And the food at night must be special, really memorable. That's one Uwharrie Safari. Another might center on canoeing or hiking. The trick would be to design the activities with special tourists in mind-cyclists, canoeists, conservation clubs, outdoors types. Underlying these early attempts at tourism is the desire to keep people overnight.
Motels are few and unexceptional.
There are few bed and breakfast inns. So the idea of boarding tourists in private homes is practical. But it also adds to the uniqueness of the visitor's tour. The Lakes Project wants to get two or three of these narrowly focused tourist packages going this summer. Liebenstein has her work cut out, but she is excited and is convinced the safaris are a way to jumpstart tourism.