It’s known as the Upstate Eats Trail, and highlights numerous famous locations and menu items.
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The project was about a year in the making. Tourism bureaus in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Binghamton will work together to market and promote it to the traveling public and national food and travel media outlets. They took note of the increase in vacation travel by car during the COVID pandemic and are targeting that public.
“There is a real new excitement around rediscovering attraction within one s own community. That s what our data tells us and going to closer destinations that can be reached by car,” said Ross Levi, vice president and executive director of tourism for I Love New York. “It looks like the great American road trip is back. And thankfully it goes directly through New York State.”
The best way to bring visitors back to upstate New York is through their stomachs.
That is the thinking behind a new initiative to bolster tourism, ravaged by the coronavirus pandemic, in western and central New York, the Finger Lakes region and the Southern Tier.
The Upstate Eats Food Trail, a 225-mile “gastronomical road trip,” stretches from Buffalo to Rochester to Syracuse and Binghamton, exposing travelers to unique local cuisine and attractions.
The concept grew from talks that began 11 months ago among officials from four tourism organizations Visit Buffalo Niagara, Visit Rochester, Visit Syracuse and Visit Binghamton.
Even back then, “well before any vaccines were on the horizon,” it was clear that some sort of campaign would be needed to help address the devastating effects of the pandemic on the hospitality industry, Ed Healy, vice president of Visit Buffalo Niagara, said at a Wednesday morning press conference held via Zoom.
FILE PHOTO The Genesee Brew House. New York tourism experts say the great American road trip is back, and they re counting on people s pent-up desire for travel and cravings for regional food specialties to lure them upstate this year. That s what our data tells us, said Ross Levi, vice president and executive director of tourism at I Love New York, who added that people want to travel to close by destination reachable by car. Tourism organizations from Buffalo to Binghamton are collaborating on a new campaign called Upstate Eats Trail. The digital travel guide directs visitors to dozens of restaurants, taverns, cafes, and roadside stands across the region.
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