“Lawmakers backing a New Hampshire bill to criminalize women exposing their breasts in public say that failing to pass it could hurt the state’s tourism industry and lead to rampant nudity,” reports CBS.

In Concord, NH House Bill 1525 has been introduced by Rep. Brian Gallagher (R), Rep. Peter Spanos (R) and Rep. George Hurt (R), co-sponsors of legislation that would make it a misdemeanor for women to show their breasts or nipples in public with “reckless disregard” for whether it would offend someone.

Here’s one comment we liked:

“I have trouble believing those who are hardy enough for the Appalachian Trail and Mt. Washington are going to be scared off by nipples. The nipples are covered up during ski season and the fall foliage change. So the New Hampshire legislature is passing a law to avoid offending the half dozen of all tourists who might be that sensitive.  

They ought to think about Las Vegas. They might get more tourists by mandating toplessness during the summer.”

 

If you missed these for beach reading this past summer, there’s always the Christmas break…

• “The Content Code: Six Essential Strategies to Ignite Your Content, Your Marketing and Your Business” – Mark W. Schafer  

  

 

“This is the textbook for the content marketer of the future.” — Ryan Hanley, Content Warfare

“This book is a game-changer.” — Jay Baer, Convince & Convert

“The wisdom in this book is a gift to us.” — Emeric Ernoult, Agorapulse

 

 

“Welcome to the Funnel: Proven Tactics to Turn Your Social and Content Marketing Up to 11” – Jason Miller

 

“…a boxed set of rocking content licks.”– Joe Chernov, VP of Marketing (Content), HubSpot

 “You can’t help but be blown away.” — Ekaterina Walter, author of “Think Like Zuck”

“…jammed full of immediately useful best practices, marketing hacks and other practical tips to accelerate the impact, efficiency and ROI of your marketing efforts.” – Matt Heinz, President, Heinz Marketing,

 

 

•   “Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide For Creating Ridiculously Good Content” –  Ann Handley  

“Cited by Forbes as the most influential woman in Social Media” — Amazon

“Better writers connect, persuade, and win. Be one of them with this book.” – Brian Clark, Copybloggers Media

 “Single-handedly saving the world from content mediocrity.” – Jason Miller, Sr. Content Marketing Manager, LinkedIn

When we share the best creative ideas — including examples of what not to do — we all save time, save money and the promotion of tourism is the beneficiary. Case studies from eTS15 included cheap beacon technology, free wine and paid songwriting.

• Reno/Tahoe Beams In On Affordable iBeacon Technology presented by Rick Saake, Chief Marketing Officer – Reno/Tahoe USA, featured iBeacon stickers used at key visitor touch point locations such as airport baggage area and at the convention center.
• Louisiana Office of Tourism underscores the importance of the destination’s music heritage in a multi-pronged approach, explains Connie Boudreaux, Marketing Specialist. Songwriters are paid to show their passion, musicians to perform Louisiana-themed music at out-of-state festivals and the state gets original musical content as well.
• Emmy Kasten, VP of Marketing for Tri-Valley California CVB surprised and delighted local diners with an innovative slow season campaign, #SecretSomm, in a countywide promotion in her wine-centric region.More great ideas, all of them scaleable, have surfaced since October. Steal from these three and trailblazers or get more details from the folks behind them.
  • Super Bowl 50 is in San Francisco Travel’s sites as they launch the “MY SF” training program designed for residents who regularly come in contact with visitors in their front line jobs. Emphasizing that visitors outnumber residents 21-to-1, the certification course focuses on enhancing the quality of visitors’ experiences through positive interactions.
  • “Detroit Instagrammer Makes Leap to Billboard Ad Campaign Featuring the Motor City” is the headline. Auto factory tester TonyDetroit, with 393,000 instagram followers, got tapped to promote the city’s spirit by 1800 Tequila brand, displaying 15 of his local shots on billboards across the city.
  • Visit Richmond (VA) redefines “impressions” with giveaway tattoos is a trendy idea for any event that draws a crowd.

“Cycling fans from Puerto Rico to Beijing went home with a free tattoo souvenir from their time in Richmond for the UCI World Road Championship Race,” reported the ABC-TV channel in Richmond, VA. Tourism marketers approached Absolute Art, a 20-year-tattoo parlor in the city, to provide free tattoos at the #VisitRichmond booth during the event. The Richmond-themed tattoo designs were hip and sentimental; top choice being the Richmond 2015 logo of a cyclist with stars.

Brilliant idea for the city of bike enthusiasts which ranks #3 in America for tattoo shops per capita. Congrats to Jennifer Hendren, Vice President of Marketing at Richmond Region Tourism.

Is your city on this list of the 10 US Cities with the Most Tattoos?