Boosting tourism's offseason

Officials hope to pump up revenues during the area's slow periods

By Kristy Hessman / The Bulletin
September 19, 2004

Many business sectors experience boom-and-bust cycles over the years, but in the tourism industry, one of the single largest drivers of Central Oregon's economy, the bust comes every six months.

At the end of summer and the beginning of spring, lodging tax revenues plummet and unemployment....

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