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Midnight in Savannah Turns Tourism Into Local Boom
A decade after John Berendt's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil popularized Savannah, the city transformed into a tourism powerhouse. The Bird Girl statue was moved, visitors flocked to landmarks, new hotels opened, and local merchants report surging stays and spending while skeptics and locals alike recall the book’s cultural impact and ongoing chatter.
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Savannah
Trese Newman
Bonaventure Cemetery
John Berendt
Newman
Berendt
New York
New York Times
Associated Press
Jim Williams
Danny Hansford
Williams
Anthony Schopp
Schopp
South
Clint Eastwood
Grand Marshall House
Starbucks
The
Gap
Mark McDonald
Historic Savannah Foundation
Dickie Mopper
London
Mopper
Mercer House
Visitors Bureau
Wisconsin
Esther Shaver
Madison Square
John Duncan
Savannah Morning News
Duncan
Monterey Square
Ruth
Kim Martin
Fredericksburg
Savannah Visitors
Ruth Martin