‘Safe’ becomes rural tourism pitch to a distancing public Alabama shatters tourism records in 2019, but 2020 looks bleak U.S. Travel Industry releases guidance for “Travel in the new normal” First weekend of open beaches brings on crowds Waverly’s Old 280 Boogie moved to October; will celebrate 20th year Alabama Tourism Partner Pointer –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ‘Safe’ […]
Monthly Archives: May 2020
ALABAMA TOURISM INDUSTRY GROWS NEAR RECORD $17 BILLION
For immediate release Twenty-eight million tourists spent a record $16.8 billion while vacationing in Alabama in 2019, the Alabama Tourism Department reports, crediting the arrival of more than a million additional guests who spent a billion dollars more than tourists the previous year. With growth at nearly 8 percent, it was the third consecutive […]