90+ Twittering Towns Speak to Your Travel Interests: Part 1

Two of the best ways to get more information about a destination before traveling to it are 1) ask locals or other people who have visited and 2) check with the convention and visitors bureau or tourism organization for that destination.

Did you know you can do both at once?

Twitter allows you to connect directly with thousands of people who know about the place you’re planning to visit—including CVBs and tourism organizations.

If you aren’t already familiar with Twitter, it is a social networking site and “micro-blogging” service that allows users to send and read each others' updates, called “tweets.” A tweet is a post of up to 140 characters of text (hence, the term “micro-blogging”) that you post for others to read in real time. People “follow” you to see your latest updates on Twitter, and you can follow others in order to see their updates.

By following the Twitter updates of a CVB, you can find out more information about that destination (such as upcoming events) and even tweet any questions you have directly to the CVB.

Over the next two days we will share a list of 90 CVBs and historic downtowns from all 50 U.S. states that are active on Twitter. Many of these are for more off-the-beaten-path destinations that have much to offer in the way of rich history and culture. Follow them and give them a tweet to find out the latest happenings before you travel!

Alabama
Tuscaloosa—VisitTuscaloosa

Alaska
Fairbanks—Insidealaska

Arizona
Scottsdale—Scottsdaleaz
Flagstaff—VisitFlagstaff
Williams/Grand Canyon—bestofroute66

Arkansas
Fort Smith—FortSmithCVB

California
Monterey County—SeeMonterey
San Francisco—Onlyinsf
Long Beach—VisitLongBeach

Colorado
Denver—iknowdenver
Colorado Springs—VisitCOS
Historic Downtown Boulder—downtownboulder

Connecticut
New Haven—Visitnewhaven

Delaware
Southern Delaware—VisitSouthDel

District of Columbia—destinationdc

Florida
Miami—MiamiandBeaches
Tampa Bay—VisitTampaBay
West Palm Beach—PalmBeachCVB

Georgia
Alpharetta—AlpharettaCVB

Hawaii—HawaiiHTA

Idaho—visitidaho

Illinois
Chicago—ChooseChicago
Alton—VisitAlton
Central Illinois Region—CentralIllinois

Indiana
Hamilton County—8GreatTowns
Elkhart County—AmishCountry
Downtown Muncie—munciedowntown

Iowa
Cedar Falls—CedarFalls
Cedar Rapids—CedarRapidsCVB

Kansas
Lawrence—VisitLawrence

Kentucky
Louisville—gotolouisville
Henderson—tourhendersonky

Louisiana
New Orleans—NewOrleansCVB

Maine—visitmaine

Maryland
Baltimore—BaltimoreMD
Annapolis—VisitAnnapolis

Massachusetts
Nantucket Island—VisitNantucket
Worcester— destworcester

Michigan
Battle Creek—BattleCreekCVB
Ann Arbor—Annarborareacvb
Downtown Rochester—RochesterDDA

Minnesota
Minneapolis—MeetMinneapolis
Willmar—WillmarLakes

Mississippi
Columbus—columbuscvb
Hancock County/Bay St. Louis—mswestcoast

For even more Twittering towns, check out Twitter travel directory Twisitor Center.

Is there a CVB on Twitter that helped you plan a trip? Post a comment about them below!

Kari

Kari Rippetoe is the Marketing Manager at Heritage Travel, Inc., a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.