Whether or not you were impacted by Hurricane Florence, if you are in an affected area, then you should update your business listing information.
Hurricane Florence Impacted Areas: Update Your Tourism Business Listings
(Updated: May 9, 2025, 11:28 a.m.)
Unaffectedbusinesses: Use your business’ website and social media platforms to confirm that you’re open for business, and post current images or video to show visitors local site conditions.
Affected businesses: Update your business’ website and social media platforms to indicated that you are either temporarily or permanently closed. Also, make sure you update your information on other platforms:- Google: follow these instructions
- Expedia: hotelhelp@expeida.com
- Yelp: 877-767-9357 (toll free)
- TripAdvisor: 866-322-5942 (toll free)
- VisitNC:
- For temporary closures: send an email to media@visitnc.com
- For longer-term closures: email or call your local county contact;2018 North Carolina 100 County Contact Directory
- Subscribe to the VisitNC weekly NewsLink to stay on top of additional resources as they are made available to the affected tourism business.
All businesses: Enhance your climate readiness before the next storm!
- Complete the FEMA Ready Business Hurricane Toolkit
- Explore the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Resilience in a Box resources
- FEMA claims process: How Do I File My Flood Claim?
- Consumer Federation of America: Tips for Filing Claims in the Wake of Hurricane Florence
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