Sunday, September 27, 2009

Forks, Washington: Top Tourist Destination for Twihards

Link to September 27 New York Times article, "‘Twilighters’ Put Small Town in the Spotlight".

Excerpt: Over the last year or so, Forks (population 3,120) has morphed into a mecca for Twilighters, or Twihards as they are sometimes called. Visitors to this rainy town, whose main industries are logging and two correctional facilities, have more than tripled for the first eight months of this year, compared with the same period last year, according to the local Chamber of Commerce. Lodging occupancy is up, and local merchants sell little-vampire pacifiers and Bella and Edward action figures.

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