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Visitor spending in South Carolina reaches record $16.5 billion

...named the top tourist destination in the world by readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine.In addition, the state tourism department this year launched a $2.5 million advertising campaign to attract visitors to what it is calling undiscovered...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-04/visitor-spending-south-caroli
SC official predicts tourism will return to pre-recession level

CHARLESTON, S.C. - A new South Carolina tourism season is approaching, and the director of the state tourism department predicts this is the year the $15 billion industry returns to pre-Great Recession levels."I do believe 2013...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-01-27/sc-official-predicts-tourism-
South Carolina officials pitching cheap gas as tourist attraction

COLUMBIA - South Caro lina's tourism department hopes to woo visitors with the promise of cheaper gasoline."We actually mention that in some of our public relations stuff now...

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

...passed since Charleston had this type of coverage" with the Ryder Cup, said Marion Edmonds, a spokesman for the tourism department.The PGA was broadcast in India and China, where there are emerging middle classes with the resources to travel...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-08-19/south-carolina-tourism-still-
Things to do

...PondDETAILS: Watch more than 20 clubs compete; no charge for specatators; Aiken County Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department, (803) 642-7559 or (803) 642-7557, www.aikencountyprt.com outdoor concertsMUSIC IN THE PARK: Savannah...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/things-do/applause/2012-06-19/things-do
Children's Book Sale

...the storytime programs and the Fun Funds scholarship program operated by the City of Aiken Parks, Recreation & Tourism Department. Each storytime event provides free books to children in attendance. Fun Funds scholarships provide less fortunate...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/content/blog-post/latina-emerson/2012-08-08/childre
South Carolina State Government Parks Recreation And Tourism Department Of-PRT Aiken State Park -
1145 State Park Rd, Windsor SC
(803) 649-2857
http://local.augusta.com/b19040047/South%2DCarolina%2DState%2DGovernment
Aiken looking for summer lifeguards

AIKEN -- The Aiken County Parks, Recreation and Tourism department is in need of lifeguards for the opening of the Aiken Recreation Center pool next week. The 50-year-old pool was slated to...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/aiken/2010-07-27/aiken-looking-summer-lifeguar
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April Klan rally planned in Clearwater

...April 3."I haven't gotten a call back yet," he said.Glover said that the county Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department has not received notice about the rally. In some cases, a rental agreement would have to be signed, but there...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/aiken/2010-02-24/masters-week-klan-rally-plann
Aiken | Aiken County Crime
Ultimate Frisbee returns to Aiken in March

AIKEN --- Aiken Parks, Recreation and Tourism Department has a new sport to offer, thanks to an Aiken high school junior. The department offered its first Ultimate Frisbee league in...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2010/01/25/met_564632.shtml
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