{"id":2391,"date":"2019-08-21T22:33:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T22:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/discovernwnebraska.com?p=2391"},"modified":"2020-07-21T22:38:06","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T22:38:06","slug":"909-nebraska-passport-participants-travel-to-every-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discovernwnebraska.com\/staging\/5924\/909-nebraska-passport-participants-travel-to-every-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"909 Nebraska Passport Participants Travel to Every Stop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This summer, travelers celebrated the Nebraska Passport Program\u2019s 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary by touring the state and collecting stamps in record breaking numbers. This year, 909 participants submitted Passports with all 70 stops stamped, versus 769 in 2018 and 469 in 2017. These \u201cPassport Champions\u201d hail from Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon and Washington.<br>\u00a0<br>\u201cOver the 2019 Passport season, I heard so many wonderful stories from our participants. Ranging from someone who takes their 98-year-old grandma around Nebraska every year to how a young boy begs his mom to take him back to Springfield Drug because he loved their milkshakes so much,\u201d said Madison Schlake, Passport Program Coordinator. \u201cAlmost every day I was flooded with stories of family, friendship and genuine love for our beautiful state. Our \u201cPassporters\u201d are what makes this program so successful.\u201d<br>\u00a0<br><strong>2019 Nebraska Passport Statistics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>From submitted Passports, 154,755 total stamps were collected. \u00a0<\/li><li>Participants included residents from 448 Nebraska communities and 37 states.<\/li><li>Passport participants ranged in age from 3-months-old to 98-years-old.<\/li><li>Participants submitted over 600 stories of their travels on nebraskapassport.com.<\/li><li>There were 22.5% more accounts on the Nebraska Passport app in 2019 than 2018.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m not a native Nebraskan, so I\u2019ve been able to use the Passport Program to help me explore the state in the three years that I\u2019ve been here. This year I made it to 51 stops!\u201d said John Ricks, Nebraska Tourism Commission executive director. \u201cThis program has continued to grow and every year it\u2019s exciting to see how many people in Nebraska are exploring the state beyond their backyard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2017, the Nebraska Passport program generated nearly $6 million in travel spending throughout the state and $469,500 in state and local tax revenue, according to a study done by Dean Runyan & Associates.<br>\u00a0<br><strong>Be a 2020 Nebraska Passport Stop<\/strong><br>Not only does the Nebraska Passport program benefit travelers through helping them create life-long memories, the program greatly benefits the 70 chosen Passport stops through increased traffic, sales and awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Applications are now being accepted for Nebraska Tourism\u2019s 2020 Passport program. Any Nebraska destination is welcome to apply to become a Passport stop. Past stops have included museums, restaurants, outdoor adventures, retail stores, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To complete the 2020 Passport online application, as well as to view information about Passport stop requirements, how the program benefits Passport stops, and details about the application process, go to:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/visitnebraska.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=30cc1cad235a879fac111c22b&id=82e0629de4&e=f9428389e8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>http:\/\/nebraskapassport.com\/passport-details\/application\/<\/strong><\/a>. The application deadline is December 31, 2019. Questions about participating in the program can be directed to\u00a0<strong>info@nebraskapassport.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This summer, travelers celebrated the Nebraska Passport Program\u2019s 10th\u00a0anniversary by touring the state and collecting stamps in record breaking numbers. This year, 909 participants submitted Passports with all 70 stops stamped, versus 769 in 2018 and 469 in 2017. These \u201cPassport Champions\u201d hail from Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oregon and Washington.\u00a0\u201cOver [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgf0HI-Cz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/discovernwnebraska.com\/staging\/5924\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/discovernwnebraska.com\/staging\/5924\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/discovernwnebraska.com\/staging\/5924\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discovernwnebraska.com\/staging\/5924\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discovernwnebraska.com\/staging\/5924\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/discovernwnebraska.com\/staging\/5924\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2392,"href":"https:\/\/discovernwnebraska.com\/staging\/5924\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391\/revisions\/2392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/discovernwnebraska.com\/staging\/5924\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discovernwnebraska.com\/staging\/5924\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/discovernwnebraska.com\/staging\/5924\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}