Texas News Port Aransas and Rockport Want You to Visit, Even if They're Not Quite Ready KWBU | By Texas Standard Published March 1, 2018 at 10:46 AM CST Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 5:02 Gabriel Cristóver Pérez/KUT Tourism generates $400 million a year for Port Aransas. Leaders in both cities say that many, though not all, tourist-oriented businesses will be open when the season begins.