Tropical storm Hanna is long gone and throughout eastern South Carolina, there was very little physical damage.
But how did it affect Grand Strand tourism?
Brad Dean, president of the Myrtle Beach area chamber of commerce said once a storm gets a name. It creates a lot of attention.
And the negative hype that precedes a storm is very difficult, if not impossible to counter.
Dean said tropical storm Hanna did not put too much of a damper on the Myrtle Beach area.
"Thankfully, everybody fared well, safety's always a number one concern and all we can do is try to out out the word that we're here, we're back in business and it's still a great time to come." Dean said.
A great time, even though Dean said it has been a challenging summer in the Myrtle Beach area.
He said one bright spot may be that the area might have picked up some business from people coming here instead of Florida.
"But we know we lost a lot of business from people who couldn't make it here or if they came, had to shorten their stay and reduce their spending." said Dean.
But that's not the case for people like the Gibson’s from Virgina.
Despite all the attention on the area from Hanna, the Gibson’s said this is the perfect time to come to the Myrtle Beach area.
"It's close, like I said the weather's perfect, whether you play golf or whatever you do, every thing's basically still open, all the shops and everything which she like to do, so we have fun, it's get away fro a week, so Myrtle Beach here we come.” said Roger Gibson.
Dean said while the past couple of months may not have been as good as local business owners would've hoped for and not what they've become used to, it's better than what it could've been considering what other tourists destinations have been through.
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