Claim: "WV's tourism industry grew at a rate 30% above the national rate in 2017. This increase reversed a four-year decline in which travel-generated spending fell more than $600 million."
Fact-check: Did tourism in W.Va. increase faster than U.S. as a whole? 
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Matt Minard
Date published: 2018-12-14T00:00:00