This is the first time in a long time that I'm having a hard time coming to grips with the end of summer. I don't think I've really given the start of an upcoming school year a second thought since the moment I graduated. There was never that next mandatory year being forced on me like all the summers prior...
The University of Montana’s Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research has compared the exceptional year for tourism in Montana in 2019 to what has occurred in 2020 after the COVID 19 pandemic shut down most travel and tourism.
Out of state travelers boosted Montana’s economy by over $3 billion in 2019, according to the latest figures released by the Institute for Tourism and Research at the University of Montana.