Three West End restaurants make Virginia Tourism Corporation’s top 25 list
Six Richmond restaurants in all made the list entitled ’25 Restaurants That Satisfied Our Appetites in 2015.’
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Tourism spending on the rise in Henrico County
The county generated $783.6 million in 2013, a 5% increase over 2012.
Tourism in Richmond Region up 4.5%, nets $2 billion in revenue
RVA proved to be sizable money maker for the state in 2012.
New name, logo for RVA tourism group
The Richmond Metropolitan Convention & Visitors Bureau is trimming its name, but not trimming its ambition to bring tourism to the region.
After 225 years, this model still turns heads
Virginia officials recently celebrated the 225th anniversary of the arrival of the plaster-of-Paris model that was the basis for building the state Capitol. Thomas Jefferson commissioned Frenchman Jean-Pierre Fouquet to make the model and ship it to the newly independent United States of America. It arrived on Feb. 28, 1787, and is still on display for the public.
