Booming Business: Visitor spending hits record high in Burke County in 2014

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Tourism spending in 2014 surpassed the $90 million mark for the first time ever in Burke County’s history.



Posted: Friday, August 14, 2015 11:07 am
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Updated: 11:15 am, Fri Aug 14, 2015.

Booming Business: Visitor spending hits record high in Burke County in 2014

by Glen Luke Flanagan
Staff Writer

The News Herald

Visitors to Burke County spent $91.34 million in 2014, surpassing the $90 million mark for the first time ever in the county’s history.

That represents a 5.48 percent increase from 2013 spending, according to a release from the Burke County Tourism Development Authority. Local business owner Sabrina Hurt has been operating Treat — a gift shop and restaurant — in downtown Morganton for less than a year, but has already seen the benefit of the boom.

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