Des Moines, IA (northwestiowanow.com) — As we reported last week, 3.2 percent of tourism spending in Iowa last year was in Dickinson County at 241.4 million.

Buena Vista County was second in the KICD Broadcast area at 41.02 million dollars or half a percent, and Clay County Tourism Director Olivia Baxter says Clay County was a close third.

Elsewhere – in order – Palo Alto County had 20.38 million dollars in tourism spending last year, point 3 percent of the state’s total; O’Brien 19.96 million, also point 3 percent; Cherokee County 12.1 million, point 2 percent; O’Brien County 5.29 million dollars of point 1 percent; and tourists spent 4 and a half million dollars in calendar year 2025 in Pocahontas County, point 1 percent of the state’s total.