The MBACVB gathers the latest economic indicators for the Myrtle Beach area. Following are the latest indicators available as of August 6, 2019. This includes numbers provided by SCPRT and Department of Revenue, Horry County, Horry County Department of Airports, and CCU.

What’s the state of the tourism industry in the U.S. and the Myrtle Beach area? In order to answer that question, we gathered some of the latest economic indicators for the U.S. economy, as well as the Myrtle Beach area in this July 2019 tourism economic indicators report.

During June 2019, a total of 334,340 passengers passed through the Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR), an increase of 8.2-percent compared to June 2018.  

A strong performance for the Grand Strand’s hotels, condo-hotels, and campsites during the first half of 2019. So far in 2019, average occupancy for the Center’s voluntary sample of hotel, condo-hotel and campgrounds rented nightly is up by 1.7 occupancy points, or 3.2 percent, compared with the equivalent period of 2018. During the same time, the average daily rate increased by 1.3 percent, raising revenue per available room down by 4.5 percent.

The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce (MBACC) considers I-73 its number one legislative priority overall, and two new surveys indicate there is great support for I-73 in Horry County.

During May 2019, a total of 301,923 passengers passed through the Myrtle Beach International Airport (MYR), an increase of 15.2-percent compared to May 2018. 

Each month, the MBACVB gathers the latest economic indicators for the Myrtle Beach area. Following are the latest indicators available as of June 14, 2019. This includes numbers provided by SCPRT and Department of Revenue, Horry County, Horry County Department of Airports, and CCU.

The Myrtle Beach/Conway/North Myrtle Beach metropolitan area is the second-fastest growing metropolitan area in the United States for the third year in a row, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The Myrtle Beach area grew 3.8% last year with more than 1,400 people per month relocating to the area. In the last eight years, more than 104,000 people relocated to the Myrtle Beach area.