Tourism group gets a taste of Balloon Race Capital of Texas
Tourism group gets a taste of Balloon Race Capital of Texas
Standing at The Green, looking toward
the Airbender hot air balloon rising across the park, Charlie McIlvain
had a simple compliment of the Balloon Race Capital of Texas.
“It’s a beautiful city,” he said of Longview, “and y’all have a lot of amenities. This park is just one of them.”
McIlvain, of Kerrville, was escorting a Texas Travel Industry Association tour Tuesday.
The
association takes about 20 counselors who work at Texas Department of
Transportation travel information centers — such as the center on
Interstate 20 in Waskom — on a five-day tour each year.
Counselors
learn about events and attractions along the tour so they can share
with visitors of travel information centers as they enter the Lone Star
State.
Representatives from
Texas Highways magazine and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
joined on the tour, which began Sunday in Dallas.
The
group arrived Monday in Longview. Their stops included a barbecue
sample at Bodacious Bar-B-Q on Mobberly Avenue, a brief tour of the S.E.
Belcher Chapel and Performance Center at LeTourneau University and a
quick downtown tour with stops at Longview Museum of Fine Arts and
Heartisans Marketplace, city spokesman Shawn Hara said.
They also took a sneak peek of the Longview Arboretum and Nature Center, which opens Saturday.
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