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8 » THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2000
THE SEA COAST ECHO • HANCOCK
Echo staff photo by Donna J. Smith
City of Waveland "Garfield Ladner" Municipal Pier This is an extremely safe (24-hour security with lighting) pier designed for family fun and use. It provides a beatiful Gulf view wile quiet fishing hours pass away the day. At $25 per year, unlimited use per family, this is a bargain!
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The Hancock County tourism product was once a diamond in the rough. However with just a little polishing and promotion, the world is finding out about the treasures we have for them to behold.
Many fine articles and feature stories have been and are going to be written about this very special area of the Gulf Coast. Tour companies from all over the United States and Europe are sending motor coach loads of "first time visitors” into Hancock County to experience the pure enjoyment of this unique destination.
Why, in just the number of tours of Old Town Bay St. Louis, we have booked and scheduled more than 179 buses for the year 2000.
Casino Magic Bay St. Louis, obviously, could be considered the “kick start” to all that we are ?~rvrdr.*r
today. This 600-plus acre casino and golf resort offers residents and visitors alike an exciting option in casino gaming and entertainment.
Golfing at the Bridges, Arnold Palmer’s signature course, is always in the top numbers of golf rounds recorded on the Gulf Coast and is considered a “must play” to visiting golfers. The resort offers a hotel, RV park, marina, casino, area shopping and dining shuttles and many of its own fine restaurants.
Hancock County is home to NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center, quickly becoming one of, if not soon to be, the top tourist attraction in the state of Mississippi.
NASA's "StenniSphere” reopened Memorial Day weekend of this year with more than doubling their center’s previous size.
Interactive exhibits, virtu-
riences, space stat through, a RocKel gift shops, theater ; enhanced U. S exhibits, all will : tainly awe the mo enced visitor.
All tours of thi now originate Mississippi State Center on Interst; exit 2. This is the ture of its kind in Mississippi Department Transportation, De of Economic and C( Development, theii of Tourism and attractions like StenniSphere, are jointly to promote ; tion and the Mississippi at the s tion. This is a “mus' all visitors and resi The Hancock Tourism Developmi
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Beaches
Hancock County beaches offer you hours of fun in the sun. Play go swimming, have a picnic, or just lay back and relax, it's all th< to enjoy!
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