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4329
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In 1881, French artist Paul Phillipoteaux painted the Battle of Gettysburg Cyclorama. It is the world's largest oil painting, measuring 376 feet long and 22 feet high. Wake Forest University now owns the painting and stores it in Clemmons, North Carolina. State Senator Ham Horton of Winston-Salem feels the painting would be a great tourist attraction and got $50,000 from the 1999 General Assembly to do a feasibility study on assembling the painting in suitable surroundings as a tourist attraction.
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4125
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Heritage tourism, or visiting an area for cultural enrichment, is one of the fastest growing segments of the state's second largest industry, tourism. This kind of tourism is also receiving national and international attention. Among the cities that showcase their heritage are Hillsborough, Salisbury, and Spencer.
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3680
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The Coastal Waters Heritage Tourism Council seeks to attract many of the 20,000 boaters on the Intracoastal Waterway to stop along the way and visit historic and cultural sites, including Edenton and New Bern.
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3223
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Heritage tourism, or visiting an area for cultural enrichment, is growing six times faster than regular tourism. To handle this growth, the state has set up a non-profit organization, North Carolina Heritage, Inc.
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4625
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A joint activity of the North Carolina Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development, and the Department of Cultural Resources, The Rich Heritage of African-Americans in North Carolina, highlights statewide historic sites and cultural events of interest to African-Americans.
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598
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The tourism economy in North Carolina has increased by an average of 10% each year for nearly a decade.
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4139
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Incorporated in 1723, Beaufort, in Carteret County, is the state's third oldest city. It is also a mecca for tourists, with attractions that include historic homes, specialty shops, shipbuilding, the Old Burying Ground, and the N.C. Maritime Museum.
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750
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Coastal tourist communities are spending big dollars to determine trends and learning how to capitalize on their knowledge.
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4447
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Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd; a hot, dry summer; and a flood influenced tourists' decisions on whether or not to vacation in North Carolina. A number of tourists wrote off the entire state, even though only certain sections were affected. Tourism dropped slightly, despite a public relations campaign by the North Carolina Department of Tourism. On the positive side, big events like the Special Olympics World Games in Raleigh and the U.S. Open in Pinehurst were boons to tourism.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Feb 2000,
p105-107, il
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29280
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Every year, millions of Canadian tourists come to North and South Carolina for the mild weather, beaches, and golf. In early December, Governor Jim Hunt proclaimed ‘Canadian Days’ in North Carolina to be held from February 1 through March 15. This is part of an effort to plan, promote, and accommodate tourism in a more efficient way.
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4400
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For almost sixty years the federal government has been a presence in Western Carolina both as a preserver of the environment and as employer for projects. Counties benefit from money spent by the government and by tourists who are drawn by the government's creations. Among the projects are the Blue Ridge Parkway, Great Smoky Mountains, and Tennessee Valley Authority, whose dams create lakes for recreational use.
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2292
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A lack of usable land to develop, high unemployment, and inadequate infrastructure often lead the state's coastal and mountain counties to depend highly on tourism for revenues, while at the same time seeking other ways to enlarge their economic base.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 15 Issue 5, May 1995,
p40-47, il
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2150
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With tourism generating revenues between seven and eight billion dollars each year, the 1994 General Assembly earmarked $5 million to promote the state overseas, especially in England and Germany, and to attract travelers who are just passing through.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 15 Issue 2, Feb 1995,
p107-109, il
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4001
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Partnership for the Sounds, founded in 1993 and based in Columbia, seeks to interest tourists traveling to the beaches in eco-tourism in Tyrrell, Hyde, Beaufort, and Bertie Counties.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1999,
p16,18-19, il
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11979
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Daniel T. Roth, Director of the North Carolina Travel & Tourism Division, discusses what the industry needs to handle the influx of vacationers coming to North Carolina every year. In 1979, the industry generated an estimated $2.2 billion in dollar turnover.
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