Hill Country venues to coax visitors for economic boost despite inflation

  • Despite travel anxiety due to fuel prices, families flocked to the Highland Lakes to venues, including Hidden Falls Adventure Park pictured here on Sunday, March 20, just east of Marble Falls in Burnet County. Contributed/Hidden Falls Adventure Park
    Despite travel anxiety due to fuel prices, families flocked to the Highland Lakes to venues, including Hidden Falls Adventure Park pictured here on Sunday, March 20, just east of Marble Falls in Burnet County. Contributed/Hidden Falls Adventure Park
As fuel prices inch past the $4 and $5 mark per gallon, the biggest concern for could involve the impact on the Highland Lakes area which relies on sales tax dollars for an economic boost. Local business and event activity may prove the area could be immune, or at least delayed, from feeling a pinch from concerned customers. “People who have the resources to travel will continue to find ways to…

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