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Artistic touch Clocking in with custom jeweler Babs Noelle PAGE 3
february 25, 2014
The business of
spring break Local ski areas help make Bozeman an attractive spring holiday destination B y a m a n da r i c k e r
chris kerr
Hundreds of skiers and snowboarders wait to load the Sunnyside chairlift on a powder day at Bridger Bowl on Feb. 22.
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pring break brings a bounce to the Bozeman economy. More people fly into Bozeman than fly out of town for a vacation during the month of March, Brian Sprenger, director of the Bozeman airport at Gallatin Field, said. “In general, about 60 percent of the people are people flying into Bozeman versus about 40 percent flying out of Bozeman,” he said.
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And each arriving tourist spends an estimated $1,000 with area businesses while they’re here, Sprenger said. For the roughly 6,000 people estimated to arrive during the week of spring break, he said the economic impact works out to be about $6 million. “People don’t think of us as a destination, but we really are,” Sprenger said. Spring break Continued on page 6