evidence: DAVIS, W.Va. — State officials are calling it the best tourism year ever in the state of West Virginia. While at the State Tourism Conference at Canaan Valley Resort State Park Monday, Gov. Jim Justice and Tourism Secretary Chelsea Ruby said tourism’s economic impact exceeded $7 billion in 2022. Ruby said the number means there was a 17% increase in visitor spending compared to the levels they were seeing in the years prior to the pandemic. [...] The tourism industry supports more than 53,000 jobs in West Virginia.