15-9. Investments in New Developments in SC Travel, Tourism and Recreation Industries: 1997

TYPE OF                                                                                        PERCENT
FACILITIES                          COASTAL        MIDLANDS        UP-STATE         TOTAL      OF TOTAL

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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