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Beach traffic count is falling behind 2011

Rick Outzen May 7, 2012

While the beach traffic count for this past week is 1,146 more cars than the same weekend two years age, the numbers are down from 2011—when BP pumped millions of dollars into advertising the Gulf Coast:

	2012	2011
FriÂ 5/4	Â Â Â Â Â Â 14,235	Â Â Â Â 14,590	Â (355)
Sat 5/5	Â Â Â Â Â Â 20,306	Â Â Â Â 18,942	Â 1,364
Sun 5/6	Â Â Â Â Â Â 15,023	Â Â Â Â 17,271	Â Â (2,248)

TOTAL	Â 49,564	Â 50,803	Â (1,239)

Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”