Tourism in Hastings County is a money maker and they have the numbers to back it up.
The Ontario Ministry of Tourism has released the numbers for 2012, which shows nearly 2.6 million visitors to Hastings.
Of those 2.6 million, more than one million had overnight visits.
About 25,000 are from other Canadian provinces, with close to 54,000 coming from the United States and almost 17,000 from overseas.
How does that translate to dollars?
$260 million were spent in Hastings County in 2012.
One in three visitors come and fish or go boating during their stop.
Finally the majority of dollars are spent on food and drink.
