Myrtle Beach Claims Record Number of Summer Tourists In 2016
WATCHDOGS DISPUTE OFFICIAL ESTIMATES … Government-subsidized tourism leaders claim South Carolina’s Grand Strand drew a record 18 million visitors during the summer of 2016 –...
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Coastal Gaming In SC Could Be Huge
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PROMISING JOB, REVENUE ESTIMATES … Earlier this week we ran a post concluding that South Carolina’s coastal tourism economy had a simple choice: Diversify or...
SC Coast: Diversify Or Die
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PALMETTO STATE’S TOURISM ECONOMY MUST EVOLVE … OR CEASE TO EXIST One of the most disappointing things about South Carolina is that it is needlessly...
The Jellyfish Invasion Isn’t Letting Up
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SOUTH CAROLINA COASTLINE STILL UNDER SIEGE … Jellyfish may be out of the headlines … but they’re not out of the water along the South...
Myrtle Beach Mayor Headed Back To China
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SERIOUS QUESTIONS SURROUND LATEST TAXPAYER-FUNDED VISIT … With concerns escalating over the status of Chinese investments along the South Carolina coast, Myrtle Beach, S.C. mayor John Rhodes is...
Report: Myrtle Beach Down 2 Million Tourists
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NOT-SO-GRAND STRAND? Myrtle Beach, S.C. will see a dramatic drop-off in tourism in 2016, according to a coastal watchdog website. MyrtleBeachSC.com is reporting that the...
Is The Myrtle Beach “China Connection” Collapsing?
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GOLF COURSE CLOSURE PROMPTS CONCERNS … We wrote a few months ago on some troubling developments regarding the flood of Chinese investment along South Carolina’s...
What To Do About South Carolina’s “Heroin Hub”
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SHOULD GOVERNMENT OPEN A NEW FRONT IN THE “WAR ON DRUGS?” A few months ago coastal South Carolina television station WPDE ran a big story...
SC Jellyfish Invasion Continues
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THIS IS BECOMING A “THING …” We wrote earlier this week on jellyfish swarms keeping swimmers out of the water in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Beach...
Jellyfish Invade Myrtle Beach
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MORE PROBLEMS FOR THE NOT-SO-GRAND STRAND … Myrtle Beach, S.C. has a lot working against it these days … Dirty water. Dirtier politicians. Elevated crime....