Patrick Morrisey: “Last year alone, more than 200,000 visitors came to New…”

“So I feel very good about that. Now we know that October is one of the busiest tourism times of the year. And Last year alone, more than 200,000 visitors came to New River Gorge. In October, 78,000 visited Harpers Ferry. Think about how many hotels, hotel rooms are booked, how many restaurants are booked, how many of the smaller stores get business from all the people that are coming in from within our state and across the country.” (01:26–01:37)

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