State trooper says summer travel was down in Petoskey


It's all over but the analysis. The summer travel season is officially over, and business and industry groups can begin reviewing the success of the  season in Central and Northern Michigan.

Many businesses of course, were looking to tourists to bolster their businesses, and over the next weeks and months, the industry will crunch the numbers to see if that occurred.
Law enforcement often has a unique perspective on summer travel trends.

Trooper Rick Carlson has been with the Petoskey State police post for 13-years.
   
"I would say it was probably a little slower than years past.  I would say it was up a bit from last year, of course gas prices last year kept travel down a little bit.  But I would say it was still down from even four-five-years ago."

Trooper Carlson says summer vacations for State Troopers in tourist towns will probably begin next weekend.

 


   
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