BOB BROWN/times-dispatch 20150514_MET_BILL_BB01 Howard Wells holds a favorite book of his late son, Bage, shown in the Louis Briel painting in the background, as he talks with visitors to his home in Richmond, VA Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Bage, then…

RALEIGH, N.C. : May 6th, 2015 – Governor Pat McCrory announced today that North Carolina tourism generated record visitor spending in 2014 with a total of $21.3 billion,  a 5.4 percent increase over 2013. Additionally, tourism industry supported employment topped…

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RALEIGH, N.C., May 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — The production company behind the heart-pumping new simulation experience at North Carolina’s Airborne Special Operations Museum is Raleigh’s BREAKIRON AnimationDesign, LLC. BREAKIRON’s team created a high-definition adventure that puts riders in the boots of…

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RALEIGH, N.C., May 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ – The production company behind the heart-pumping new simulation experience at North Carolina’s Airborne Special Operations Museum is Raleigh’s BREAKIRON AnimationDesign, LLC. BREAKIRON’s team created a high-definition adventure that puts riders in the boots of…

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Buncombe County’s hotel tax has generated $19,758,500 in revenue for the city’s Tourism Product Development Fund. Since 2001, the fund (supervised by a 9-member committee) comprised largely of hotel managers and tourism and lodging industry appointees, is…

OCRACOKE, N.C. (AP) — Officials in North Carolina have tested a 91-foot passenger ferry from Boston that they hope will help reverse a trend of declining tourism on the Outer Banks. The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk reports (http://bit.ly/1PdNKIq ) the Provincetown…

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