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Solar Eclipse Gives Cities Major Bump In Tourism

Posted at 10:54 PM, May 29, 2017
and last updated 2017-05-29 23:54:46-04

Cities in the path of this summer's total solar eclipse have seen an increase in tourism numbers thanks to the historic event.

Campsites and rooms have gone quickly along the "path of totality" and for more than expected.

In Hopkinsville, Kentucky, the city has seen it's own rise in tourism receiving reservations from 30 states and 11 countries.

Tourism officials in Oregon, the first place to see the eclipse, said they're already out of campsites, some of which went for $500 a night.

Officials said rooms have gone for even more at about $1,000 a night.

In Wyoming, there were only about 100 rooms left on the outskirts of the path.

This is the first time a solar eclipse will cross from coast to coast since 1918.