Edhat Staff
By edhat staff
The City of Santa Maria is offering $100 vouchers for tourists to visit the area for a minimum of two nights.
Travelers who stay in local hotels now through March 31 will receive a voucher that can be used at wineries, breweries, restaurants, and attractions in the Santa Maria Valley.
The promotion was created by “Visit Santa Maria Valley” and launched on Thursday. According to the website, it’s already sold out, but there is a waiting list.
“Our $100 stimulus offer is currently sold out, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still plan a visit! Explore lodging, dining and attractions and start planning your next getaway,” the website states.
Credit: Visit Santa Maria Valley
Under a header of “Do More for Less in Santa Maria Valley,” the website boasts the area has nearby beaches, beautiful hotels, and wineries for the budget-conscious traveler. There are 34 wine tasting rooms within a 30-minute drive as well as hiking, golfing, art exploration, and birdwatching, the promotion states.
An area map showing attractions, dining, and arts includes the Pismo Beach, Nipomo, Orcutt, Lompoc, Los Alamos, and Solvang cities as well as Santa Maria.
The website also asserts businesses and attractions are following the state’s guidelines for a safe reopening due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We expect that all visitors to the area will do their part to respect our region and our state by practicing social distancing, wearing a mask and washing their hands regularly,” the website states.
Learn more at https://santamariavalley.com.
Promoting tourism in a PANDEMIC? Can they at least wait until the red tier?
What the actual f&%$???! Unbelievable!
This is outrageous! What will they come up with next, sending children to school? Opening museums? Or god forbid, would they attempt to revive the performing arts? This must be stopped!
Tiers shmeirs, people take this tier stuff way too personally and really think it guarantees you some sort of safety net. Wrong. The only tier we have is called life and there are zero guarantees.
I thought we are still in a pandemic, the largest outbreak ever thousands dying every day.
Why is SM encouraging tourist who might bring Covid to them?
Seriously? Open up or stay closed. Make up your minds! Now they’re paying people to travel? Seriously messed up leaders and public health officials!
Does the voucher come with a free Santa Maria escort and case of VD? Because if so, count me in!
Cold and hot running women included?
99% recovery rate.
98.5% recovery rate is 1.5% dead rate. 5 million US people dead and about the same number of traumatized hospital staff. Please have some mercy on the staff and the families of the soon to be dead people.