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STATE BOARD OF TOURISM: Mississippi State Board of Tourism, P.O. Box 22825, Jackson, 39205, (601) 359-3297
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TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Jackson--State Capitol; Vicksburg--Civil War National Military Park; Gulf coast fishing and shrimping, paddlewheel boat excursions; Biloxi-Gulfport--Gulf Islands National Seashore, lighthouse, Broadwater beach resort, deep sea fishing rodeo; Jackson--Mynelle Gardens, Old State Capital Museum; Flora--Mississippi Petrified Forest; Natchez, Columbus, Holly Springs--antebellum homes tours; Greenwood--Florewood River Plantation (recreation); Oxford--Center for the Study of Southern Culture, Faulkner's home; Greenwood--Cottonlandia Museum, Florewood River Plantation State Park; Philadelphia--Choctaw Museum of Southern Indians; Port Gibson--Grand Gulf Military Park; Tupelo-Natchez Trace Parkway.
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AREA IN STATE PARKS: 22,000 acres
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VISITORS TO STATE PARKS: 4,474,000
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DOMESTIC TRAVEL SPENDING: $1,331,000,000