Tourist Passport For Fargo-Moorhead

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Summer is on the way and that’s no reason for you to leave the F–M area.

The Convention and Visitor’s Bureau hosts the 3rd annual Hometown Tourist campaign.

The CVB wants you to view the area’s biggest tourist attractions through the eyes of a visitor, and the “Passport” program allows you to do exactly that.

Vacations can be rough especially when they don’t add up to the hype.

The Visitor’s Bureau has an idea so that doesn’t happen to you.

It’s the “Passport to Fargo–Moorhead” program which costs $15–dollars for adults and $10–dollars for children granting admission into seven of the area’s major attractions.

CVB Marketing Director Nicole Holden says, “Plains Art Museum, the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County otherwise known as the Hjemkomst Center, the Air Museum, Bonanzaville, the Rourke Art Museum, Yunker Children’s Museum and the Red River Zoo.”

Every attraction you visit, you can get your passport stamped.

Once you visit five you become eligible to win prizes.

One of the stops is the Red River Zoo.

Mary Ann Parsons says, “I knew when I came to Fargo that I wanted to visit the Red River Zoo.”

While at the Hjemkomst Center, you may want to take a picture with the Viking Ship and submit it online as part of the F–M Hometown Tourist Photo Contest where the public will vote on them.

Laura Huttenlocker says, “It’s amazing. The craftsmanship, to know that someone actually rod on the ocean with that boat or ship is pretty awesome.”

Speaking of pictures and arts, the Plains Art Museum has over 3,000 national and regional contemporary art, traditional American Indian art and traditional folk art works.

Laura Youngbird says, “It’s a special place. There’s always new, exciting and amazing things happening.”

You can pay tribute to the brave men and women who have served and currently serve in the Armed Forces by visiting the Fargo Air Museum with its “Legends of Aviation” mural.

Jed Brazier says, “They have aircraft from all sorts of eras. They have displays for about any military branch or service you can think of.”

Or take a trip back in time at Bonanzaville.

The history and cultural heritage of Cass County and the Red River Valley are on display through the 400,000 plus artifacts.

Parsons says, “Bonanzaville is my favorite place because I love to be able to connect with history.”

Doesn’t matter who you are or how old you are, there is something for everyone.

Holden adds, “And it just helps the people who live here become better ambassadors of the city that they live in so whether it’s strangers or family visiting they can give some really great fun ideas of what to do because the last thing we want to hear is ‘there’s nothing to do here.'”

Last year, the CVB sold almost 700 passports and hopes to surpass that this year.

For more information about the “passport” program, visit the Fargo-Moorhead Hometown Tourist Website here: http://www.fargomoorhead.org/blog/?p=3058