By the Numbers: VCVB September stats
Published 11:08 am Thursday, October 31, 2024
At the Oct. 26, board meeting of the Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau (VCVB), visitor reports for September 2024 were released and are as follows:
- 10 non-riverboat group tour buses.
- 23 car tours, 57 passengers.
- 10 regular bus/vans, 530 passengers.
- 8 riverboat buses, 384 passengers.
- 500 visitors assisted.
- 2,958 visitors were welcomed at the Visitor Information Center.
- The top state visiting was Mississippi, with 993 visitors. Louisiana was second with 119.
- Total number of international visitors was 148.
- Top country was United Kingdom, with 26 visitors. Germany was second with 24.
- 901 visitors at Vicksburg Information Center.
- 28,688 visitors at the Vicksburg National Military Park.
- 1,557 visitors at the Lower Mississippi River Museum.
- 350 visitors at the Southern Heritage Air Museum.
- 500 visitors at the Old Court House Museum.
- 392 visitors at the Catfish Row Museum.
- 4,841 visitors at the Vicksburg Civil War Museum.
- 434 visitors at the Old Depot Museum.