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RACINE â The COVID-19 pandemic cost Racine County hotels, restaurants and other visitor destinations $71 million last year, newly released state tourism figures show.
The Wisconsin Department of Tourism reported this week that tourism spending in Racine County during 2020 dropped from $260 million to $189 million, or a decrease of 27 percent.
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That is about average for the state, as tourism spending statewide dropped 28 percent, from $13.6 billion to $9.8 billion.
David Blank, executive director of the Real Racine convention and visitors group, said his organization tracked tourism spending throughout 2020, so officials knew that COVID-19 was taking a toll.
RACINE â On Thursday, 13 months and two weeks after the first COVID-19 restrictions were put in place in Wisconsin, capacity limits have been lifted in the City of Racine.
Only a couple restrictions are left in the city, like the wearing of masks when indoors and how government buildings are not open for the public as normal. Parks and golf courses are open, playgrounds can be played on and organized sports are allowed to be played, and concerts are kicking off again.
The reasons cited for the loosening are that the summer months, when people are more likely to gather outdoors than in, present fewer risks for the transmission of a virus like the coronavirus. Also, a growing proportion of the public has been vaccinated; as of Thursday, according to state data, 39.2% of Racine County residents have received at least one shot and walk-ins are being accepted at the state-run community-based vaccination clinic at Regency Mall.
Apr 29, 2021
ADAM ROGAN, Journal Times file photo
Since late July 2020 when this photo was taken along Douglas
Avenue, masks were required to be worn by healthy people over the
age of 4 in the City of Racine when social distancing (i.e. staying
six feet apart from other people who aren t in your household)
was not possible. While that requirement remains in place, it is
one of only a handful left in the city, since on Thursday
businesses were again allowed to operate at 100% capacity.
RACINE On Thursday, 13 months and two weeks after the first COVID-19 restrictions were put in place in Wisconsin, capacity limits have been lifted in the City of Racine.
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