The Bayou, a blog run by the Beaumont Enterprise, recently highlighted an amusing error in the paper:
A story in today’s Enterprise might have slightly overstated the number of visitors who’ll attend a tourism conference in Beaumont later this month. Slightly. Just a bit. A tad.
The story reported that the Southeast Texas Area Regional Tourism Group (START) will meet in Beaumont this month, drawing about 3 million visitors.
3 million. That’s with an “M” … followed by i-l-l-i-o-n. What are they gonna do: Squeeze ’round the Giant Hydrant and sing “It’s a Small World”?
Let’s put this in context: The Beijing Olympics this summer expects to draw 2 million.
Luckily, it was a goof. The 3 million figure is the number of visitors in Texas every year, not Beaumont later this month. Only about 250 people are expected for the big tourism meeting, so you won’t have to rent out your garage to a family from Shoulderblade, Kentucky. Whew!
