Maybe the number of travelers aren't as high, but the money spent is way up. The travelers are staying longer and spending more money. When you look at it in that sense, I'd say it's very positive.

Mississippi has worked hard to entice avid golf-and-gaming travelers to visit our great state, because we knew if we got them here once, they would come back. The sales increases demonstrate the rising trend of visitors to Mississippi and we hope increasingly more visitors will judge our offerings for themselves.

When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money.

[Does he know how they spent that money?] It's in black and white in the IRS reports, ... They spent it for political activities, prohibited activities under the Texas law.

Informed travelers are our best ally.

While armchair travelers dream of going places, traveling armchairs dream of staying put.