Tourism

Scorecard

True
0% 14 Checks
Mostly True
0% 8 Checks
Half True
0% 0 Checks
Mostly False
0% 5 Checks
False
0% 7 Checks
Pants on Fire
0% 5 Checks
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All Fact-checks for Tourism

Jared Moskowitz
Jared Moskowitz
stated on May 1, 2025 in an interview on CNN:
Canadian tourism to Florida has declined by 80%.
Mostly False
May 7, 2025
Robert Cowles
Robert Cowles
stated on July 12, 2024 in Radio address:
“The most recent State Budget increased funding for the Department of Tourism by 98 percent.”
True
By D.L. Davis • September 16, 2024
Tony Evers
Tony Evers
stated on June 11, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter:
Wisconsin had a “record-breaking year” for tourism in 2023.
True
By Hope Karnopp • June 28, 2024
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on September 12, 2023 in a post on X:
“2022 was the biggest tourism year ever in West Virginia”
Half-True
By Max Cohen • October 20, 2023
Andrew Clyde
Andrew Clyde
stated on May 12, 2021 in a House hearing:
“Watching the TV footage of those who entered the Capitol. … If you didn't know the TV footage was from Jan. 6, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit.”
Pants on Fire!
By Amy Sherman • May 13, 2021
Sara Meaney
Sara Meaney
stated on May 24, 2020 in a TV interview:
“Since the week ending March 14, Wisconsin actually saw a drop in tourism spending compared to last year of $1.7 billion.”
True
By D.L. Davis • June 12, 2020
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on October 16, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says a new annual report shows that "West Virginia’s tourism industry has grown for the second consecutive year, reversing years of decline and outpacing national growth by 58 percent."
True
By Darby Coughlin, Mackenzie Myers • December 17, 2019
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on June 28, 2019 in a post on Facebook:

Six Flags is offering five free passes and unlimited free rides to everyone.
False
July 1, 2019
Jim Justice
Jim Justice
stated on September 19, 2018 in a tweet:

"WV's tourism industry grew at a rate 30% above the national rate in 2017. This increase reversed a four-year decline in which travel-generated spending fell more than $600 million."
Mostly True
By Matt Minard • December 14, 2018
George P. Bush
George P. Bush
stated on October 16, 2017 in the "Alamo Truth" website funded by George P. Bush's political campaign:

"The Alamo has been consistently listed as one of the most disappointing landmarks in our nation."

 

 
Half-True
By W. Gardner Selby • October 20, 2017
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