Published on : Thursday, May 10, 2018
Wyoming Governor Matt Mead joined with Laramie County tourism leaders at National Travel & Tourism Week to boost the local travel and tourism industry.
Jim Walter with Visit Cheyenne says the domestic and international visitors spent $346 million in Laramie County last year, a 4 percent growth over 2016.
That’s almost $1 million a day that’s coming into our community contributed by people that don’t live here.
Walter says the spending supported 2,970 local jobs and accounted for nearly $20 million in state and local taxes. Walter said that From a public safety standpoint, the money was generated by tourism here in Laramie County.