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No more tourist offseason: Savannah welcomes visitors seeking experiences year-round

Amy Paige Condon

Used to be that Savannah had an off-season and an on-season when it came to tourists taking over the town.

Just as the first azalea bush bloomed and the first green beer tapped, pale and ruddy folks, mostly from the Northeast and Midwest, flocked to Georgia’s first city for sun salutations and spirits of all kinds. Once summer arrived and Savannah turned hotter than the hinges on the gates of hell, things quieted down until Thanksgiving when the seasonal posse known as “the snowbirds” arrived and the busy gala season began.

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