MYRTLE BEACH
THE BEST OF.................


The Travel Channel
AMERICA'S BEST BEACHES - BEST THRILL SEEKER BEACH (2006)
BEST AMERICAN BOARDWALK (2004)
BEST FAMILY BEACH (2003-2004)

The Travel Channel has named Myrtle Beach one of "America's Best Beaches.  Myrtle Beach was among 10 U.S. beaches chosen for the 2006 "Best Beach" designation.

Reader's Digest
BEST OF AMERICA (2006)

The Myrtle Beach boardwalk has been named one of the "Best of America" by the editors of Reader's Digest magazine. May 2006.

Golf Digest
NO. 1 GOLF-HOME COMMUNITY (2006)

Golf Digest named Myrtle Beach both the No. 1 Golf-Home Community in the Southeast and America's No.1 Golf-Home Community.

Meetings South
BEST OF THE SOUTH (2006)

Meetings South magazine chose Pawleys Plantation in Pawleys Island, to be among the selective "Best of the South" awards, naming the resort one of the best meeting facilities in the Southern U.S., Caribbean and Yucatan Peinsula for 2006 by readers of the magazine.

Stephan Leatherman (aka Dr. Beach)
10 GREAT PLACES TO GO COASTAL WITH YOUR KIDS (2005)

Stephan Leatherman included Myrtle Beach on his list of "10 Great Places To go Coastal With Your Kids," which appeared in USA Today's Travel section in July 2005.  Leatherman is a professor and director of the International Hurricane Research Center & Laboratory for Coastal Research at Florida International University, and the author of "Beach Vacation Travel Journal" and "Dr. Beach's Survival Guide."

Online Poll Conducted by
Yahoo! Travel and National Geographic Traveler magazine
NO. 2 OF TOP 10 BEACHES (2003-2004)

Myrtle Beach beat out exotic locales such as Waikki and St. Thomas in an online poll of favorite beaches conducted by Yahoo! Travel and National Geographic Traveler magazine in 2003-2004.  The survey of more than 2,200 travelers ranked Myrtle Beach No.2 of a list of Top 10 Beaches.  In a subsequent poll, Myrtle Beach remained in Top 10.