Dan + Shay coming to Savannah's Enmarket Arena

HOME.. WAITING FOR HELP. THEY SAY THEY'RE GRATEFUL THEY LEFT WHEN THEY DID./// ALL NEW AT 11 - GEORGIA ... IS BREAKING TOURISM RECORDS. LAST YEAR ... THE PEACH STATE ... HAD ITS LARGEST NUMBERS OF VISITORS. NEARLY 168 - MILLION PEOPLE - VISITED THE STATE ... AND SPENT ALMOST 40 BILLION DOLLARS. ITS NOT JUST GEORGIA ... THAT'S BREAKING RECORDS. WJCL 22 NEWS BROOKE - BUTLER ... JOINS US LIVE FROM OUR NEWSROOM TO EXPLAIN. GREG- THE HOSTESS CITY BROKE SEVERAL OF ITS OWN RECORDS IN 2022... AND SO FAR - ITS LOOKING LIKE 2023 WILL BE ANOTHER SOLID YEAR. 5:17 YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EVERYTHING THAT FOLKS ARE LOOKING FOR. 5:19 EACH YEAR - MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD - MAKE A TRIP TO THE HOSTESS CITY. 2:33 WHAT SAVANNAH HAS TO OFFER REALLY CAN'T BE FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY. 2:37 JOSEPH MARINELLI WITH VISIT SAVANNAH SAYS... THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS PEOPLE COME HERE. 1:20 YOU KNOW, FOLKS COME HERE TO ENJOY THE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF FOODS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. 1:28 OF COURSE, THEY COME FOR OUR HISTORIC LANDMARKS AND ARCHITECTURE. AND 1:32 AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE TRUE SAVANNAH SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY. 1:37 HE SAYS... WHILE ATLANTA GETS A LOT OF VISITORS BECAUSE OF ITS AIRPORT...ALONG WITH ITS CONVENTIONS AND TRADE SHOWS - SAVANNAH OWNS THE LEISURE SCENE. :57 AND SAVANNAH IS REALLY THE THE PRETTY FACE ON GEORGIA'S TOURISM SCENE, FOR SURE. 1:02 ACCORDING TO A VISIT SAVANNAH REPORT - IN 2022 - THE HOSTESS CITY HAD A RECORD YEAR FOR TOURISM. MORE THAN 17 MILLION PEOPLE VISITED...SPENDING UPWARDS OF 4 BILLION DOLLARS. THATS 2 MILLION MORE THAT VISITED SAVANNAH THAN IN 2021. MARINELLI SAYS HE FEELS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT 2023 AS WELL. 3:07 SO FAR, WE ARE RIGHT ON PACE WITH WHERE WE WERE THROUGH JULY OF LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME. 3:14 6:07 YOU KNOW, THE ALL OF OUR ALL OF OUR PRE- BOOKINGS AT HOTELS, THE CONVENTION BUSINESS THAT WE HAVE ON THE BOOKS RIGHT NOW TELLS US THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE A STRONG SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR. 6:21 BROOKE - (MARA-NELL-EE) MARINELLI SAYS ... THE NEW HYUNDAI META PLANT ... WILL ALSO LIKELY BRING MORE VISITORS. YEAH GREG. SO THOSE VISITORS WILL BE HERE FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES RATHER THAN JUST LEISURE. I SHOULD NOTE - MARINELLI SAYS - THEY HAVE MORE CONVENTION BUSINESS ON THE BOOKS FOR 2024 THAN THEY DID FOR ALL OF 2023. BACK TO YOU. BROOKE THANK YOU. TODAY ... THE GOVERNOR THANKED GEORGIA'S TOURISM WORKER