Navajo Nation reports increase in tourism industry spending

Monday, April 30, 2012  

Tourists are spending more on their visits to the Navajo Nation, according to a new study.

The Navajo Nation Tourism Department said about 600,000 people visited the reservation in 2011. Their total spending was $113 million, an increase in 32 percent from 2002, when the last study was done.

The average age of a visitor to the Navajo Nation is 52 years old, according to the department's survey.

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Navajo tourism spending increases 32 percent from 2002 (The Farmington Daily Times 4/30)