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Tourism down in Illinois

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Saturday, June 11, 2016
Some experts are blaming the state budget crisis for tourism dropping in Illinois.

Tourism in Illinois has dropped in the past year.

Some experts are blaming the state budget crisis.

Illinois used to be the top Midwest state for tourism.

Now it's in third place, behind Michigan and Ohio.

In response, the city of Springfield had research on tourism done by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has increased marketing efforts.

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