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Myrtle Beach ( pronounced murr-tul ) is a coastal resort town located in Horry County, South Carolina. It is the de facto hub of both the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area and the Grand Strand, a complex of beach towns and barrier islands stretching from Little River to Georgetown, South Carolina.
The Myrtle Beach area is also served by the Myrtle Beach International Airport.
The Grand Strand or Long Bay refers to a large stretch of beaches extending from Calabash, North Carolina to Georgetown, South Carolina. It consists of 60 miles along an essentially uninterrupted arc of beach land, beginning around Little River, South Carolina and terminating at Winyah Bay. Calabash is generally included in the Strand per convention, but is not geographically part of Long Bay.
The Grand Strand has become a major tourist attraction along the Southeastern coast, with its primary city, Myrtle Beach, attracting over ten million visitors each season. It is home to numerous restaurants and theme parks, making it popular with families and college students in the summer and Snowbirds during the winter.
It is situated mainly between the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway on the west and the Atlantic Ocean ( Long Bay ) on the East, although building west of the waterway is rapidly increasing. Much of the area between the coast and the waterway is a slightly elevated sandbar or dune area. West of the waterway the land is mostly pine forest with a normal high water table, in which developers dredge ponds and use the soil to create elevated areas for better drainage around buildings.
The Grand Strand area receives a large influx of visitors during the spring, summer and fall months, with over ten million tourists visiting Myrtle Beach and the surrounding areas. The area's attractions include the beaches and many golf courses, as well as a number of amusement parks, an aquarium, dozens of restaurants including seafood restaurants, the large shopping complexes as "Broadway at the Beach" or "Coastal Grand Mall", the largest mall of South Carolina, an IMAX theater, dinner theater, nightclubs, and tourist shops. The area is home to scores of hotels, many of which are beachfront hotels. Other attractions include the Myrtle Beach State Park and fishing.
Myrtle Beach's economy is mostly tourism based, with tourism bringing in millions of dollars each season. Restaurants and golf courses are found across the Grand Strand, with a large number concentrating in the downtown area of the city. Farms that produce tobacco, indigo, watermelons, berries, and other crops also give good amounts of money into the city. Lumber companies and railroads give modest amounts of money to the city. Factories that produce plastic, rubber, cardboard, styrofoam, and ceramics also exist in the city.
The Myrtle Beach metro area is home to two major institutes of higher learning, Coastal Carolina University and Horry - Georgetown Technical College in Conway. The area is also home to a branch of Webster University, an MBA graduate school, and NAIA, a flight school.
The entire area of Horry County is served by a single public school system, Horry County Schools, and the Myrtle Beach area is dotted with private schools of various sizes and motifs.
Entertainment
The Myrtle Beach area offers a wide variety of family amusements, entertainment and attractions.
Golf
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina has been called the Golf Capital of the World because of the 120 golf courses located there, the record of 4.2 million rounds played, and to top it off they have as many as 50 miniature golf courses. The majority of the area's golf courses are open to the public.
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