Season’s End: Beach business slows as autumn approaches

PANAMA CITY BEACH — Labor Day traditionally has marked the end of the summer season, when shops and restaurants that depend on tourism shut down for the fall and winter.However, that’s not so much the case any more, as most beach businesses now remain open year-round, catering to “shoulder season” visitors, long-term winter residents and late winter/early spring family vacationers. But even so, there are still a number of places that will be hanging the “closed till 2019” […]