Nh Granite State Ambassadors Information

We make tourists feel welcome and often provide helpful information concerning their travel plans. Really, we serve as a concierge service in many ways. We don't make dinner reservations and that sort of thing. But we do provide information on places to eat and stay as well as directions to destinations and useful bits of information to make a traveler's voyage easier. Most of the GSAs I work with have traveled to a location or experienced the events that we discuss with visitors which makes it more of a testimonial than a sales pitch. The NHGSA are very knowledgeable, with an in-depth knowledge of our state, and if there's something they don't know, they will go above and beyond to find the necessary information. The GSAs are welcoming and work hard to promote NH so that visitors will enjoy their stay and hopefully return. I think the most important aspect is to bring GSAs into areas of the state that may not already know about us, or know much about us. We are an important group to bring through, as we are able to increase tourism to smaller communities (via word of mouth, website articles and social media) that may not be as well-known as the larger cities. Our contribution is providing a friendly, helpful face for visitors to remember. If we can interact with strangers and have them think that NH, or even the USA is a friendly welcoming place we will have done our job and perhaps erased some of the negative notions put forth in the media these days. Tourism is one of New Hampshire's most important industries. Mass advertising attracts visitors, but personal contact with GSAs not only can keep people coming back, but encourage them to appreciate our beautiful state and bring others with them. The industry cannot afford to pay enough enthusiastic workers to replace us. At the State House we give tours and speak to visitors who come for business or political reasons, but leave promising to return - often with their families. They eat at local restaurants and may shop at local stores. At Manchester-Boston ...