NATCHEZ — It’s been less than a week since Spring Pilgrimage kicked off, but tourism officials have said so far, so good.

“It’s much too early to tell what kind of Pilgrimage we’re going to have,” Natchez Pilgrimage Tours Director Marsha Colson said.

She said some days’ numbers are up and some are down, compared to last year.

“On some days, we’ve been well ahead of last year,” she said.

However, she said earlier this week the numbers were low.

Typically, Colson said Pilgrimage starts off slow, and usually hits its peak at the middle.

“(That’s) definitely the pattern. The beginning is always slower, especially for spring,” she said.

Carolyn Guido, owner of Glenburnie, said Monday was the first tour of her home and said she had 75 people come through her house.

“It wasn’t as bad as some people had expected or thought it could be,” she said.

Guido said 75 people turning out is OK, and it is still too early to tell what Pilgrimage is going to be like this year.

Michael Cates, owner of Gov. Holmes House, said his first and only tour so far was Tuesday.

“It was a good day for a week day,” he said, although he said he didn’t know exactly how many people came through.

He said more than half of the people that came through his house were from Chicago.

“Everybody else was regional,” he said.

Cates said his house has never been on the Spring Pilgrimage tour — just for Fall Pilgrimage — so he can’t really compare the two.

The feedback he got from his house visitors was good, he said.

“They all seemed new to Natchez, and everybody was just absolutely delighted,” Cates said.

Layne Taylor, executive and artistic director for the Natchez Little Theatre, said sales are going well for Southern Exposure, NLT’s spoof of Pilgrimage.

“So far we’re right on track with previous pilgrimages,” he said. “The number of bus tours that we have coming in either directly to us or through Natchez Pilgrimage Tours seems to be at a good level, as well.”

He said currently the shows are averaging at 50 percent capacity.

“I know that later during the month we’ve got a couple of shows that are near sellouts,” Taylor said.

Colson said the first week of Pilgrimage does not represent how the rest of Pilgrimage will pay out.

“That’s sort of normal for this time, but it’s always a concern,” she said.