With sunny days lasting well into December, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, offers an inviting escape for a magical holiday getaway. Visitors to the Grand Strand this winter will enjoy a mild climate that’s perfect for outdoor activities, beachside relaxation and an array of festive celebrations that include popular annual events and traditions.
Celebrate a spook-tacular October with thrilling activities and fun for all ages
In October, South Carolina’s Grand Strand becomes especially enchanting as it transforms into a Halloween haven where frightfully fun celebrations abound. From family-friendly trick-or-treating to spine-chilling haunted adventures, the Myrtle Beach area offers a cauldron of festive activities and events throughout the month, ensuring there’s something for everyone to enjoy.
The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber and Convention & Visitors Bureau’s Winter and Holiday campaign positions Myrtle Beach as the ideal year-round destination with engaging experiences outside of the beach, including during the holiday season.
The Myrtle Beach Area Chamber and Convention & Visitors Bureau’s Fall campaign captures the essence of showcasing the best The Beach has to offer. A niche focus of the campaign will be on culinary experiences and live music.
After a highly successful summer and fall tourism season in Myrtle Beach that placed the South Carolina destination among the ranks of Orlando, Las Vegas and New York City in terms of visitor demand – as noted by TripAdvisor, Expedia and others – the coastal hot spot is now preparing for a holiday season like no other.
April is World Autism Month, and Visit Myrtle Beach and the communities along the 60 miles of coastline have been committed to creating an autism- and sensory-friendly destination throughout the year since 2016. As a recognized autism-friendly destination, Myrtle Beach continues its increasing efforts to provide a safe, accessible, and welcoming destination for all, including a sensory-friendly pledge and numerous initiatives to promote and foster inclusivity throughout the region.
Coverage was dominated by subjects such as continued coverage of the rare orange lobster that found a new home at Ripley’s Aquarium in Myrtle Beach, the trend of drivable vacation destinations, fall events and festivals happening in the region and the announcement of Chef Swap at The Beach. The Myrtle Beach team secured two pieces of coverage this month including The Travel Vertical story highlighting top Chef Swap at the Beach and an inclusion in a Northstar Meetings Group Guide to Meetings & Events in Myrtle Beach, as well as a combination broadcast and online feature from TODAY on “shoulder season” and why it’s a great time to travel to The Beach!
Visit Myrtle Beach has partnered with The WorkShop Content Studios to develop “Chef Swap at The Beach,” a new cooking competition television series that will highlight the culinary talents of chefs throughout the Grand Strand. As host and judge, Chef Amanda Freitag will pull chefs out of their resident kitchens and swap them into each other’s restaurant to prepare a new dish for evaluation by a panel of judges.
The best beachers beach on the beach--Myrtle beach, that is, in the sunny new “Beach with the Best” ad campaign launched by Visit Myrtle Beach. The ads are a part of an integrated, mass media campaign developed to drive awareness and demand for the destination this summer and was developed in partnership with MMGY, Valiant Pictures, FreshFly, The Workshop, and directed by Vincent Lin.
