Southeast Tourism Society has selected Spring AQS QuiltWeek – Paducah as one of the STS Top 20 Events in the Southeast for April 2019. Nominated by the Paducah Convention & Visitors Bureau, the 35^th annual American Quilter’s Society Spring QuiltWeek event will take place April 24-27 at the Paducah-McCracken County Convention & Expo Center.

The Kentucky Department of Tourism announced the release of the 2019 Official Kentucky Visitor’s Guide and the Year of Kentucky Storytellers. The guide features travel tips and stories, narrated by

The Paducah Hospitality Association (PHA) hosted its Annual President’s Awards Dinner on January 8, 2019 at River Discovery Center. Ed Musselman, The Coke Plant, and Kijsa Housman, MAKE Paducah, were featured speakers.

Paducah representatives promoted the city as a destination for international visitation during the 7th annual Travel South USA Showcase in Nashville, Tennessee.

The 78th annual running of the National Retriever Club (NRC) Championships, an American Kennel Club event for retrievers, is set to take place November 10-17 at the West Kentucky Wildlife Management Area.

Paducah, KY is celebrating its fifth anniversary as a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Creative City of Crafts & Folk Art. Since its designation in 2013, Paducah has boosted the local economy through tourism promotion, made invaluable relationships with cities around the world and brought global experiences and opportunities to the region.

In celebration of the fifth anniversary of Paducah’s designation as a UNESCO Creative City, Paducah is collaborating with fellow Creative Cities for a special cinematic showcase during the 2018 River’s Edge International Film Festival.

McCracken County received the Economic Engine Award from the Kentucky Travel Industry Association (KTIA) during the Budget Review Subcommittee on Economic Development, Tourism, and Environmental Protection of the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue meeting this morning. The award is given to those counties in which tourism has had a significant impact on their local economy.

Tourism Works!, a compilation of community-level success stories produced by the Southeast Tourism Society (STS) features Paducah’s engagement with the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. The publication debuted at the STS Congressional Summit on Travel & Tourism in July.

Poland’s cities of Krakow and Katowice, Creative Cities of Literature and Music respectively welcomed the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) as hosts of the UCCN Annual Meeting, June 12-15, 2018.