High Country Host: Tourism Spending Up Four Percent in 2011 in Watauga at over $197M; Good for 19th in State
Aug. 16, 2012. North Carolina High Country Host released the 2011 economic impact figures yesterday, Aug. 15. According to two recent studies, tourism spending grew 4.1 percent in 2011 and came in at $197.56 million — good for 19th in the state.