Report: Tourism spending in Arizona up by nearly 7 percent
In this file photo the Phoenix Pipe Band marches through a crowd of locals and tourists during the 2016 Highland Games at Watson Lake Park in Prescott. A new report commissioned by the state Office of Tourism says tourism spending in Arizona totaled $22.7 billion last year, an increase of nearly 7 percent from the previous year. (Les Stukenberg/The Daily Courier)