South Mississippi tourism ready for big comeback
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BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - COVID-19 hit tourism like a striker whaps a air hockey puck.
Travel spending is down nearly $500 billion, costing the U.S. economy nearly one point one trillion dollars.
And although South Mississippi tourism has been feeling the heat for even longer, optimism is growing.
“We had a couple of really rough years there - not just the pandemic but before that was the algae bloom, whatever it was,” said Bill Raymond, Biloxi historical administrator. “Now, people are just so excited to be able to go out and enjoy themselves. ... Just looking this year over the last five years, I can see that we’re building back to where we’re supposed to be this time of year.”