By the numbers: VCVB stats for October
Published 2:57 pm Friday, December 20, 2024
At the Dec.12 meeting of the Vicksburg Convention and Visitors Bureau (VCVB), visitor reports for October 2024 were released and are as follows:
- 26 group tours.
- 85 car tours, 218 passengers.
- 26 regular bus/vans, 789 passengers.
- 34 riverboat buses, 1,550 passengers.
- 3,131 visitors were welcomed at the Visitor Information Center.
- The top state visiting in October was Mississippi, with 574 visitors. Alabama was second with 338.
- Total number of international visitors in October was 143.
- Top country in October was United Kingdom, with 44 visitors. Canada was second with 24.
- 38,883 visitors in October at the Vicksburg National Military Park.
- 1,504 visitors in October at the Lower Mississippi River Museum.
- 428 visitors in October at the Southern Heritage Air Museum.
- 1,059 visitors in October at the Old Court House Museum.
- 303 visitors in October at the Catfish Row Museum.
- 1,881 visitors in October at the Vicksburg Civil War Museum.
- 1,170 visitors in October at the Old Depot Museum.