Tourist season is taking a big hit this year, locally and nationally. Industry pros say it’s all about Trump and his policies. — The South Dakota Standard

Tourist season is taking a big hit this year, locally and nationally. Industry pros say it’s all about Trump and his policies. — The South Dakota Standard

This morning I was scanning June sales tax receipts for the tourist-dependent towns in the Black Hills and saw a sharp falloff in taxable sales from June of last year.  Here’s a rundown:Custer  +0.65%Deadwood  -12.24%Hill City  -12.03%Keystone  -6.49%Lead  -10.08%With the exception of Custer, which barely held its own, these are discouraging numbers. If there’s an upside to a performance like this, western South Dakota tourist operators know tha…