Hard Feelings Linger In Wake Of Helmet Law In Myrtle Beach Area Biker Rally
Myrtle Beach's helmet law may be history, but the hard feelings that came with it aren't, at least among bikers and some locals.
"If you live in a tourist town, you need to be able to put up with tourists," said Mercedes Meyers of Little River, who was introducing her new line of handmade chocolates at the second annual Scandinavian Heritage Festival at St. Philip Lutheran Church on Kings Highway at 63rd Avenue North.
Her words echoed those of Roanoke, Va., biker Dave Simmons outside Jamin' Leather South on U.S. 17 Business in Surfside Beach, where the parking lot was filled with Harleys and bikers strolled through the complex and sat watching lap dances for T-shirts and men's tattoos contests. –Read more at Sun News
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Myrtle Beach Area Wraps Up A Solid Summer
New flights, a new boardwalk and more marketing of the Grand Strand helped create a solid summer for tourism despite a still wobbly economy, and the momentum should continue into the fall, officials said.
Hotel gains ranged from fragile to near record-breaking, while attractions such as Broadway at the Beach and Ripley's properties say they have had steady growth. Hotel and condohotel occupancy far surpassed expectations - up about 8 percentage points from last year - and that upward trend is likely to continue, said Taylor Damonte, director of the Clay Brittain Jr. Center for Resort Tourism at Coastal Carolina University.
"The big picture is that we are now in the beginning stages of the new business cycle," Damonte said.
Rising occupancy will lead to higher hotel rates, Damonte said, and as revenue grows, developers will see the opportunity to build new hotels. Construction on new hotels could start again in three to five years, leading the industry toward growth not seen since 2006 or 2007, he said. –Read more at Sun News
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