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Mostly Cloudy State announces campaign to promote tourism in Long Beach
LIRR Long Beach package offers 26% discount on train fares, beach admission along with local merchant discounts
Governor Cuomo announced a campaign to promote tourism for Long Island businesses and communities that were impacted by Hurricane Sandy.
Cuomo has organized a partnership between the MTA Long Island Rail Road and the City of Long Beach with local businesses in a promotional campaign to boost the region’s summer tourism season. The announcement comes just weeks after Cuomo convened New York’s first ever tourism summit with industry leaders and business owners to identify ways to advance and capitalize on the state’s significant tourism assets.
“We want everyone to know that, despite the damage we faced from Superstorm Sandy, Long Island’s summer destinations are back and better than ever,” Governor Cuomo said. “New York State has unparalleled assets when it comes to tourism and we want to take full advantage of that to help the areas of Long Island that are still recovering from Sandy. This LIRR Long Beach package is a great opportunity for Long Island, and a great attraction for New York’s tourists.”
The LIRR Long Beach package will now include numerous merchant discounts as well as the ability to ride for free on Long Beach’s shuttle bus and trolley serving the city’s West End. The package also offers a 26 percent discount off of the regular cost of train fare and beach admission. Over 58,000 Long Beach packages were sold in 2012, amounting to more than half a million dollars in revenue for the city.
“Long Beach is one of the Long Island Rail Road’s most popular beach destinations. We know how important this beach season will be as part of the Sandy recovery process and that's why we are pleased to be partnering with the City of Long Beach to offer LIRR customers extra values, including merchant discounts and bus/trolley shuttle transportation around Long Beach,” LIRR President Helena E. Williams said.
Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano added, “With the assistance of Governor Cuomo, our summer destinations are back in business following damage from Hurricane Sandy. I invite everyone to come down to Nassau County to enjoy our beaches, pools, golf courses and downtown villages.”
