Montgomery County ranks 9th in state for 2020 tourism spending theleafchronicle.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theleafchronicle.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
(The Center Square) – Tourism spending in Tennessee dropped in 2020 for the first time in 10 years, according to data from the U.S. Travel Association and Tourism Economics.
Tennessee Tourism Outperformed The Nation In 2020 With $16 8 Billion In Visitor Spending chattanoogan.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chattanoogan.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee paid thousands of dollars for social media influencers to promote a contentious new initiative that uses $2.5 million in taxpayer dollars to offer flight vouchers largely to out-of-state residents.
According to documents obtained through a public records request, the Department of Tourist Development paid an estimated $11,000 to at least 11 local influencers to post on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok touting the new program.
Emails show the state had originally budgeted $30,000 for influencers.
To date, the state has spent more than $230,000 out of its $270,000 tourism marketing budget to advertise the program online.
Republican leaders and Democratic lawmakers have both questioned why tax dollars are being spent on tourists’ airfare.
Tennessee on me: Gov Bill Lee s program paid social media influencers theleafchronicle.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theleafchronicle.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.