4:54 am on Saturday March 31, 2012
| Posted by Ken Hawkins
Tourism rebound solid on Hilton Head too
Flickr user Keith Allison
This week we mentioned how South Carolina had seen a $1 billion rebound in tourism during 2010 — it looks like that trend is continuing closer to home.
South of the Broad on Hilton Head during December 2011 they saw:
- 12,000 more visitors than the prior year;
- 15.5% greater hotel and time share occupancy;
- 5.1% greater hotel occupancy; and
- Room rates up $4.28.
That's according to the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce and Visitor & Convention Bureau.
We're still waiting on updated numbers from the Beaufort Chamber to get a better idea of how the home turf has been fairing.
