Along the Grand Strand, tourism forecasters often look to the relative strength of lodging industry performance during the spring season as a potential leading indicator of the relative strength of the summer tourism season.
Tourist Tax Dollars At Work
Did you ever wonder how our tourism tax dollars are spent? The Myrtle Beach area is one of the nation’s busiest tourist destinations with over 18 million visitors coming to the Grand Strand in 2016. Those tourists stay in our hotels and beach houses, eat at our restaurants, shop in our stores, and spend money at golf courses, attractions and more. Every purchase our tourists make are taxed. In fact, in 2016, tourists paid almost $323 million in taxes. Did you ever wonder how those taxes are spent? Watch the video to learn more.
Things Keep Looking Up for MYR
With so much exciting news at the Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR), Kirk Lovell shared a summary of the growth over the last few years. In 2013, Horry County Department of Airports (HCDA) developed and executed the Grand Strand’s air service development strategy. Since implementation momentum has been building.
Snowbird Season Stable
February 2018 Passenger Volumes Up 9 Percent
CCU Hospitality Update March 2018
Average Lodging Occupancy and Rental Prices Up in 2017
Airport Visitors Center Welcomes Record Number of Travelers
The Official Myrtle Beach Area Airport Welcome Center, operated by Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, greeted a record number of tourists this past year. Almost nine times as many visitors stopped by the chamber’s welcome center at the Myrtle Beach International Airport in 2017 compared to 2016.
