Tourism development will be topic of forum on Jan. 19
Tuesday, January 13, 2009BAMBERG - The development of tourism in the Thoroughbred Country Region, including Bamberg, Allendale, Barnwell and Aiken counties, will be the topic of a public meeting on Monday, Jan. 19.
The meeting will be held at 5 p.m. in the Bamberg Civic Center on U.S. 301.
In November 2005, the New Carolina's Tourism Cluster Committee commissioned a study by international consultant Michael MacNulty of Tourism Development International in Ireland to complete a statewide tourism action plan. The completed plan included a call for planning at the regional level.
The state legislature in 2007 passed an appropriation for product development. Some of that money is being used to develop detailed, long-range plans for each of the eight tourism product development areas.
Thoroughbred Country Region, one of the eight designated regions, will be the focus for comprehensive site visits this month. TDI team members will work with area stakeholders and South Carolina Parks, Recreation and Tourism to develop a tourism development concept plan for the region.
For more information, call Nancy Foster at 803-245-1000, or Mary Ann Keisler, Thoroughbred Country director, at 888-834-1654.
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