News Release Visitor's Bureau
Nearly 600,000 visitors make the trip to North Platte each year. What attracts these visitors, keeps them coming back and inspires them to tell their friends to visit North Platte? North Platte’s events and attractions are part of the equation, but the single most important factor in making visitors feel welcome and have a positive experience is excellent customer service.
To recognize outstanding customer service in our attractions, events, hotels, restaurants and retail shops, the North Platte / Lincoln County Visitors Bureau implemented the “Excellence in Tourism” awards. These awards will be presented on Wednesday, May 5 at the Excellence in Tourism luncheon at the Prairie Arts Center
What a year it’s been for tourism, one of the hardest-hit industries by the Covid-19 pandemic. Locally tourism supports the jobs of nearly 1,400 North Platte residents, many of whom were thrown out of work or saw their hours severely cut as the number of visitors dwindled. Throughout it all, our local tourism partners – hotels, restaurants, retail, attractions and events continued to greet visitors with warmth, hospitality and professionalism.
The nominees for the Excellence in Tourism awards will be employees (or volunteers) in any of the above categories within Lincoln County who go above and beyond expectations. Anyone with experience of an employee who exhibits exceptional customer service skills at any of these locations is encouraged to submit an award nomination. Nominees for Volunteer of the Year and Hero of Tourism will be individuals who made a significant contribution to the tourism industry in Lincoln County.
Any member of the public can nominate their favorite employee at their favorite place to go in the community! The nomination form is available at VisitNorthPlatte.com. Click on the Excellence in Tourism Awards. The nominations will remain open until 5:00 pm on March 1.
Travel works for North Platte. Travel works for jobs, for creating family memories, for connecting communities, for our economy, for North Platte, Nebraska and America.
Visitors to our community spent $105,200,000 in Lincoln County in 2019 and put more than 1,400 North Platte residents to work, supporting our friends, neighbors and their families. North Platte households pay $563 LESS each year in state and local taxes for the same level of services because of travel spending in our community.