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Maine lived up to its nickname of Vacationland this summer, as the state is on track to break a number of tourism industry-related records, according to preliminary August data from the Maine Revenue Services.
The Portland Press Herald reported that restaurant sales in the state from May to the end of August were up almost 5% from the prior year, bringing in $1.11 billion in sales. Lodging sales, according to the Press Herald, were also up by more than 7% from that same period to $559.3 million.
Steve Hewins, president and CEO of the Maine restaurant and innkeepers associations, told the Press Herald that a large driver of the economic increase was from the centennial celebration of Acadia National Park.
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