Top State Spenders

Annual spending on tourism ranges from a low of $2.1 million in North Dakota to a high of $35.3 million in Illinois. The top 15, in millions of dollars:

1. Illinois......... $35.3 million

2. Hawaii............$27.8 million

3. Texas.............$25.1 million

4. Florida...........$23.1 million

5. Pennsylvania......$19.5 million

6. Virginia..........$18.3 million

7. New York..........$18.2 million

8. Massachusetts.....$17.4 million

9. Louisiana.........$15.2 million

10. Michigan.........$14.8 million

11. South Carolina...$14.6 million

12. Missouri.........$13.3 million

13. Tennessee........$12.4 million

14. California.......$12.3 million

15. Wisconsin........$11.7 million

Source: Travel Industry Assn. of America. Projected budgets for fiscal year 1997-98; Colorado and Delaware did not participate in survey.