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Summer Camps Guide 2013: DAY CAMPS

...Dirty!); Aug. 5-9 (Holidaze); Aug. 12-16 (Bummer! It's the End of Summer!) AIKEN COUNTY PARKS, RECREATION AND TOURISM: aikencountysc.gov/tourism; (803) 642-7559 or (803) 663-6142; elangston@aikencountysc.gov...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2013-05-09/summer-camps-guide-20
Visitor spending in South Carolina reaches record $16.5 billion

...reaching a record $16.5 billion, according to figures released Saturday by the state Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism."We're pretty well back now," said Duane Parrish, the director of the state agency. The numbers released...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-04/visitor-spending-south-caroli
Garden Gnome list of upcoming events for gardeners: flower show, programs, festival, plant swap, tours

...and donate 10 percent of their sales to the park.? Join Cold Creek Nurseries and the City of Aiken Parks, Recreation, and Tourism for a day trip to the Orangeburg Rose Festival at Edisto Memorial Gardens. The trip will be May 4 from 8:45...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/life/home/2013-04-11/garden-gnome-list-upcoming-eve
Garden Gnome upcoming events camellias, Cold Creek, garden festival lectures poinsettia for primrose

...Cultural Center.? And save the date for March 2. Join Cold Creek Nurseries and the City of Aiken Parks, Recreation, and Tourism for a day trip to the Southern Home and Garden Show at the Park Expo and Conference Center in Charlotte, N...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/life/home/2013-01-16/garden-gnome-upcoming-events-c
SC official predicts tourism will return to pre-recession level

...be the year in which we catch up to where we were," said Duane Parrish, who leads the Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism.Parrish will share his thoughts with hospitality leaders from across the state Monday as the three-day Governor's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-01-27/sc-official-predicts-tourism-
Garden Gnome: Upcoming events for February and March gardening

...Cultural Center.? And save the date for March 2. Join Cold Creek Nurseries and the City of Aiken Parks, Recreation, and Tourism for a public day trip to the Southern Home and Garden Show at the Park Expo and Conference Center in Charlotte...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/life/home/2013-01-30/garden-gnome-upcoming-events-f
Golf in S.C. recovering faster

...for golf in our state as we've ever had," said Duane Parrish, director of the S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism. He said the industry's raised profile comes on the heels of the PGA Championship on Kiawah Island in August...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-01-31/golf-sc-recovering-faster
South Carolina officials pitching cheap gas as tourist attraction

...that we have some of the least expensive gas," Duane Par rish, the director of the state Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, said during a three-day state tourism conference that ended Wednesday."Eighty percent of the people here...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-02-01/south-carolina-officials-pitc
South Carolina tourism still not back to levels before Great Recession

...in 2007 was the strongest year we had," said Duane Parrish, the head of the state's Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism. "We're not quite back to that level yet, but we're the closest we have been since then."Officials have...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-08-19/south-carolina-tourism-still-
Find some summer fun for everyone

...the site as slaves and later free men and women.The property was deeded to the S.C. Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism in 1973.Redcliffe Plantation is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. House museum tours are held on the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2012-06-05/find-some-summer-fun-