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 | ||
| Fri 5/4 |       14,235 |     14,590 |  (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) |