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Published August 10, 2012, 07:45 AM

N.D. officials say tourism industry rebounding

North Dakota officials said counts of visitors indicate the state’s tourism industry has rebounded from last year’s flooding that put a damper on summer travel.

BISMARCK (AP) — North Dakota officials said counts of visitors indicate the state’s tourism industry has rebounded from last year’s flooding that put a damper on summer travel.

The state Tourism Division said that compared to the same time period a year ago, visitors in the second quarter of this year were up 24 percent at North Dakota’s state parks, up 25 percent at national parks and up 13 percent at major attractions.

Division Director Sara Otte Coleman said the warm spring combined with pent-up demand after last year’s flooding has been great for the state’s tourism industry.

Coleman said tourism spending also has been strong. She said taxable sales tied to tourism in the first quarter of this year were up nearly 38 percent from a year earlier.

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