Port Aransas
Impact of Tourism boom
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And that’s a publicsafety issue."PORT ARANSAS IS ONE OF SOUTHTEXAS’ TOP TOURIST DESTINATIONS,AS IT ATTRACTS THOUSANDS OFVISITORS EACH YEAR.BUT THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE THERESAY, THEY’RE GETTING OVERWHELMEDBY THE WAVE OF TOURISTS VISITINGTHE BEACH TOWN.{***VO**}SOME SAY, THERE ISN’T ENOUGHROOM FOR THE PEOPLE THATACTUALLY LIVE AND WORK IN THECITY.WITH SO MANY CRAMMING INTO SHORTTERM RENTALS, TRASH AND NOISEPOLLUTION HAS BECOME A BIGISSUE.{***SOT FULL**}"this is something different.this is not tourism, this ismega commerce.
And mega bucks.some of these people have neverseen the house that they bought,property, and built.
It’s justcash cow for them."{***VO**}THE PORT ARANSAS CITY COUNCILSAYS, THEY’RE CONSIDERING ANORDINA