SEASIDE HEIGHTS As Jersey Shore towns announce plans to work together this summer to welcome tourists back in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, a new poll finds that more than three-quarters of regular visitors to the shore say theyll be back again this year.

The Top 10 Beaches contest will not have voting this year that pits one town against another for bragging rights at the shore.

Rather, the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium says the program will focus on cooperation among regional tourism leaders as the shore recovers from Superstorm Sandy.

In the wake of Superstorm Sandy, the project will put rivalry on hold for 2013 and instead celebrate everything there is to still love about the Jersey shore, said Kim Kosko, a spokeswoman for the organization.

From a calendar photo contest to sharing favorite shore memories, well invite people to be a part of celebrating New Jerseys beach communities and recognizing what makes them all so memorable and special.

The change of heart came as a Rutgers-Eagleton Poll released Monday finds that of those who plan to come back, 64 percent plan to stay as long as they had in past years, while 13 percent planned to stay even longer this summer.

Most of the 20 percent of respondents who are planning shorter stays said Sandys effects are the reason.

Atlantic City (11 percent) and Seaside Heights (10 percent) are respondents top destinations, followed by Wildwood, Long Beach Island, Point Pleasant Beach and Ocean City.

The poll surveyed nearly 800 New Jersey adults.

It has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

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