SD tourism industry is having good year

Published August 12, 2012 9:25am ET



PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — State officials report that South Dakota’s tourism industry is having a good year.

The South Dakota Tourism Department says hotel occupancy statewide is up 7.8 percent so far this year, meaning hotels and motels are filling more rooms compared with the same period last year. Nationally, hotel occupancy is up only 3.4 percent.

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