Paid visitation in 2017 at Jamestown Settlement and the new American Revolution Museum at Yorktown living-history museums operated by the state’s Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, totaled 610,844, an increase of 7.7 percent from 2016. Admissions revenue amounted to $6,271,518 in 2017, up … Continued
In 2017, the Port of Virginia set a new annual record for container cargo volume having handled more than 2.84 million twenty-foot equivalent units, or TEUs, a 7 percent increase over the previous year’s total. In 2017, loaded import and … Continued
Visit Norfolk and Smithfield & Isle of Wight Convention & Visitors Bureau will receive funding from Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC). The organizations were among 25 local tourism programs selected for its “Crush Friday” program grant fund. “Crush Friday” is part … Continued
Among the nation’s 52 largest metropolitan areas that Gallup surveyed in 2009, the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) was ranked #8 for well-being in the nation. The regions are based on the Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) as defined … Continued