Kentucky Department of Travel - Recent Headlines

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  • Kentucky, Derby and Thoroughbreds -- Facts Behind the Image
    Wednesday, April 11, 2012
    There’s only one Kentucky Derby. The world’s image of Kentucky is often of thoroughbreds grazing in white-fenced bluegrass pastures under the watchful eyes of owners, trainers and staff -- with Derby aspirations on their minds. But what are some of the facts behind this image?
  • Make Travel Plans with 'Unbridled Spring' Program
    Monday, March 26, 2012
    To help you find places to enjoy the bountiful spring blooms and other flowering foliage in the Bluegrass State, the Kentucky Departments of Travel and Parks are again sponsoring the “Unbridled Spring” program.
  • Get Out on the Links in the Bluegrass State
    Thursday, March 15, 2012
    With the arrival of spring, Kentucky is a great place for golfers who like to travel and play different courses with varying challenges.
  • Kentucky Crafts Festivals Celebrate Commonwealth's Culture
    Wednesday, February 15, 2012
    Kentucky’s crafts festival season is fast approaching. The Bluegrass state is known as one of the top states for hand-crafted arts, and it’s also home to many outstanding crafts fairs and festivals.
  • "There's Only One Kentucky" Marketing Campaign Kicks Off
    Friday, January 20, 2012
    The 2012 marketing campaign aimed at attracting visitors and tourism dollars to Kentucky ceremonially started today when 2003 Kentucky Derby winner Funny Cide “Hoof-o-graphed” the newest version of the Official Kentucky Visitors Guide.
  • MEDIA ADVISORY - Funny Cide and Tourism Officials to Promote Marketing Campaign
    Wednesday, January 11, 2012
    Funny Cide and tourism officials will promote "There's Only One Kentucky" marketing campaign on Jan. 20.
  • Kentucky Museusm Boast Unique Collections
    Friday, January 06, 2012
    Six museums have made the initial list of 31 unique attractions featured in the Kentucky Department of Travel and Tourism’s “There’s Only One” marketing campaign.
  • Unique Ky. Attractions Are Basis of New Marketing Campaign
    Monday, December 05, 2011
    Kentucky’s wealth of unique attractions forms the basis of the state’s 2012 travel and tourism marketing campaign. The new campaign, called “There’s Only One,” will differentiate Kentucky from other destinations by emphasizing places and things travelers to and within the Commonwealth can experience that cannot be replicated anywhere else.