Posted: Friday, August 14, 2015 8:30 pm Editorial: Tourism spending: Forsyth on a roll Journal editorial board Winston-Salem Journal Among the chief reasons that Forsyth County tourism spending is on the rise: The push that Richard Geiger, the president of…

 Purchase Photos Main Street in Mount Airy Close Email–> Print–> QR Favorite Font Size: Visit North Carolina recently released figures for 2014, the latest it says are available, which shows tourists spent more than $113.5 million that year in Surry…

Posted: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 12:15 am Forsyth County and 96 other N.C. counties see increase in 2014 visitor spending By FRAN DANIEL Winston-Salem Journal Winston-Salem Journal Forsyth County ranked sixth in visitor spending among the state’s 100 counties last…

HIGH POINT – Visit North Carolina research shows visitors spent more than $1.2 billion in Guilford County last year. Tim Mabe, the CEO of the High Point Convention and Visitors Bureau, said its much more than the furniture market that attracts…

Pittsboro, NC – The Governor’s Office and NC Department of Commerce have just released the most recent statewide tourism spending report, which indicates that  Chatham County’s “domestic visitors” spent $31.69 million during 2014, an increase of nearly three percent since…

MOREHEAD CITY — The Morehead City Council and the Beaufort Board of Commissioners received standing ovations this week when they unanimously approved separate resolutions against offshore oil and natural gas drilling and seismic testing.  The Emerald Isle Board of Commissioners…

Visitor spending in Orange County grew 7.75 percent last year, the largest increase in the state, said a study released Tuesday. Visitors to Orange County spent $181.65 million in 2014, according to the 2014 Economic Impact Of Travel On North…

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) – It looks like tourists are spending more in New Hanover County, according to a county-by-county tourism economic impact study by Visit North Carolina. The study said travel and tourism in the county during 2014…

Sharks are scary. They’re really good swimmers; we’re really not. They’re apex predators; we’re … not, really. (Video via National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, YMCA of South Australia, Discovery and KXTV) So when they attack us, it’s scary, especially when it seems like there are more…

Stay Connected Anywhere Download the WITN News App Follow WITN on Twitter Like on Facebook –> Good news this week for North Carolina’s economy. Governor Pat McCrory and Department of Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla announced Tuesday that 97 of…