Is it golf or strip clubs that make Myrtle Beach a tourist spot?
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On that early April Friday night, Roberts played to mostly small groups of men seated around small cocktail tables in low-slung chairs at the Horry County club. Many of the men wore polo shirts and baseball caps and smoked cigars as dancers moved from lap to lap through the room.
For a dancer such as Roberts, spring means more dollar bills from the men who sidle up to her on the stage as golfers flood the area's courses and strip clubs. Many golfers will drive for hours to come from the Northeast and Midwest during peak season, which club operators say runs from mid-February to early May.
Some golfers come just as much for strip clubs as for the golf, she said.
"There's golf courses everywhere else, why come to Myrtle Beach if you don't have strip clubs?" 27-year-old Roberts said between dances.
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Here in Columbus it is against the rules for any contact with stage tipping but some dancers still do it anyways (boobs in the face, etc.).
I found in a quick search that anywhere from 11 to 14 million people visit Myrtle Beach every year. I'm not sure what percentage of those are golfers instead of just families visiting. The percentage of golfers visiting strip clubs would be even less I imagine.
As far as just visiting and not going to strip clubs, it is the beach and one of the first warm waters spots except possibly some NC beaches when traveling south. The water is warm during the late spring until October I believe. Then it's like visiting any other large tourist city with overpriced lap dances, shopping malls galore, etc. etc. I believe a lot of Canadians go there to visit as well. Hotel rates are not cheap especially if you look at ocean side rooms which book up fast. What I like about the strip clubs in Myrtle and North Myrtle is that there is a lot more eye candy to look at. It may be expensive but I do enjoy looking at a lot of eye candy without necessarily having to buy dances. I can get dances from some of the same dancers who work at Myrtle Beach right in the upstate. I even realized I know (just from them working in the upstate) a dancer or two working at the beach. They moved several years ago. Well that was true a couple of years ago, things change.