MyrtleBeachOnline.com: Tourism

'I love the carousel'

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:03 EDT

High fives for the kids, handshakes for the adults and smiles for all.

Nearly every day, all summer, until midnight and beyond, that's what Walter Davis, 57, offers carousel riders at the Family Kingdom Amusement Park.

Davis, one of the swell of seasonal workers on the Grand Strand, has only been working at the Ocean Boulevard amusement park since March, but he's left his mark.

N.C. promotes state tourism to residents

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:16 EDT

With gas prices on the rise and the economy in a slump, North Carolina still wants you to travel - but not too far.

North Carolina's tourism office is putting more money and effort into persuading state residents to stay close to home for vacation.

Other states are doing the same thing.

Doing more for less

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:04 EDT

Scott Schult hopes at the very least he can bring some continuity to the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce as its vice president of marketing.

He's got one hump cleared: He's been here for three months, longer than many of his predecessors.

But on top of that, as the person in charge of getting the word out to millions of potential tourists across the eastern United States and the world, he wants a unified message, images and themes.

Business mixed along Boulevard

Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:53 EDT

Editor's note: Downtown Myrtle Beach faces its first summer without its longtime landmark, The Myrtle Beach Pavilion Amusement Park. The Sun News will show how the area copes by following several businesses through the season.

The absence of The Myrtle Beach Pavilion Amusement Park is having drastically different effects on the businesses that remain along Ocean Boulevard, depending on the type of business and its location.

Crowds still flock to the area as they have every summer - though no one has official numbers to compare to previous years - but the stores and attractions those tourists frequent are being shaped by the 11-acre hole the park has left.