By GARRY MITCHELL , 11.24.08, 10:20 AM EST
Alabama Gulf coast tourism officials are bracing for the effects of the financial meltdown on next year's vacation season, but were grateful this year's summer lodging revenue held close to the 2007 record.
They also don't expect to see a significant drop-off in "snowbird" arrivals this January.
About half of the visitors to Alabama beach resorts this summer came from the Southeast - more than a third of them from Alabama - and, despite high fuel prices on the drive down, they spent about the same on lodging as last summer.
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