Figures being released Friday by the Maine tourism office show the total number of overnight trips to the state grew by 9% and the number of overnight vacationers grew by 12% in 2005.
All told, those travelers spent more than 3 billion dollars on on meals, lodging, purchases and services. That’s an increase of 15%.
The figures are part of a report prepared for Maine’s tourism office by Longwoods International, a Canadian travel research firm.