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10183
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North Carolina is a destination spot for visitors from around the country and around the world. In 2007, over 400,000 Canadians visited, and 100,000 Europeans come annually. Lynn Minges, executive director of the North Carolina Division of Tourism, Film and Sports Development discusses how the state markets itself to attract visitors.
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7272
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Business travel, especially trips to association meetings and corporate meetings, has returned to its pre-2001 levels. Competition among convention, conference centers, and halls to make their facilities attractive to travelers is highly competitive. Across the state, planners of meetings pull out all the stops to make business meetings both successful and fun, from high tech connections to team building games, to golf, waterfalls, and spas.
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Across the state, historic movie theaters are being saved, refurbished, and reborn. Old theaters are a hot ticket in many downtown areas. Wright discusses some of them, including a number of theaters that bore the name Carolina Theatre.
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At the 2006 Great American Brew Festival, held in Denver, Colorado, North Carolina brewers returned with five medals. The festival is the most prestigious beer competition in the country. Over 450 breweries from the United States entered 2,400 beers in 69 categories. Judges came from nine countries. In 2006, state breweries won their first gold medals. Ham's Restaurant and Brewhouse in Greenville won a gold medal for its Sunfest Lager, and Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery in Farmville received a bronze medal.
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Tourism is North Carolina's second largest industry. In 2004, forty-nine million people visited the state and spent $13.2 billion. To attract the 87 percent of tourists who travel to the state by car, truck, or RV, regional agencies, together with local and state agencies, have developed themed driving trails that crisscross the state. Trails deal with natural resources, historic sites, arts and crafts, music, food, wine, gardens, and motorsports. The driving trails take travelers to more than seventy destinations, some far off the usual tourist destinations, like Rose Hill and Bear Creek.
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North Carolina towns celebrate New Year's Eve in a variety of ways. Raleigh lowers an acorn, and Charlotte lights up its crown. Other towns have more unusual ways. Brasstown drops a possum; Mt. Olive drops a three-foot, lighted dill pickle down the flagpole at the corner of Cucumber and Vine; and in Oriental, the Good Luck Dragon runs up and down the waterfront.
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The North Carolina Zoological Park, the country's first state-supported zoo, celebrated its thirtieth anniversary in 2004. It is recognized as one of the top zoos in the nation. The zoo was designed as a natural habitat environment zoo without bars. There are over 1,100 animals representing 204 species living there. Wright describes how the zoo has developed and grown over the past thirty years.
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Due to dwindling wild populations and issues with climate and space for zoos, within a decade there will only be a few places in the United States where elephants will be on exhibit. The North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro plans to be one of those institutions. The zoo is opening a new habitat designed to improve their ability to breed both elephants and endangered white rhinos.
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North Carolina, the nation's most military friendly state, is home to some of the largest and best-known military bases, including Camp Lejeune, Fort Bragg, and Seymour-Johnson Air Base. Tourists are drawn to the state to visit military-related sites that include memorials, museums, restored aircraft, and a battleship. The Duplin County Veterans Museum recognizes men and women from that area who served in the military. A number of memorials on the grounds of the state Capitol in Raleigh honor soldiers who served in many wars. Fayetteville features the Airborne & Special Operations Museum, a $22.5 million, 59,000-square-foot building. The battleship NORTH CAROLINA, moored in Wilmington, honors the 10,000 North Carolinians who died in World War II.
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New trails and guides make North Carolina's farms and galleries easy to find. The sixteen agritourism and agri-cultural trails cover seventy-four counties from the coast to the foothills. The trails were developed by the North Carolina Arts Council and North Carolina Cooperative Extension with the purpose of bringing people to venues not regularly on tourist routes. Places to visit along the trails include art galleries and studios, agritourism farms, organic farms, locally owned restaurants featuring North Carolina food, and festivals and events with a local flavor.
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This special NORTH CAROLINA magazine community profile supplement features Onslow County. The Marine Corps forms the foundation of the county's economy, contributing an annual $2.8 billion and employing more than 4,600 civilians. A growing tourism market and an agricultural tradition also contribute to the economy. As tobacco has declined, a number of farmers have turned to agritourism. The county is also attractive to retirees and new businesses, such as Wal-Mart, Home Depot, and Best Buy.
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The seven-story Onslow Memorial Hospital is the county's tallest building and only civilian hospital. The hospital offers a wide range of health care to the community, and all of its departments have high service demands. In 2006, a $140 - $150 million expansion will begin to meet the following needs: expanded emergency room space, updated surgical facilities, and a new patient tower with multi-purpose private rooms.
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Wright describes the vacation offerings of three counties located at the southern extreme of eastern North Carolina--Pender, New Hanover, and Brunswick.
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Captain Horatio Sinbad, North Carolina's only officially commissioned privateer, set sail from Beaufort in 2002, bound for Jamaica to compete in the Class B race at America's Sail. He returned with a 100-pound trophy and the right to choose the final port of the next tall ships race in 2006. He chose his home port of Beaufort. Wright describes the activities of this tall ships event which runs from June 30 to July 4. Around 250,000 visitors are expected. Class A ships will dock in Morehead City. Class B ships will dock in Beaufort at the new floating docks being built as part of the $60 to $80 million Olde Beaufort Seaport, a living history maritime village that will expand the facilities of the North Carolina Maritime Museum.
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Across North Carolina, more than 100 hunting preserves offer an opportunity for hunters to keep an eye out for quail. At these preserves, quail habitats are maintained and managed so that groups can continue to take part in a sustainable Carolina tradition.
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