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663
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A unique combination of resources, geography and climate ensures that North Carolina's travel and tourism industry is always growing.
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24368
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The tourism industry in North Carolina boomed in 1987, and the industry's impact is steadily increasing. Charlotte is just one community where hotels are providing jobs close to home and capitalizing on the tourism market.
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1882
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Western North Carolina relies a great deal on tourism to provide jobs and economic activity for the region. Now, representatives of the region are asking the state to place the same emphasis on tourism as on manufacturing when allocating funds for each.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 52 Issue 9, Sept 1994, p12-14, il
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3672
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Coastal Carolina has hundreds of miles of beaches, from the Outer Banks to Wilmington, that offer vacationing newcomers and old-timers numerous activities and places to enjoy and explore.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 56 Issue 4, Apr 1998, p34-37,39, il
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11980
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Biltmore House, the home of George Vanderbilt near Asheville, opened to the public in 1930. When William Cecil, Vanderbilt's grandson, returned to claim his inheritance in 1960, he found the property beginning to show signs of age and losing money. Over the next two decades Cecil spent millions upgrading the property, which now attracts over 400,000 visitors a year.
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Established in 1963, the Institute of Outdoor Drama at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill shows communities how to attract tourists through local history dramatizations.
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575
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Steeped in a history tied to the sea, Carteret County is ready to set sail toward a new destiny characterized by international trade and a booming tourism industry.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 49 Issue 6, June 1991, p22-39, il
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3597
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Heritage tourism, or visiting an area for cultural enrichment, has been flourishing in the western counties since the 1920s. Promoting a small community's culture is seen as a way to retain their young people, create jobs, and preserve traditions.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 56 Issue 2, Feb 1998, p28, il
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2967
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Tourism is the state's second largest industry, and for years certain sections favored by history and geography got most tourist dollars. Today, creative marketing strategies and internet pages enable even the most rural counties to draw tourists.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 54 Issue 7, July 1996, p12,14-15, il
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751
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Memorial Day marks the rush of tourists to the North Carolina coast. Statistics and profiles of the average North Carolina coastal tourist are provided.
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Coastwatch (NoCar QH 91 A1 N62x), Vol. Issue , July/Aug 1992, p12-14, il Periodical Website
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576
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Worried that neighboring states are doing a better job of attracting tourists, North Carolina's tourism industry marshals its forces behind legislative initiatives and a new marketing scheme.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 49 Issue 8, Aug 1991, p16-20, il
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7828
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Heritage tourism, or visiting an area for cultural and natural enrichment, is one of the fastest growing segments of the state's second largest industry, tourism. Using the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area as an example, Wright discusses what is involved in securing a heritage designation. The Blue Ridge area covers twenty-five western North Carolina counties. Other heritage initiatives include ecotourism, such as the North Carolina Birding Trail, and a movement to save the rapidly disappearing heritage of the Southern mill towns, the Southwide Textile Heritage Initiative.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 64 Issue 5, May 2006, p16, 18-19, 22-23, il
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Heritage tourism, or visiting an area for cultural enrichment, enables towns of any size to market their existing attributes. From tiny Milton, with 400 people, to Charlotte, with hundreds of thousands, each city has history and culture to showcase. Towns can offer such niche interests as flowers, dulcimer and banjo making, pottery, and glassblowing.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 57 Issue 4, Apr 1999, p14, il
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5980
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Tourism in North Carolina is a $12 billion industry, with shopping, beaches, and historical places among the most favored activities by tourists. Heritage tourism, or visiting an area for cultural enrichment, continues to be a significant niche market. Among the new developments in the heritage area are a Civil War trails program, modeled after the one in Virginia, and a trail system of agricultural/cultural tourism sites.
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814
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The state's travel and tourism industry has witnessed noticeable gains from new ads airing nationally and in Canada on cable TV channels. Greater coordination between the state and local authorities also is paying off.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 50 Issue 10, Oct 1992, p30-33, il