Press Releases

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. June 6, 2018– Visit Panama City Beach and the Bay County Tourist Development Council announce collections for the month of March and April 2018 were up a combined 15%. Collection for April 2018 were up 4.9% percent compared to April 2017, and the destination is currently up 9.9 percent for the fiscal year, which began October 2017. “With a sold out Seabreeze Jazz Festival marking its 20 th year in Panama City Beach, our destination welcomed music lovers from near and far for a world-class lineup of talent taking the

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. May 4, 2018– Visit Panama City Beach and the Bay County Tourist Development Council announce collections for the month of March 2018 were up 25.1 percent compared to March 2017, and the destination is currently up 11.6 percent for the fiscal year, which began October 2017. “Panama City Beach is known as a year-round destination and this Spring was no different,” states Visit Panama City Beach President and CEO Dan Rowe. “Our March results are attributed to our strong dynamic segmentation and our unbeatable line up of

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. – With a strong economy fueled by record-breaking growth in tourism, Panama City Beach has steadily gained ground, becoming a popular year-round destination and less economically dependent on any single season of visitation. The changes have not gone unnoticed: in the first months of 2016 alone, Panama City Beach has been named as one of National Geographic Traveler ’s “Ten Beaches to Visit Now,” a Top 10 U.S. Beach by TripAdvisor , and one of “The South’s Best Beaches” by Southern Living .