Alabama’s beaches continue to be a powerful economic engine for the state’s tourism industry, setting records for visitors, spending, and tax revenues, according to preliminary tourism data, though ...

When you’re planning a family vacation, especially a beach trip for a big family, you want everything to line up perfectly: comfortable space, kid-friendly fun, gorgeous views, and absolutely no ...

A THUNDERSTORM spoiled my plan to head straight for the beach after dropping my bags in my room at the Lodge at Gulf State Park. Instead, I grabbed a book and sat alongside other hotel guests on a ...

For much of my youth, central Florida was synonymous with summer vacation. Tampa Bay, Clearwater and Orlando is where I spent many summers at my Aunt Nancy’s condo and had my theme park rites of ...

Plotted on a map, decades of Lass family beach vacations would no doubt reveal a shotgun-like pattern across the Gulf Coast. Lola Lass reads the trips off like entries in an accounting ledger: There ...

When the onset of the pandemic began in 2020, state and local officials touted a beach vacation as a safer alternative with plenty of social distancing, sun and surf for a family looking to get ...

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Pandemic-era demand and eased access boosted Gulf Coast tourism in 2024-2025. Baldwin County alone drew 6.5 million visitors in 2024, up nearly 25% since 2019. Expanded air service and new lodging ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nick and Terry Saban are part of an investor group that will become the new owners of Perdido Beach Resort in south Alabama.