This text was obtained via automated optical character recognition.
It has not been edited and may therefore contain several errors.

---

HANCOCK COUNTY
ourism & framing
ASSOCIATluN
AREA PROFILE
OF HANCOCK COUNTY
Dear Reader,
Thank you for your interest in Hancock County. We are delighted with the opportunities which have developed as a result of the Mississippi Gaming Control Act of 1990. We of the Hancock County Tourism and Gaming Association feel that this heralds unlimited growth in the tourism industry. With the attraction of the gaming industry, the colateral expansion of the tourism industry is at its most promising moment. Located on one of the nation’s busiest Interstate tourist traffic paths between the Astroworld and Disneyworld facilities.
Hancock County and the surrounding area is rich in natural and man-made resources. The Riveria of the United States is open for development. Along our shoreline, bayous and rivers is one of the richest sports fishing, both salt and fresh, zones in the world. Our sandy white beacne&are the only beaches which, while only moments away, are not locatedT^n	90 and as such present a wonderful
attraction for family outmgs.C-Weynivk^wb water oriented park facilities within Hancock County which offer can^ify^e^CHyp There are numerous antique stores and speciality shops in this commi
A major attraction is the 13,480 acrerfacHitwt\tlje^tennis Space Center and is the finest in the world providing'tecTtnical aDoXfawlity'suppork services to resident agencies. Within this cerrtgfex/'lo^^t^at thiWektern edge of-flancock County are Super Computer faciUtres\N^y^ffic^^rm^T?3^!res' the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric AdminisWatipiyUmta^Sjtates Geologic Survey, the Environmehtal Protection Agency, the Ea\tlr^es^uVees Laboratory Center and the Space Shuttle Main Engine Test Stands. All ageadesare frequently visited by escorted tours. The total employment population of the Stennis Space Center is in excess of 5,400.
The Hancock County Tourism and Gaming Association hopes you will contact us for any information or assistance you may need in considering Hancock County as a future development site.