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1/6/2009
Free Official Myrtle Beach Area Vacation Guide Now Available
The 2009 edition of The Official Myrtle Beach Area Vacation Guide™, formerly known as Stay & Play®, is now available. The Myrtle Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, a division of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, offers this free, comprehensive guide each year to aid travelers in planning their Myrtle Beach vacations. The Official Myrtle Beach Area Vacation Guide™ is a glossy, full-color publication highlighting accommodations, dining, attractions, entertainment, shopping, golf and events along South Carolina’s 60-mile Grand Strand. The 256-page guide is packed with valuable visitor tips, local history, colorful photos, color-coded sections for ease of use and a golf course-specific map. This year, readers will find a: • New, detachable color-coded map pinpointing area attractions, shopping, restaurants and more. • New coupon and discount pullout booklet. • Expanded information highlighting the various Grand Strand communities. “Unlike most resort destinations, the dozen Grand Strand communities are unique and distinctive in character,” said Brad Dean, MBACC president and CEO. “Visitors will find a variety of offerings, from the historic fishing village of Little River to the Gullah culture of Atlantic Beach to the ‘seafood capital of South Carolina,’ Murrells Inlet.” Those who travel with adults or children with special needs will be delighted to read about Project Lifesaver, a program that tracks lost or wandering visitors. Through Project Lifesaver, visitors with autism, Down syndrome or Alzheimer’s disease can be quickly located through a personalized wristband that emits a tracking signal. The wristbands are offered free to visitors during their stay in the Myrtle Beach area. According to Project Lifesaver International, this is the first time that wristbands are being offered to visitors. The Official Myrtle Beach Area Vacation Guide™, the No. 1 guide to the Myrtle Beach area, can be ordered online at VisitMyrtleBeach.com or by calling 1-866-936-2620. The publication is available at the MBACC welcome centers at 1200 North Oak St., Myrtle Beach; 3401 U.S. 17 Business S., Murrells Inlet; and the Myrtle Beach International Airport. An estimated 14 million travelers visit the Myrtle Beach area annually. In 2008 alone, Myrtle Beach earned such distinctions as Top 10 Family-Friendly Destinations (Weather.com), Top Family Destinations (Ask.com) and Top 10 Places for Families to Visit in the U.S. (Yahoo!). In addition, the Travel Channel featured the Grand Strand on “Samantha Brown: Passport to Great Weekends,” a half-hour show that premiered this summer.