Tourism Spending Up in Fort Smith

KUAF | By Kyle Kellams

Published October 4, 2019 at 3:48 PM CDT

Michael Tilley, with our partner Talk Business and Politics, looks at higher tourism spending figures for the Arkansas River Valley and a big new project announced for the region.

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