The fall foliage season is one of the best times of the year in Vermont, some might say it’s their favorite. On Friday, the state released new numbers from an outside researcher they hired that showed 2.5 million people came to Vermont for the leaves and spent $500 million.”We were really encouraged to see this fall was really strong for visitation, and I would say I think in part was helped by the warm weather we had the last few weeks so that definitely extended the season a bit this year,” said Heather Pelham, the Commissioner of the Dept. of Tourism and Marketing. The strong season was felt all over the state, in Stowe at Shaw’s General Store they said they had the best season they’ve ever had. “It was the busiest we’ve ever seen; I mean, you can still see it’s busy, and it just kept on going, we have seen record numbers, and it’s amazing. We love it,” said Andrew Tascarella, the floor manager at Shaw’s General Store.Farther south in Woodstock, they said the season was also great with busses still headed into town as of Friday. “Enormous numbers, just busier then last year, but people are still coming in and enjoying. I mean there are still pretty pockets, even though it’s more rust and yellow then the vibrant reds and oranges, it’s still really pretty,” said Beth Finlayson the Executive Director of the Woodstock Area Chamber of Commerce. The report from the state also had new information on eclipse numbers from back in April, and said that event brought in roughly 175,000 people and estimate the economic impact at $54 million for the state.
The fall foliage season is one of the best times of the year in Vermont, some might say it’s their favorite.
On Friday, the state released new numbers from an outside researcher they hired that showed 2.5 million people came to Vermont for the leaves and spent $500 million.
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“We were really encouraged to see this fall was really strong for visitation, and I would say I think in part was helped by the warm weather we had the last few weeks so that definitely extended the season a bit this year,” said Heather Pelham, the Commissioner of the Dept. of Tourism and Marketing.
The strong season was felt all over the state, in Stowe at Shaw’s General Store they said they had the best season they’ve ever had.
“It was the busiest we’ve ever seen; I mean, you can still see it’s busy, and it just kept on going, we have seen record numbers, and it’s amazing. We love it,” said Andrew Tascarella, the floor manager at Shaw’s General Store.
Farther south in Woodstock, they said the season was also great with busses still headed into town as of Friday.
“Enormous numbers, just busier then last year, but people are still coming in and enjoying. I mean there are still pretty pockets, even though it’s more rust and yellow then the vibrant reds and oranges, it’s still really pretty,” said Beth Finlayson the Executive Director of the Woodstock Area Chamber of Commerce.
The report from the state also had new information on eclipse numbers from back in April, and said that event brought in roughly 175,000 people and estimate the economic impact at $54 million for the state.
