Eagle Watchers Passport gives ideas, tours, T-shirt
A cellular cellular phone app known as an Eagle Watcher’s Passport has been developed by the Fantastic Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau in link to the return of wintering eagles to the Riverbend region.
“Every winter season 1000’s of persons arrive to our location to see American Bald Eagles in the wild,” reported Cory Jobe, President/CEO of Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau. “This passport offers them the opportunity to search for eagles at their have pace and discover the organic natural beauty of our area.”
The free application — offered on-line at www.examine.riversandroutes.com — lists 10 primary eagle viewing spots in Madison, Jersey, Calhoun, Macoupin, Greene and Montgomery counties. People today pay a visit to five of the places and verify in on the passport to sign-up for a free of charge Eagle Watcher’s T-shirt.
Films from each and every location, with eagle watching tips and information and facts about each individual web site, are also incorporated on the pass. The video clips were designed by Pere Marquette State Park.
Passport members are asked to provide their name, e-mail deal with, and cell phone quantity. A url is then despatched to their mobile telephone, which opens the passport and directs the user to add the button icon to their household display screen. There is practically nothing to obtain and no bulky applications to take up area on a user’s cell phone.
When a go holder visits a precise site, they add the PIN number readily available at that spot to “check in.” After five spots have been logged by way of the look at in, a type will mechanically show up encouraging the consumer to sign up for a totally free Eagle Watcher’s T-shirt. Only one shirt for every participant is authorized.
“When folks occur to the location to see eagles, they are also traveling to our neighborhood dining places and outlets,” reported Jobe. “The cell move truly presents folks the likelihood to discover the area at their leisure and love a comforting continue to be in 1 of our terrific lodging qualities. And correct now, it is particularly important that we help our dining places, retailers and resorts.”
Beforehand the tourism bureau teamed up with Bandwango, a travel technology platform, to produce the cellular welcoming passes, “Walk With Lincoln” and “Rivers, Routes & Refreshment Trail.” The absolutely free “Walk With Lincoln” pass gives a historical tour of Alton highlighting Abraham Lincoln’s effect on the riverfront local community. The “Rivers, Routes & Refreshment Trail” pass highlights 8 breweries, wineries and distilleries in the location and allows pass holders who look at in to four areas signal up to obtain a cost-free reward.
More cell passports are expected to be launched in 2021 highlighting Route 66, record trails and haunted web sites through the region. Additional data on the passes is accessible online at Explore.RiversandRoutes.com.