The Southern area of Arkansas is centrally located within the state proximate to Interstate 40 and U.S. Route 49. I-40 connects the area to Little Rock to the west and Memphis, Tennessee, to the east. Nearby U.S. Route 49 connects the area to Jonesboro, Arkansas, to the north and the Mississippi border to the southeast.
Southern Arkansas is a regional hub for manufacturing and specialty food production. Major employers in these industries that generate lodging demand for area hotels include Phillips Van Heusen Corp., Riviana Foods, and Specialty Rice. Also generating lodging demand in the region is the Little Rock Air Force Base, which employs 7,000. The base is home to the 19th Airlift Wing the largest fleet of military cargo planes in the country that supply humanitarian airlift relief to disaster victims as well as airdropping supplies and troops into hostile areas.
Arkansas State University, with an enrollment of 14,000 students, brings visitors to the area for sporting events, graduation, and family weekends. Other nearby attractions that bring leisure visitors to the area, particularly in the summer and fall, include Lake Greenlee and the Central Delta Depot Museum. Little Rock, the capital of Arkansas, is 30 miles to the east and attracts visitors year-round to the Clinton Presidential Library and the Central High School National Historic Site.
Clinton National Airport in Little Rock serves the area and offers daily nonstop flights to over a dozen major cities including Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Orlando, St. Louis, and Washington, D.C.
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