Coast tourism leader frustrated with state

Coast tourism leader frustrated with state

HARRISON COUNTY, MS (WLOX) - The 2011 tourism season is right around the corner. It's going to be a big year for the golf business, charter boat captains, hotels and those who rely on the beach to make a living.This is the year high golf school home business magazine following the disastrous BP oil spill.Ken Montana, President of the Harrison County Tourism Commission, is frustrated because he thinks the state did not do enough to market the coast with the $15 million given by BP to sell tourism.The money was controlled by the state, but Montana believes local officials could have home business magazine done a better job."Quite frankly, putting Who Who May Believes Tiger Will Still Topple His Majors Record it simply, it was wasted," Montana said. "We would have held a significant amount in reserve and then we could have applied it to the areas that could have got us the most results this year and next year."