“This is a once-in-a-lifetime event,” one expert said.
People gather to observe the total solar eclipse with solar eclipse glasses at the Times Square in New York City, Aug. 21, 2017."Eclipse Across America" will air live Monday, April 8, beginning at 2 p.m. ET on ABC, ABC News Live, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Disney+ and Hulu as well as network social media platforms.tourist five years ago. A portable toilet vendor in Indiana said it is doing 10 times more business than it usually would at this time of year.
Temel examined the spending of a typical tourist during the most recent solar eclipse, in 2017, adjusting for inflation and projecting that visitors this time around would each spend about $244 each.Rangeley, Maine, a snowy resort destination for stargazers and snow-mobile riders, is home to 1,200 people.
Other activities on offer for eclipse tourists in Rangeley: "Cosmic Yoga," "Total Eclipse Paint Night" and "Night Sky Trivia." The spending in Texas, which Temel estimated could reach more than $600 million, will make it "the most profitable 22 minutes in Texas history," Temel said, referring to the expected duration of the full solar eclipse over the state.by Michael Pakko, chief economist and state economic forecaster at the Arkansas Economic Development Institute at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
Some of the states -- including Arkansas, Ohio and Indiana -- rank among the lowest for their share of the nation's consumer-driven economic output, Kamins added.
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