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The Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association is requesting $3 million in Pure Michigan promotional funding from the state legislature to offset tourism losses due to Canadian wildfire smoke.
According to an analysis by the Anderson Economic Group, the smoke that shrouded Michigan in mid-July cost Michigan's economy more than $4 billion. "Tourism was named in the report as one of the hardest hit sectors. We obviously can't control the weather, but we can control how much we spend on tourism marketing and how much we budget as a state," Jack Trebtoske, Director of Government Affairs for the Michigan Restaurant and Lodging Association, told CBS News Detroit. Comments are closed.
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