Did Arkansas businesses benefit from solar eclipse tourists? [Video]

CLARKSVILLE, Ark. — Many local businesses in Arkansas can breathe a sigh of relief now that the eclipse has come and gone. While some areas were satisfied with the turnout of visitors, others say they were underwhelmed.

For over a year, city officials and businesses in Arkansas on the path of totality have prepared for what they expected to be a weekend packed with tourists and locals for the 2024 Great American Eclipse.

Clarksville, a small Arkansas town that experienced totality, says they were pleased with the turnout. 

“I learned that our community is capable of a lot more than what we like give ourselves credit being a smaller community. We all banded together— the chamber, the city, the county. Everyone really came together to make this work,” Chamber …