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Tourism showing growth this summer despite high gas prices.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 30-AUG-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Tourism showing growth this summer despite high gas prices.(Focus Tourism)

Article Excerpt
With gas prices so high, you might expect a decline in out-of-state visitors to Mississippi. But most sources say it appears that gas prices are having little--if any--negative impact on state tourism.

"We just do not think it has significantly impacted tourism in the state," said Molly Gregory, public relations manager for the Mississippi Development Authority Division of Tourism. "I've been looking at our welcome center numbers. Out-of-state and international visitors register at welcome centers to get information. Our welcome center registrant numbers are up 3.8% between fiscal year 2003 and fiscal year 2004."

Over the year the number of visitors registering went down some, and then rebounded. While not everyone who enters the state registers at the welcome centers, it is a good indication of the...

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