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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) 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 ....