Liz Montgomery reports in Porcupine Soup that a new state report says that visitors to Greene County spent an estimated $283 million in 2022, up $52 million from a year earlier and $90 million more than in 2019. Travelers to the Catskills spent 51 percent on lodging, 20 percent on second homes, and 14 percent on food and beverages. Warren Hart, Greene County deputy county administrator and director of Economic Development, Planning and Tourism, said during a recent meeting of county lawmakers, “We have surpassed where we were in 2019… before the pandemic.... We all know how important the tourism/travel sector is to Greene County.” Read more about this story in Porcupine Soup.