Institute For Tourism And Recreation Research

A report by the Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research at the University of Montana revealed that summer wildfires and the smoke that blanketed much of the state may have cost over $240 million in tourism dollars.

Last summer’s wildfires made for big headlines in the media, but the resulting destruction and smoke combined to keep out-of-state visitors away, and with them, millions of dollars in lost income.

Nearly 12.4 million non-resident visitors to Montana contributed approximately $3.04 billion dollars to the state’s economy in 2016.

Over 12.4 million nonresident visitors spent $3.5 billion in Montana in 2016, according to a new report just released by the Institute For Tourism and Recreation Research at the University of Montana.

In case you were wondering how much tourism means to the state of Montana in jobs and revenue, the numbers just released for 2013 should convince you.

A new study by the University of Montana Institute for Tourism and Economic Research shows that non-resident travel supported jobs in every business sector in Montana.