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Gulf Coast has had more tourists visiting this summer.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 30-AUG-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Gulf Coast has had more tourists visiting this summer.(Focus Tourism)

Article Excerpt
MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST -- There seem to be no complaints regarding the summer tourism season of 2004 even as some businesses begin to slow down with the start of a new school year.

"Things are going well. We have more people coming here and coming from farther away, not just from neighboring states" said Stephen B. Richer, executive director of the Gulf Coast Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB). "Everybody's reporting good numbers and we're happy about that."

Richer said increased room tax receipts are an indication of how the summer is going. The CVB is maintaining high visibility with more advertising in different television markets and with contests that award trips to the Coast to the winners. There's currently a contest running on Atlanta television stations and a recent contest in Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel Magazine pulled in 25,000 entrants.

"There seems to be a pent-up demand for travel and people are choosing to come here" he said. "The beginning of school makes a difference but overall this will end up being a great summer."

At Ship Island Excursions Capt. Louis Skrmetta says he averaged taking 500 people per day to Ship...

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