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Ken Malcom: Pros and Cons of the Tourism Boom in Newton County, a Conversation with the Director of Tourism and Downtown Development - Episode 6
Is tourism a good thing for local residents and downtown businesses? Is there a way to balance the influx of tourism with the needs/wants of the local citizens? It all depends on who you ask.
There are certainly pros and cons to a local tourism boom in any town, but Newton County has seen a rapid explosion of visitors with the incredible success of the Vampire Diaries tv series which was filmed almost exclusively in Newton County and using the Covington Square as a backdrop for the mystical town of Mystic Falls. Originally airing on CW network, then picked up by Netflix and streamed by tens…
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