Sarah Enelow-Snyder, Skift
In Montgomery, Alabama, the tourism board and a new memorial to victims of lynching are building off each other's visibility, drawing visitors into a revitalized area of the Deep South they may not recognize.
7 months ago
Jay Reeves, Associated Press
Civil rights tourism is already a staple for the Alabama Tourism Department and this National Monument designation will take it to the next level. If the throngs of visitors at the new African American museum in Washington D.C. have taught us anything, federal recognition can be a very good thing.
2 years ago
Jay Reeves, Associated Press
Destinations are getting smarter about promoting the attractions that are unique to them.
2 years ago
Jay Reeves, Associated Press
Considering that Lee's book has been a best seller for over half a century, you would have thought that Alabama would have jumped on this sooner. Done right, this can be a huge draw.
2 years ago
John Sharp, Associated Press
Carnival Cruise Line had trouble raising pricing out of Mobile, Alabama five years ago so it left. The city has helped Carnival several times over the last few years during various crises but nothing's assured regarding whether the cruise line is actually back for the long term.
2 years ago
Russell Contreras, Associated Press
Some of America's lesser-known civil rights sites in the south and west have been ignored for decades, but now, preservationists see an opportunity to promote educational tourism to these historic places.
3 years ago
Sarah Enelow, Skift
Historically, tourism in the Deep South steered clear of discussing slavery and Jim Crow, instead leaning on less contentious topics like country music and antebellum architecture. But now, civil rights museums are becoming an important part of the South's tourism landscape, even if many state tourism boards haven't gotten on the bandwagon.
3 years ago
Jay Reeves, Associated Press
Alabama and the rest of the Gulf Coast's tourism industry has considerably bounced back since the BP oil spill in 2010 but the region still has a long way to go before more inland areas, for example, also see the benefits.
3 years ago
Jay Reeves, Associated Press
One Gulf Coast disaster helps a hotel recover from another one.
3 years ago
Alexandra E. Petri, Skift
These destinations are getting right to it: They offer a world to discover.
3 years ago
Associated Press
Carnival Cruise Line entered into a short-term deal (13 months) to revisit cruise calls in Mobile, Alabama. You can think of this as a toe in the water to measure how viable the business would be from the city's cruise terminal.
3 years ago
Melissa Nelson-Gabriel, Associated Press
Despite the history, most visitors would rather hit Bourbon Street in the Big Easy than the equivalent in Mobile.
4 years ago