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Pennsylvania budget proposes staggering 73 percent cut to tourism funding
May 27, 2009
As the busy summer travel season begins, Pennsylvania’s leading tourism official today said the Senate Republican budget proposal to cut tourism funding by a staggering 73 percent would cripple one of
As the busy summer travel season begins, Pennsylvania’s leading tourism official today said the Senate Republican budget proposal to cut tourism funding by a staggering 73 percent would cripple one of the state’s largest industries and severely impact Pennsylvania’s economy by costing thousands of jobs and closing small businesses.
In 2008, the tourism industry provided US$18 billion in wages to more than 600,000 Pennsylvanians.