Louisiana Card, A New Way To Explore The State

(KMDL-FM) Dear Billy Nungesser, hey, it's me again. This time, I am not writing to get all up in your business about Louisiana Shrimp. I do appreciate your response on that issue, and I thank you for your support of Louisiana's shrimping industry and the families that it supports.

But I am writing today about an idea I have to promote Louisiana. I call it the "Louisiana Card". It's probably been done before, but it makes explaining it easy. Think of it like a sandwich shop that puts a stamp on a "loyalty card" every time you go back for a sandwich; it's like that.

Here's A Way to Make Visiting Louisiana Even More Memorable

Except, instead of different sandwiches, it has different Louisiana events, celebrations, venues, and experiences that everyone who lives in Louisiana should experience, and everyone who visits Louisiana will want to experience. You get a "punch" on your card for each event or attraction that you visit.

My idea is this: if we get Louisiana people to visit inside our state and become more familiar with our unique way of life when compared to life outside our state, they become better ambassadors for those who are passing through.

People will do a better job of explaining the experience if they have lived it. It seems to me this could and would be a win/win situation for our state, our state's tourism, and our state's visitors who will be leaving Louisiana with great memories thanks to our "local" ambassadors.

Just think of all the folks you could have told about Louisiana tourism when you had your job at Sonic. I am sorry that didn't work out for you.

We Need a Louisiana Card That Folks Will Actually Use

Billy Nungesser Lt. Governor of Louisiana, Facebook

We track this with our "Louisiana Card." Once you get all the punches made, then you qualify for fabulous prizes or an appointment on the Orleans Parish Levee Board; I hear that pays well. Anyway, feel free to expand and expound.

Oh, the list? You probably want to see that, don't you, Billy? Well, here you go. And thanks again for the help with the shrimp, and we really need to talk about our camping trip.

10 'Punches' Everyone Should Have on Their "Louisiana Card"

If you were keeping a scorecard of Louisiana experiences, what would you include if you wanted to verify that someone had had a true and unique experience in the state? We know it's hard to narrow down to just 10. So consider this our "beginner's card" or a "primary learning" card, even though we don't really have a card, but I think you get the idea. So, how many of these 10 have you experienced? What should be the next 10 punches we need to add on our card?

Gallery Credit: Bruce Mikells

Source: You Haven’t Visited Louisiana Unless You’ve Had These 10 Experiences

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