From construction workers to real estate agents, from farmers to accountants, tourism has a positive impact on our entire economy. Know who else is happy . . . ?
Myrtle Beach Celebrates Global Meetings Industry Day
The Importance of Growing Air Service
Have you ever wondered why we focus on growing air service to and from the Myrtle Beach area?In this episode of Talking Tourism, we chat with Scott Van Moppes and Kirk Lovell from Horry County Airports and Bob Barenberg from Kingston Resorts about air service, how it’s grown and why it’s important to Myrtle Beach.
The Rise and Fall of Tourism: A Cautionary Tale of Consequence
Learn more about the importance of tourism promotion. Read “The Rise and Fall of Colorado Tourism” – a cautionary tale of what happens when tourism marketing budgets are eliminated. In the case of Colorado “domestic market share plunged 30% within two years, representing a loss of over $1.4 billion in tourism revenue annually. Over time, the revenue loss increased to well over $2 billion yearly.
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.
April Grand Strander and Insider
Snowbird Season Stable
Tourism Marketing Summit
Myrtle Beach Community Pays Tribute to Tourism Leader, Brad Dean
February 2018 Passenger Volumes Up 9 Percent
Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce Announces Resignation of Brad Dean
March 2018 CVB Insider & Grand Strander
CCU Hospitality Update March 2018
Visit Myrtle Beach Wins 1st Place at ABA Trade Show
Awards Presented at Annual State Tourism Conference
Governor Henry McMaster presented tourism industry achievement awards last week to two special events and a hospitality employee during the annual South Carolina Governor’s Conference on Tourism and Travel. Two of those awards went to Myrtle Beach area partners - Brookgreen Gardens and Maribeth LaMuraglia of Dagwood’s Deli and Sports Bar in Surfside Beach.