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Historical Village & Welcome Center News
By
Kathy Dirks,
Coordinator
| Congratulations to Kathy for being named 2007
Employee of the Year by the Missouri Valley Chamber of Commerce! |
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Visitors Boost Iowa's
Economy
The Harrison County Historical
Village & Welcome Center is one of 20 Iowa Welcome Centers located
throughout Iowa. To determine trip characteristics of visitors
stopping at the centers, each place has the opportunity to ask every
46th travel party to complete a survey. The results of the surveys
conducted at the Harrison County Welcome Center may be surprising.
The estimated economic impact
of visitors stopping here to the state of Iowa in 2007 was $5.4 million
dollars! Travel party spending per day on lodging, entertainment,
transportation, food, and shopping was $208.16 per day. The
average travel party size was 2.2 with the average travel party spending
five days in Iowa. Of the travelers that stopped at the Harrison
County Welcome Center, 31.6% extended their stay in Iowa because of
information they received when they stopped. The top areas of interest
of those stopping were general sightseeing (68%), historical areas
(48%), visiting friends and family (40%), scenic byways (24%), and
camping/outdoors (16%). To view the complete results for the
center as well as a summary of all surveyed centers, please visit
www.traveliowa.com/travelindustry/welcome_centers.html.
Just a little reminder that May is the time of year that
we hold our spring school program and that the village will be closed to
the general public the following days: Tuesday – Friday, April 29 – May
2; Tuesday – Friday, May 6 – 9; and Wednesday and Thursday, May 14 – 15.
Thus far we have 13 schools with approximately 725 students registered
to participate. We can ALWAYS use more volunteers so please give
me a call if you would be interested in helping.
Have a great Spring and
Summer! |
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Print and use this valuable coupon! |
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Harrison County Village/Welcome Center
20%
OFF
Gift Shop/Iowa
Products Store
Not to be combined
with other discounts!
(Excludes Iowa-made wines)
April -
September 2008 Coupon
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