By the numbers: VCVB stats for July
Published 2:23 pm Sunday, September 8, 2024
At the August 22 board meeting of the Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau (VCVB), visitor reports for July 2024 were released and are as follows:
- 7 non-riverboat group tour buses;
- 36 Car tours, 106 passengers;
- 18 Regular bus/vans, 154 passengers;
- 18 Riverboat buses, 663 passengers;
- 465 Visitors assisted;
- 3,603 visitors were welcomed at the Visitor Information Center;
- The top state visiting was Mississippi with 1361 visitors. Louisiana was second with 273;
- Total number of international visitors was 87;
- Top country was the United Kingdom with 27 visitors. Norway was second with 11;
- 967 visitors at Vicksburg Information Center ;
- 36,853 visitors at the Vicksburg National Military Park;
- 2,171 visitors at the Lower Mississippi River Museum;
- 1,252 visitors at the Southern Heritage Air Museum;
- 2180 visitors at the Beidenharn Coca-Cola Museum;
- 1,183 visitors at the Old Court House Museum;
- 567 visitors at the Catfish Row Museum;
- 1,661 visitors at the Vicksburg Civil War Museum;
- 1,055 visitors at the Old Depot Museum.