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Patrick Morrisey: “Tourism is really important for the economy in West Virginia…”

Featuring: Patrick Morrisey, Republican | Governor of West Virginia

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Published | Video Starts at 20:41

Obviously there'll be sales tax on various items that are purchased, but we don't have the exact breakdown. But I would think about this way. Tourism is really important for the economy in West Virginia and we've had record breaking tourism in recent years. So part of the reason for that is there are a lot of really all awesome things that are going on. (20:41–20:50)

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Asserts that tourism is crucial for West Virginia's economy and has been at record levels recently.

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