The economic impact is already being felt on the tourism industry in the Gulf and the Grand Strand is getting calls from tourists who may be heading here instead of there.
The Sands Resorts, which runs six properties in Myrtle Beach, will donate 10 percent of the revenue it receives from vacationers who choose to come to Myrtle Beach instead of the Gulf.
The money will go to the Gulf Restoration Network, a Gulf Coast environmental group.
The Sands Resort's CEO says he knows how disasters like the oil spill can have a serious impact on tourism.
"People, they work all year for these vacations and they anticipate and of course you're familiar with the effect that it's had on us when a storm's approaching, and i think they're going through the same thing," Lee Rawcliffe, Sands resorts CEO, said.
Rawcliffe says he has no idea how many vacationers will be displaced to Myrtle Beach by the oil spill, but he's received a few calls already.
