Jekyll Island Visitation
Guest Blogger: Ken Bleakly:
After reading the articles on the visitation numbers dispute, I was thinking that the data that Bill Tipton generates on visitation to the Golden Isles and Jekyll’s share of the visitation since 1999 should clearly show that the island has been stagnant while the region is growing. Also, if the island is “only “ down 15% in the last ten years how much has visitation in the state been growing during the same period, Jekyll has clearly been loosing out on capturing the growth which has been occurring in the state. Also, during the last twenty years the state’s population has grown by more than 3 million residents, and Jekyll’s visitation is, at best, flat or slowly declining—these differences are dramatic.
Ken Bleakly
Tags: jekyll island development, jekyll island revitalization, Jekyll Island visitation
