Georgia’s governor says tourism had a record-breaking economic impact of $60.8 billion statewide last year.
Gov. Nathan Deal spoke Thursday at the 2017 Georgia Governor’s Tourism Conference on Jekyll Island. He said more than 450,000 jobs across the state were somehow tied to tourism in 2016.
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