Fox Cities Tourism Takes Major Hit in 2020, Already Seeing Track for Recovery in 2021 By Casey Nelson
May 3, 2021 4:08 PM
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) â Ten years of growth in visitor spending was brought to an abrupt halt in the Fox Cities last year. Tourism brought in $333 million in 2020 across the Fox Cities. Thatâs down a bit from the record-high of $511 million in 2019.
While the $333 million is still a substantial amount, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was evident.
âAbsolutely all of this spending decline was pandemic-related. Here in the Fox Cities, our tourism is really based on large group activities,â said Pam Seidl, Executive Director of the Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau. â[It was a] perfect storm with this pandemic being a disease where you they donât want groups of people gathering, and our tourism economy is based on large groups like meetings, conventions, sports tournaments.â
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GRAND CHUTE - A local employer is bringing 100 jobs to the Fox Cities.
McCain Foods will add 100 jobs at its Grand Chute plant, 555 Hickory Farm Lane, through three open-hire events over the next two weeks. The events will be entirely virtual, according to a press release.
The hiring events will take place from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. McCain will hire for production line workers May 6, machine operators on May 11, and maintenance mechanics on May 12. Job offers will be made within 24 hours, the company said.
McCain Foods is the world’s largest manufacturer of frozen potato products and employs over 21,000 people internationally. McCain Foods USA Inc., headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, Ill., has 4,000 employees at production facilities in Idaho, Maine, Nebraska, Washington and Wisconsin.
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Fox Cities Tourism Takes Major Hit in 2020, Already Seeing Track for Recovery in 2021 By Casey Nelson
May 3, 2021 | 4:08 PM
APPLETON, WI (WTAQ) – Ten years of growth in visitor spending was brought to an abrupt halt in the Fox Cities last year. Tourism brought in $333 million in 2020 across the Fox Cities. That’s down a bit from the record-high of $511 million in 2019.
While the $333 million is still a substantial amount, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was evident.
“Absolutely all of this spending decline was pandemic-related. Here in the Fox Cities, our tourism is really based on large group activities,” said Pam Seidl, Executive Director of the Fox Cities Convention & Visitors Bureau. “[It was a] perfect storm with this pandemic being a disease where you they don’t want groups of people gathering, and our tourism economy is based on large groups like meetings, conventions, sports tournaments.”
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