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January 23, 2009
Louisiana North wins Tourism Promotion Award
The Louisiana Travel Promotion Association (LTPA) presented its annual Tourism Campaign/Promotor Award at the annual industry summit held in Marksville, La. this week.
Louisiana North is a marketing coalition that compromises the twenty-nine uppermost Parishes and includes over 80 cities. Their mission is to promote the unique cultural and historical heritage of the entire region while promoting economic development as it relates to tourism.
According to their President, Kelly Wells, “North Louisiana has over 17,500 hotel rooms that have a combined billion dollar economic impact for the State.”
Lt. Governor, Mitch Landrieu recently said of Louisiana North, “The unified voice of north and central Louisiana makes it much more exciting to all aspects fo the travel industry.”
To find out more, please visit ExploreLouisianaNorth.org or call Johnny Wessler at 318-393-3274.