The tour buses from Miami Tour Company will start hitting the Grove today. Gus and his crew stopped by again yesterday and they had another little walk around to be sure of what's what. I like how thorough they are.
Felice Dubin, above, gave them a little tour of The Bookstore and I took them around to the various places they will bring the tourists. Places like Paul's Sunglasses kiosk and Out of Africa plan on offering discounts to the tour bus groups.
One thing that stores and restaurants might do is "look open." What I mean by that is have the doors open, now that the cold is gone, and have a few items outside, make your place look welcoming. It wouldn't hurt to have some samples like a Mocha No Jocha or water or cookies or something to entice the tourists in. But just keeping the door open and a smile on your face is really all that is needed.
It's been quite disturbing this week seeing so many closed businesses when they should be open for business in the middle of the day. For instance, two days in a row, The Barnacle was closed shut. We always send tourists there, why are they being turned away in the middle of the day? Shouldn't a state park be open for tourists, especially rignt in the middle of tourist season? Same goes for galleries, restaurants and stores. Why are they closed at midday? Just a whim? Not good for biz.
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