Record #:

3541

Author(s):

Crawford, Matthew

Abstract:

Tourism generated $9.8 billion in revenue in 1996, with 166,000 people employed and $730 million in tax receipts. Critics point out, however, that many jobs pay low wages and are seasonal. The industry, they say, is influenced by weather and recession.

Source:

North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 17 Issue 2-3, Dec 1997, p19-22, il

Subject(s):

Tourist trade and state