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540K Tourists Expected To Flood Into Granite State For Memorial Day Weekend

Camp Belknap view by Rebecca Lavoie

State tourism officials anticipate a busy Memorial Day weekend, as tourists are once again expected to flood into the Granite State.

Despite the gloomy weather forecast, the state’s travel and tourism department projects 540 thousand out-of-state visitors will travel to New Hampshire this weekend.

That would be roughly 1 percent higher than last year.

Tourists are expected to spend about 88 million dollars this weekend, up by about 2 and a half percent from last year.

The bulk of the tourists are expected to come from New York and other New England states.

State police say they will be on high alert this weekend for impaired drivers.

Michael serves as NHPR's Program Director. Michael came to NHPR in 2012, working as the station's newscast producer/reporter. In 2015, he took on the role of Morning Edition producer. Michael worked for eight years at The Telegraph of Nashua, covering education and working as the metro editor.

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