Senator Begich wrote about the importance of the tourism industry in his latest newsletter: The tourism industry as an essential element of our economy that employs thousands of hard-working people. Last year, Alaska’s visitor industry generated $2.4 billion in spending and supported over 27,000 jobs. But hes still pushing the Forest Service to waste over $20 Million dollars of taxpayer money on giant, corporate-sized logging sales in the Tongass...money that could be used to prevent cuts to the agencys recreation and tourism budgets. If you have 30 seconds, call Begichs office ((907) 586 - 7700) and ask him Why are you pushing for tax-payer subsidies to support the dying timber industry, rather than supporting our thriving tourism industry?
Posted on: Tue, 20 May 2014 22:33:58 +0000
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