Visitor spending topped $5 billion last year and supports 9% of the workforce, or nearly 59,000 jobs, many of them smaller operators. "We have the ability to do things that maybe other hotels don't."| South Dakota News Watch
Title: host and producer of South Dakota Public Broadcasting's "South Dakota Focus"; expertise: statewide issues; language spoken: English; contact: 605-202-1951 / jacqueline.hendry@sdpb.org| South Dakota News Watch