The halo effect: Shifting the narrative around tourism and economic development

“Tourism and economic development are seen as separate entities,” Kelly Groff, President & CEO at Visit Montgomery, told us. “But tourism is economic development.”

Let’s pause on that for a moment.

Tourism is economic development.

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