“It’s known to kick off the new year for the retail merchants and restaurants. Spring Break used to be really rowdy, but now it’s nice and peaceful. We’ve been here 18 years and Spring Break is always welcome.”

George Tipton, co-owner Tipton’s Affordable Home Décor, 319 Broadway, Seaside

“We welcome it with open arms. It’s the kickoff to our busy season. We have Spring Break and we have summer, and we love it.”

Carolyn Tunison, co-owner The Buzz on Broadway, 406A, Broadway, Seaside

“It’s huge for us. There’s a few years, without Spring Break, I doubt we could’ve made it.”

Ryan Eckstrom, manager Schwietert’s Cones & Candy (formerly The Picnic Basket), 144 N. Hemlock, Cannon Beach

“Tourism is providing the goods and services people want when they travel to the Long Beach peninsula for either recreation or leisure. Dennis Company carries a wide variety of products to service those needs when people visit our area, from clamming and fishing gear to raingear when the weather doesn’t cooperate.” Randy Dennis, co-owner The Dennis Company, stores in Long Beach, Raymond, Aberdeen, Montesano and Elma, Wash.

“They’re the jam on my toast, the cherry on top. The regulars have houses here; they’re my base. I don’t consider them tourists. Some have been coming for generations. The tourists give us a little bit of a kick. They’re the ones that help get us to where we can expand or pay our property taxes. We are a tourist-related, retirement area, and we always will be.”

Colleen Smith, owner Full Circle Café and Tapestry Rose Yarns & Needlecrafts, 1024 Bay Ave., Ocean Park