Tunica Hotels
Hotels in the town of Tunica are often needed for people who want to visit the town. Some visitors want to see the rural areas around the town or the architecture of the town. Some may want to see the gambling areas in the region. Some tourists may want to partake in the entertainment or culture in the town. Some may want to use the town as a base to see the region. Some tourists may want to explore the town. Some tourists may want to have a cheap or luxury hotel in the town. Some visitors may want to have a large or small hotel in the town.
Tunica is a town in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States, located near the Mississippi River. Historically part of an agricultural area, the town lies on the fringe of a growing gambling resort area, with major casinos attracting visitors from nearby Memphis, Tennessee and all over the Southeast.
The town is the fourth community to serve as county seat of Tunica County, succeeding earlier county seats at Commerce (1839-1842, 1842-1847), Peyton (1842, temporary) and Austin (1847-1888).
Prior to the emergence of casino gaming, Tunica was notorious for the level of poverty among its African American population. "Sugar Ditch" was the name of a three-street neighborhood which saw destitution that rivaled third world ghettos in Africa or South America, causing the Rev. Jesse Jackson to label it "America's Ethiopia" in a late 1980's visit.
Though the casinos lie outside of the town limits, the effects of tax revenue generated is notably felt inside the town. Major improvements to the public school system and downtown district are among the most visible aspects currently; long-term effects include major highway improvements on US Highway 61 and a much-discussed potential expansion of Tunica Municipal Airport.
The Tunica area is now the third largest gaming region in the USA, after Las Vegas and Atlantic City. Its booming effect on the local economy has spurred population growth in unincorporated parts of the county outside Tunica proper. Since 1990, the town's name has been popularly associated with multiple casinos in close proximity to the Mississippi River. However, the current group of casinos actually starts in the community of Tunica Resorts, some 10 miles north of the town of Tunica, and extending to the DeSoto County line. Tunica Resorts was originally named "Robinsonville", but the name was changed in 2005 to eliminate confusion over the location of the casinos, which have always used the name Tunica in reference to their location. Success of these gaming houses in northern Tunica County came at the expense of the area's first group of casinos in the early 1990s, located just northwest of Tunica proper, in an area known as Mhoon Landing, much of what comprises the current census designated place of North Tunica. These casinos were closed or moved as larger resorts opened closer to Memphis, Tennessee.
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