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The Grand Strand been visited by many regional, national, and international publications and broadcasting companies. For example, in 2001 the area was the scene for QVC Live-Fourth of July Picnic, Home and Garden Television (HGTV) Vacation Living broadcasts. Nationally the area has been featured in Southern Living Vacations, The Baltimore Sun, Newsday, Coastal Living, Chicago Tribune, and The Boston Globe. Internationally, articles have appeared in Golf Monthly, Going for Golf, Selling North America of the United Kingdom, Bellevue of Germany, and Crossings of Canada.

 

In addition, the Myrtle Beach area has received these positive national reviews:

The Myrtle Beach area ranked No. 4 on a list of 50 of the most popular motorcoach destinations of the decade, according to Byways magazine. The publication is produced for the National Motorcoach Network, a marketing network of more than 2,000 motorcoach tour operators. Others in the top five included Branson, Mo. (1), Washington, D.C. (2), Nashville, Tenn. (3), and New York City (5).

The Myrtle Beach area is No. 2 on the list of top destinations for summer vacations in the United States, according to the most recent AAA survey. Others in the top five are Orlando, Fla. (1), Washington, D.C. (3), Niagara Falls, N.Y. (4), and Williamsburg, Va. (5).
 
Myrtle Beach is the second most popular beach in the United States, according to USATODAY.com Travel Guide, an affiliate of the newspaper USAToday. The 2001 Beach Guide Top Ten Beaches were compiled after more than 3,000 readers responded, nominating hundreds of beaches from Hawaii to Maine.
 
The International Association of Golf Tour Operators named the Myrtle Beach area the established golf destination of the year for 2000. Destinations are rated on customer satisfaction, support from suppliers and airlines, quality of golf courses and accommodations, and access to tee times.

Restaurant Business magazine ranks the Myrtle Beach area No. 1 in the U.S. for growth potential. The area's market is growing nine times faster than the national average, and twice as fast as its closest competitor, Flagstaff, Ariz.

The Myrtle Beach area has been named by Where to Retire magazine as one of the 100 Best Retirement Towns in America. Where to Retire is the leading source of information for more than 400,000 affluent and well-educated Americans who move across state lines to retire. Editors travel throughout the United States, visiting towns in all 50 states, to compile the "100 Best" list.

The Myrtle Beach area has again been named a favorite travel destination by readers of Southern Living magazine. In its fifth annual Readers' Choice Awards, the area was named the South's second favorite beach and third most popular family destination. The area was selected from 63 travel destinations, with some 18,000 ballots cast in the survey.

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  The Grand Strand has seen steady growth in population in the past several decades. This population explosion has been evident in the increase of the number of residential construction starts and infrastructure development.

The Census Bureau completes population updates every two years for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA). Horry County constitutes an MSA because the population of the area is greater than 100,000. The 2002 census estimates Horry County’s population at 206,039 for the 1,134 square miles of land area. Although Horry County is the largest in land area in South Carolina, its population accounts for approximately five percent of the state’s population..
Horry County Population:
(U.S. Bureau of the Census)

1970

69,992

1980

101,419

1990

144,053

1998

174,762

2000

196,629

2005 (Projection)

216,100

2010 (Projection)

240,590

2015 (Projection)

265,140

 

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