TYPE OF PERCENT FACILITIES COASTAL MIDLANDS UP-STATE TOTAL OF TOTALCoastal Tourism Regions
Lodging Facilities Investment $320,983,501 $76,483,000 $93,703,100 $491,169,601 50.2% Jobs 1,484 388 462 2,334 31.6% Sports/Outdoor Rec. Facilities Investment $37,705,000 $300,000 $49,652,000 $87,657,000 9.0% Jobs 131 3 2 136 1.8% Entertainment Facilities Investment $161,438,921 $0 $11,221,300 $172,660,221 17.6% Jobs 253 0 166 419 5.7% Retail Complexes Investment $14,146,692 $3,000,000 $47,100,000 $64,246,692 6.6% Jobs 440 135 280 855 11.6% Resort Complexes Investment $3,000,000 $6,500,000 $13,000,000 $22,500,000 2.3% Jobs 350 65 50 465 6.3% Resort/Retirement Res. Comm. Investment $9,452,500 $11,536,000 $18,689,000 $39,677,500 4.1% Jobs 1,030 595 840 2,465 33.4% Miscellaneous Investment $84,691,000 $510,000 $16,089,376 $101,290,376 10.3% Jobs 551 65 91 707 9.6% STATEWIDE Investment $631,417,614 $98,329,000 $249,454,776 $979,201,390 Jobs $4,239 $1,251 $1,891 $7,381 -
Grand Strand (Georgetown and Horry counties)
Historic Charleston (Charleston and Dorchester counties)
Lowcountry & Resort Islands (Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton and Jasper counties)
Midlands Tourism Regions
Santee-Cooper Country (Berkeley, Calhoun, Clarendon, Orangeburg and Sumter counties)
Pee Dee Country (Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Lee, Marion, Marlboro and Williamsburg counties)
Capital City & Lake Murray Country (Lexington, Newberry, Richland and Saluda counties)
Thoroughbred Country (Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg and Barnwell counties)
Upstate Tourism Regions
Old 96 District (Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens and McCormick counties)
Olde English District (Chester, Chesterfield, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Union and York counties)
Discover Upcountry Carolina (Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Oconee, Pickens and Spartanburg counties)
Source: S.C. Parks, Recreation and Tourism, Community Development Division, February 1998.
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