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MEDIA
ADVISORY
AASU's Center for Regional Analysis to
Announce Results of a Tourism Study Conducted for the Convention and Visitors
Bureau
SAVANNAH , January 20, 2005
WHAT
AASU's Center for Regional Analysis will hold a news conference to announce
the results of a recent study analyzing current trends in tourism contacts
and CVB-related tourism activity in the Savannah Metropolitan Area. The
study explored several factors that are shaping CVB activity and local
tourism, including the demographics of visitors: ages, incomes, education
levels, spending patterns while vacationing, primary destination for travel,
reasons for visiting, and others. It also looks at the Internet as a factor
that motivates visits to Savannah and reports on how tourist activity
is changing as a result of internet use.
WHEN
Tuesday, January 25, 2005, beginning at 11:00 a.m.
WHERE
Juliette Gordon Low National Birthplace, 142 Bull Street in Savannah
WHY
Hear the most up to date information on CVB activity and tourism trends
in the Savannah Metropolitan Area from regional economists.
WHO
Media are free to attend the news conference. Speakers are study co-authors
Mike Toma, director of the Center for Regional Analysis, and Rick McGrath,
associate professor of economics at AASU. Introductions will be made by
AASU President Thomas Z. Jones and Savannah Area Convention and Visitors
Bureau President Anthony Schopp.
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