Just over a week ago, businesses along John's Pass were saying how the spring and summer rush never came to be.

After that article was posted, hundreds of you commented on Facebook, saying parking was the reason for the fall in business.

And business owners along the pass echoed that.

"If there's no city parking available, which has increased in prices over the past few years, then they have to go to a private lot, and those private lots can be very expensive," says Dustin O'Neal, owner of Scenic Sunshine Tours.

Beachgoers on Wednesday echoed that same sentiment.

"That's why we avoid it, so we don't have to deal with that. Stay at a condo, walk, don't have to deal with the parking," says Tim Shanley, who is on vacation at John's Pass.

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