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Officials say fishing tournaments and Bassmaster return boost lodging tax and generate roughly $1.1 million in local impact
Summary
Tourism staff told the council that paid tournament host/bid fees have produced thousands of overnight stays and roughly $1.1 million in direct economic impact from anglers; staff asked the city to continue contributions that help attract tournaments and noted lodging-tax receipts are ahead of last year.
Tourism staff briefed the council on the economic return from fishing tournaments and asked the city to continue contributing to bid and host fees that draw those events. The tourism official said the tournaments brought roughly 3,564 overnight stays and 3,376 anglers and that the direct economic impact from anglers across the season was about $1.1 million; she also said the Bassmaster professional event produces…
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