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Table IV. 3. 19 pertains only to travelers stopping on the mainland. 

 It is reasonable to assume that virtually all of the visitors to 

 the offshore islands are there for "water-related" purposes and 

 that the same is true for residents of cottages built alongside 

 the Gulf (such as the 150 rooms in the Wilson's Beach Cottages). 

 According to the Florida Hotel and Restaurant Commission there 

 were 248 rooms in 18 motels and 249 rooms in the rental cottages 

 within the County. Using the results of Table IV. 3. 19 for the 

 motels, and assuming that all of the guests at the cottages are 

 "water-related" it appears for Franklin County as a whole that 

 about two-thirds of the tourist business is related to the estuary. 



The 1967 Florida Tourist Study published by the Florida Development 

 Commission shows 5046 automobile tourists from out-of-state with 

 Franklin County as their destination. If arrivals by private 

 planes, boats, and buses are added, the figure might be in the 

 neighborhood of 5,200. Adding the estimated number that came from 

 Florida brings the 1967 total to 7,800, of which estimated 5,200 

 are "water-related." The Florida Development Commission shows the 

 average tourist stay to be 14.8 days and the average expenditure 

 per person per day to be $17.20. Because of the lower-than- 

 average prices of accommodations in Franklin County, average 

 expenditures of $14 per day and average stay of 15 days appear 

 reasonable. For 1967, this would yield a total estimate of 



