Shutdown Could Cost Arizona Tourism Industry Millions Of Dollars A Day

Arizona ’s tourism industry stands to lose millions of dollars a day if national parks close as part of a possible federal government shutdown.

Cronkite News says visitors to Arizona ’s national parks spend an average of $2.7 million a day, but that revenue would disappear if Congress cannot agree on a budget by midnight Monday. The Interior Department says if a shutdown occurs, it will close all national parks and give guests at hotels in those parks two days to make other plans and leave.