Tourism contributed more than $12 billion to Kentucky's economy in 2013. Tourism was responsible for more than 175,000 jobs in Kentucky last year, and those jobs generated more than $2.8 billion in wages. Bob Stewart is secretary of Kentucky’s Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet. He talked with Tom Martin about some of the latest trends in Kentucky tourism.
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Tom Martin talks with Secretary Bob Stewart about the growth of Bourbon as a tourist attraction and how one section of the state - in need of an economic lift - might turn to tourism.
