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Tourists love coming to Long Island and that means a lot of money for the area.

According to Discover Long Island, 42 million travelers spent a record $7.5 billion on the island last year.

They say almost half of the visitors spent at least two days on Long Island.

Most of the money came from people dining out.

This morning, News 12 digs deeper into the numbers with the CEO and president of Discover Long Island.