Reply to a comment  Reply to this comment  BoTanney writes:
"The travel and tourism industry generated...
agriculture/forestry (99 jobs)."  I'm afraid I'm going to have
to call bull fertilizer on this. Considering how few farmers we
have in Vanderburgh County, I am highly doubtful we have a total
of 99 ag/forestry jobs at all, let alone an extra 99 that were
hired because of out-of-town tourists.  Some of those other
numbers seem highly suspect, too...such as local residents only
spending $19.9 million on "direct expenditures" (including gas,
meals, and retail spending), whereas tourists brought in over
$379 million for this and lodging. I personally have never seen
enough tourists wandering our streets to outspend locals by 20
to 1.  Any math majors want to take a crack at checking the
original report?