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Cleveland, Bolivar officials hope campaign boosts tourism. (Focus Delta & River Cities).

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 27-MAY-02
Format: Online - approximately 715 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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CLEVELAND -- There may not be smokestacks but tourism is definitely an industry, and City of Cleveland and Bolivar County officials are capitalizing on that fact.

Wayne Cole, Cleveland city administrator, said tourism might be what is keeping the city's sales tax revenues stable. Revenues...

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...from a 2% tourism tax on restaurants and hotels are also holding steady.

"I think our big drawing card is that we want to be the hub of the Delta," Cole said. "We know we won't be bringing people in from Atlanta, Dallas and Nashville -- we just want to be the hub from a regional perspective."

Cheryl Line, director of...

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