Explore North Myrtle Beach celebrates USA Today’s 10 Best Readers’ Choice Travel Award contest
April 10, 2018
Cherry Grove Pier Named Best Beach in South Carolina
From Hilton Head to the Grand Strand, South Carolina’s shores are lined with gorgeous beaches making the Palmetto State a perfect destination for beach lovers. On Friday, April 6th, Cherry Grove Pier of North Myrtle Beach was announced as the number one South Carolina beach in the USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice travel award contest. The 10Best Readers’ Choice Award contest was open for voting for four-weeks, allowing the public the ability to vote online for one nominee per category, per day. Nominees for all categories are chosen by a panel of relevant experts which include a combination of editors fromUSA TODAY, editors from 10Best.com, relevant expert contributors, and sources for both these media and other Gannett properties.
While the 10Best Readers’ Choice Award contest lives on 10Best.com, it is promoted across USA TODAY Travel Media Group’s digital and mobile products, as well as via social media. Nominees are also announced and/or promoted across relevant USA TODAYdepartments and through Gannett media outlets. 10Best.com provides users with original, unbiased, and experiential travel content of top attractions, things to see and do, and restaurants for top destinations in the U.S. and around the world. The core of the site’s uniqueness is its team of local travel experts: a well-traveled and well-educated group who are not only experts in their fields and their cities but discriminating in their tastes.
In 1968, Cherry Grove Beach joined Windy Hill, Crescent Beach and Ocean Drive to form the City of North Myrtle Beach. Since then, Cherry Grove, South Carolina has defined its character and attracts millions of visitors every year. Cherry Grove Beach’s nomination was made carefully by an expert travel panel and the public’s vote, making this award a serious honor. With an ideal location along the salt marsh inlet and Intracoastal Waterway, Cherry Grove Beach earned this title by delivering some of the best views and best fishing around the world.
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About the North Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce, Convention and Visitors Bureau
The North Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce, Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB), an accredited five-star Chamber/CVB founded in 1999, continues to lead by example as an exemplary local business advocate and supporter, as well as a champion of North Myrtle Beach as a top travel destination within the Southeast. Since its founding, the Chamber/CVB has been wholeheartedly committed to advancing the welfare and prosperity of North Myrtle Beach while achieving a thriving, diverse and sustainable economy. The Convention & Visitors Bureau, North Myrtle Beach’s official Destination Marketing Organization (DMO), is committed to growing the North Myrtle Beach visitor and destination market by distinguishing the coastal beach town as a first-choice travel destination and brand. North Myrtle Beach welcomes millions of visitors each year to “Just Coast” on pristine beaches and through unexpected adventures, representing an economic impact of $1,124,549,932 in North Myrtle Beach, and an additional $219,234,620 in the surrounding area in March – August of 2016 alone. The North Myrtle Beach travel industry accounted for nearly 14,000 jobs and generated more than $117,000,000 in State and Local Taxes in 2016.
