This report summarizes the results of surveys of beach users on the gulf-front beaches of Captiva Island that were undertaken in the summer of 1989 and the winter of 1990. The purpose of the surveys was to measure the ...

Presents results of a March-April 2006 survey of visitors to South Carolina beaches in Charleston, Hilton Head, and Myrtle Beach.

It is widely recognized that tourism plays a vital role in the Gulf Coast economy. Less commonly recognized is that tourism is largely a resource-based industry. It includes a subset we refer to in this study as “wildlife ...