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Tourism series pt2 - "The Coastal Challenge"

Crowds were strong, but smaller than usual at Gulf Shores this Memorial Day weekend.
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Crowds were strong, but smaller than usual at Gulf Shores this Memorial Day weekend.

By Alabama Public Radio

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Tuscaloosa AL – This week (5/31) we're exploring Alabama's 9-billion dollar travel and tourism industry. About 25-percent of that total comes from one county, Baldwin County. It's part of a coastal tourism industry hoping to remain untouched by a giant off shore oil spill. Alabama Public Radio's Brett Tannehill reports

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