry. “2010 and 2011 were sort of the recovery years, so some of the percentage increases in terms of things like occupancy were really big just because they had fallen so much in the previous two years. But I think what we are entering into now is, hopefully, a long period of sustained, steady growth.”

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