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The Final Tourism Weekend in Boji

The Final Tourism Weekend in Boji

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Arnolds Park, IA (Northwestiowanow.com) — The Okoboji Tourism Bureau has released rental information for the final weekend of the tourist season. Tourism Director Kiley Zankosky says hotels are 82 percent full, up one percent from a year ago. Vacation Rentals from private owners are 93 percent.

Cell Phone information indicates 70 thousand 400 visitors last weekend. 31.5 percent were from

Sioux City, 15.4 percent from Des Moines, and 14.7 percent hailed from Sioux Falls.

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