OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. — Coastal leaders toured natural resource sites across Jackson County early Tuesday morning to observe how to grow the nature tourism industry. A National Park Service report showed 944,004 visitors toured the Mississippi portion of the park in 2013 and spent $39 million in the surrounding area. The spending directly supported 514 area jobs, mostly in restaurants, bars and lodging, the report said. The nation’s largest national seashore stretches from Mississippi to Northwest Florida. (Source: Sun Herald, 10/28/14)