[StBernard] ST. BERNARD PARISH GOVERNMENT TO CUT RIBBON AT OPEN HOUSE AT NEW VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER FRIDAY, MAY 20 AT 4 P.M.: St. Bernard Parish Tourist Commission celebrates National Tourism Awareness Week

[Westley Annis]

ST. BERNARD PARISH GOVERNMENT TO CUT RIBBON 

AT OPEN HOUSE FOR NEW VISITOR INFORMATION CENTER FRIDAY, MAY 20 AT 4 P.M.

St. Bernard Parish Tourist Commission celebrates National Tourism Awareness
Week

 

The St. Bernard Parish Tourist Commission will celebrate National Tourism
Awareness Week, May 16th - May 21st with a week of activities at the new St.
Bernard Parish Visitor Information Center in the Old Arabi Historic
District, 409 Aycock Street, Arabi, LA.  The public is invited to visit St.
Bernard's first Visitor Center between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
and meet the "St. Bernard Faces of Tourism," enjoy complimentary
refreshments, pick up tourist information about upcoming events, receive
free goodies and learn how tourism supports our local economy. 

 

Friday, May 20th will mark the official ribbon cutting of the new Visitor
Information Center and Saturday the St. Bernard Seafood and Farmers' Market
will open from 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. The 3rd annual Old Arabi Sugar Festival
will kick off at 11 a.m. on the grounds of the nearby LeBeau Plantation. The
Tourist Commission will again be offering complimentary tours of Old Arabi
during the Sugar Festival from noon until 5 p.m.

 

Festivities for National Tourism Awareness week in St. Bernard include:

Monday - May 16th        Captain Jack Payne "Sweetwater Guide Service" -
Fishing in St. Bernard

Noon - 2 p.m.

 

Tuesday - May 17th       Dot Benge and Bertin Esteves "Islenos Museum" -
Culture of St. Bernard

Noon - 2 p.m.

 

Wed. - May 18th            Tony Hall, St. Bernard State Park and Cidney
Webster, Chalmette 

Noon - 2 p.m.               Battlefield - Parks of St. Bernard

            

Thurs. - May 19th          Cisco Gonzales - Louisiana Crawfish Festival -
Festivals of St. Bernard

Noon - 2 p.m.               "Cooking Demonstration"

 

Friday - May 20th           President Craig Taffaro will hold Visitor Center
Ribbon Cutting at 4 p.m.

4 p.m. - 6 p.m.             New Tourism Products in St. Bernard

 

Saturday - May 21st       Seafood and Farmers' Market Opening - 8 a.m. - 11
a.m.

                                    Sugar Festival Opens - 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

                                    Tours of Old Arabi Historic District -
Noon - 5 p.m.

 

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