>> Are you have food look great legendary at legend say that
but there’s also a great food
around town in Jack’s best
launch this week and today we
have Katie maternal from visit
Jacksonville basically
it’s 2 great forces joining
together to form one. So
welcome the river city live.
And let you start up by
learning about visit
Jacksonville Sir so visit
Jacksonville is your tourism
office for the city.
We represent the whole entire
County we’re trying to get the
outside world to become
interested in Jacksonville.
Come here for vacation.
If you’re here for business
travel to explore a little more
to bring your conference or
convention here sports
tournament. Can bring into
Jacksonville a lot of things
have recently migrated
to Jacksonville putting us even
more on the map a lot of us
want to be like OK we want to
stay the best kept secret, but
that’s not really the best
benefit.
>> Of the city in general
anyway, everyone come on it it
it it isn’t for the
it’s it’s interesting that 46%
of the people that come here to
visit our city are here to
visit friends and relatives so.
>> All of us are the
representatives and the host of
those people that are here in
bass udders and this happens
all the time and one of things
we’re talking about before the
show you have 14 essential on
the website to which I think is
great because if you think
about it. We live in a lot of
times we stick to our pattern
to the right but to go explore
there’s so many different great
pockets here in Jacksonville
and that’s part of the
the great thing about this
partnership with decks best
because even though we are
trying to lure people in the
Jacksonville.
>> It’s great for the people
that live here to rediscover or
discover some of the things
that make Jacksonville great.
>> Yes and I think that
what was so important to us on
the Jack’s past is what we do
day in and day out is to really
tell the world what Jack’s past
is and we want our local
residents here to feel that
same. We love of these tax best
thing that we want to share
with the world so the more that
they can tell people about
their favorite things to do.
It spreads and this Tech specs
is going to be a great way for
us to to have the info in to
share it with
the world.
>> The category so we’ve just
launched yesterday. So we’ve
got coffee breweries
fishing charters art.
>> Show yesterday public are there are looking at I asked right now there does
Jack’s were lodged with 10
categories initially and
they’re going to roll over
every few weeks and so I think
our next rounds going to be
like 6 categories but.
>> This is just an opportunity
for people to
get engaged becoming gauge
with us and our city and then
if you go to newsfourjax dot
com slash Jax bass that’s how
you open up that page right
there. And it just looks so
inviting so many different
things to do
especially right now in the
summer days are little bit
longer as you can get out there
and find something fun.
A
business will.
>> Let all of their clients
know that they’re participating
in this because I want to show
my pride for for example
if I if I frequent a restaurant
and I know that they’re in the
running and are they haven’t
been nominated yet.
and please remind me when I
come and dine at your location
that you like to be nominated
as one of Jack’s
past because.
>> Spread or something else to
consider you guys just launched
an app is welcome this year
that was unheard of these are
so AP is
Jack’s past.
I mean his attacks and if you
go into the app store you can
find it there with some unique
things is we’ve got some great
self-guided tours in the app so
if you haven’t seen a historic
buildings downtown wondered
about the architecture.
>> Events that are going on and
the trip planner with and it’s
so huge
quick little check Mark it will
even tell you how to get from
place to place as you’re
traveling around the city to
explore you’re making our jobs.
So he’s yeah.
At recovered that you lay out
everything out already
how important is it that people
are engaged with our community
because I mean you get people
like uh I’m here in live in
life but.
>> For the community to be
engaged how important is that I
think that if people just
started to
realize that.
>> 12 10 million overnight
Travelers stayed in
Jacksonville in 2018.
And 20 million visitors are
city there on day trips or
staying overnight. Those
visitors your seeing day in and
day out when you’re traveling
around the city when you’re in
restaurants and a lot of people
don’t realize that
just your everyday high on the
street or someone looks
confused helping with
directions or a posting on your
social media about what’s going
on in great reviews on
restaurants and places that you
love that makes a big
difference for visitors think a
common theme when people come
here, especially for the first
time.
>> They are so surprised at
what Jacksonville is all about
search from you know the
restaurants and obviously we’re
so lucky in our showbiz we get
to cer so many of them which
is all the activities,
you know we’re on the ocean are
so many great things.
>> And this is a great
opportunity to keep that money
and Jacksonville because uh
yeah we want people to come
visit, but we also want to
spend
that Lou.
>> farm about committing that
also if you think in terms of
like if somebody came to visit
me what I bring them to go see
her and then.
>> Do it yourself because
chances are you haven’t gone
yourself, of that
for sure that Katie thank you
so much thank all of the folks
of them is a Jacksonville for
partnering with us on this and
we’re just really excited about
it ran a special he doesn’t
sleep at Jacksonville Jack’s
best it’s all going down here