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San Antonio booming as leisure destination.

Byline: Melissa S. Monroe

Aug. 26--Leisure travelers make up the fastest-growing segment of visitors to San Antonio, solidifying the city's reputation as a family-friendly destination, recent statistics show.

The San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau's latest visitor research results show that out of the city's 21.3 million annual visitors, 9.1 million were overnight leisure travelers. This is about a 20 percent increase from the last time the numbers were studied by D.K. Schifflet & Associates, in 2002.

And recent statistics show tourism this year has grown even more vibrant. The second quarter was San Antonio's strongest ever.

Overnight leisure visitors ...

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