Your selfie game is about to get a whole lot stronger.
On Tuesday, as part of the National Travel and Tourism Week (May 2-10), the Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau hosted a Travel Rally Day at the La Petite Roche Plaza in Riverfront Park.
LRCVB President and CEO Gretchen Hall, Arkansas Dept. of Parks & Tourism Executive Director Richard Davies and Little Rock Vice Mayor Lance Hines hosted a crowd of red-clad onlookers—red being the official color that symbolizes “unity among travel and tourism professionals and supporters”).
At the rally, officials unveiled one of three permanent postcard-inspired installments, providing locals and visitors some pretty sweet photo ops with famous Little Rock landmarks serving as backdrops. The life-size postcards are set up at the Junction Bridge, the Clinton Presidential Library and the Big Dam Bridge.
The LRCVB is also right in the middle of a week-long social media treasure hunt based around the hashtag #WishYouWereHere. Look for their posts with clues for different Little Rock spots. The first person to post a selfie with the attraction and the hashtag wins a prize, and will be entered for a chance to with the Little Rock Treasure grand prize.
For all the details, visit LittleRock.com and follow the LRCVB on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
According to the Arkansas Dept. of Parks & Tourism 2014-2015 Annual Report, tourism provided 12,644 jobs, hosted more than 5.7 million visitors and brought in more than $1.67 billion in travel dollars in Pulaski County alone.
Our favorite quote from the U.S. Travel Rally Day came from Davies:
“Arkansas is on a roll, folks.”
Now it’s your turn to rollin’ on down to the river and take some photos with the new postcards. Use the hashtags #LittleRock and #WishYouWereHere, share your pics on social media and make your out-of-state friends jealous.
