Don’t Miss the Arkansas Trail of Holiday Lights
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The Arkansas Trail of Holiday Lights continues now through the end of the year with a statewide celebration of the holiday season.
Orange Slices: North Carolina Mountains-to-Sea Trail
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The North Carolina Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST) is 1,175 miles long (that’s the distance from Portland, Maine to Atlanta).
Branson/Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB Welcomes New President/CEO
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Tim Scott, Community Bank President, The Bank of Missouri, and Chairman of the Board, Branson/Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB, is pleased to announce that Jason Outman will be joining the Chamber/CVB organization as the new President/CEO.
The “Spirit” of Columbia
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Columbia has a reputation for world-class festivals, big-time collegiate sporting events and outstanding outdoor recreation. There’s always a palpable feeling of excitement as the city does everything in style.
LRCVB unleashes self-guided tours to showcase Little Rock in a new way
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The Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau, LRCVB, has unleashed four new self-guided tours this year as an added way to experience the varied culture and history of the state and showcase Little Rock in a new way.
Orange Slices: Collection of Characters
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A food blogger, a historian, a hippie, and an activist walk into a bar – a joke which, in these Covid days, has not aged well. But if such a thing could happen it very well might happen in Chapel Hill.
Arkansas State Parks Adjusts Operations to Respond to Statewide COVID-19 Increase
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Visitor information centers, museums, restaurants and two marinas at Arkansas State Parks will see a reduction of operating hours to efficiently manage available resources during the recent statewide increase in COVID-19 cases.
TravelWorld Magazine’s Home for the Holidays Issue Out Now
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Our NATJA members from across the globe shared with us how they will be spending the season in our “Home for the Holidays” issue of TravelWorld International Magazine.
December 1: A Letter from NATJA’s CEO
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The Holidays are upon us and while for many of us they are a time of joy and celebration, this year we are challenged by redefining what is “normal.”
State of Yucatán Gets 2 New ‘Magical Towns’ with Designation of Sisal and Maní by SECTUR
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The state of Yucatán announced this afternoon that two of its municipalities, Sisal and Maní, have been awarded the designation “Pueblo Mágico,” or Magical Town, by Mexico’s Ministry of Tourism (SECTUR)