Issue link: https://digital.copcomm.com/i/12999
state; and the Samuel Starks House, home of the nation’s first Black state librarian. The capital city also is home to the Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences. Carter G. Woodson, known as the father of Black History Month, graduated from Huntingon’s Douglas Senior High School. Other local attractions include the Huntington Museum of Art, Heritage Farm Museum & Village Camden Park — West Virginia’s only amusement park — and Harris Riverfront Park, which holds the annual Ribfest each August. If you’re ready to start planning your own unfor- Aerial view of the city of Charleston Photo Credit: Charleston CVB gettable meeting, incentive trip or vacation in the South, the state tourism offices listed here can pro- vide lots of helpful information. • • • GETTING IN TOUCH • • • Alabama Bureau of Tourism and Travel (800) ALABAMA www.800alabama.com Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism (800) NATURAL www.arkansas.com Visit Florida/Florida Tourism and Marketing Corp. (888) 7-FLAUSA www.visitflorida.com Georgia Department of Industry, Trade & Tourism (800) 847-4842 www.georgia.org/Travel Kentucky Department of Tourism (800) 225-8747 www.kentuckytourism.com Louisiana Office of Tourism (800) 677-4082 www.louisianatravel.com Mississippi Division of Tourism Development (866) SEE MISS www.visitmississippi.org North Carolina Division of Tourism (800) VISIT NC www.visitnc.com South Carolina Department of parks, Recreation & Tourism (888) SC SMILE www.discoversouthcarolina.com Tennessee Department of Tourism Development (800) GO2TENN www.tnvacation.com Virginia Tourism Corp. (800) VISITVA www.virginia.org West Virginia Division of Tourism (800) CALL-WVA www.wvtourism.com Fiesta Statue Art Along the River Front, Photo Credit: Little Rock CVB 72 Black Meetings & Tourism May/June 2010: www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com