Gulfport: Mississippi's sandy beaches

On the long Gulf of Mexico coast, Gulfport holds kilometers of entirely artificial beaches alongside a lively panorama of large casinos.

A car is particularly helpful for moving between the sandy beaches of Mississippi.

The Gulfport artificial beach, among the world's longest man-made beaches, stretches for kilometres along the entire waterfront of the city.

A few minutes away, the numerous waterfront casinos enliven tourism on Mississippi's coast, completely rebuilt after Hurricane Katrina's devastation in 2005.

Continuing towards the port, you observe the intense activities of the local commercial port, among the busiest in the entire central Gulf of Mexico.

Towards evening, the numerous local restaurants serve fresh prawns and oysters caught from the warm and rich gulf waters.

Gulfport's artificial beach, created in the 1950s by transporting white sand from distant coastal areas, ranks among the world's longest man-made beaches.

Hurricane Katrina's devastating 2005 strike nearly completely destroyed Gulfport's entire waterfront, which was subsequently rebuilt with new casinos and cutting-edge modern tourist infrastructure.