Move Travel Forward
Visit Hickory Metro Moves Travel Forward This National Travel and Tourism Week – May 7 – 13, 2023 This year marks the 40 th anniversary of the annual industry celebration Hickory, N.C., May 1, 2023 —…
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HMCC Groundbreaking
Groundbreaking Ceremony Kicks off Hickory Metro Convention Center Expansion HICKORY, NC – Ground was broken by community leaders on Monday, May 1, during a Groundbreaking Ceremony at the Hickory Metro…
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HMCC Expansion Moves Forward
Hickory Metro Convention Center Expansion Moves Forward HICKORY, NC – Councils joined for a special meeting on Thursday, September 15, 2022, to approve plans of an expansion and renovation to the…
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Tourism Impact in The Hickory Metro 2021
2021 Tourism Economic Impact for Catawba County County Spending Increases by 32.4 Percent to $291.93 million Hickory N.C. — Domestic and international visitors to and within Catawba County spent…
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Tourism Impact in The Hickory Metro 2020
2020 Tourism Economic Impact for Catawba County HICKORY, NC – Domestic and international visitors to and within Catawba County spent $220.4 million in 2020, a decrease of 27% from $302 million in…
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Five Birding Spots in the Hickory Metro
Ever since I was a small child I was fascinated by birds and my love for my feathered friends grows stronger each year. Now as I kick off my fifth decade, I would say I am a bird enthusiast, not an…
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The Power of Travel
Visit Hickory Metro highlights the importance of the tourism industry during National Travel and Tourism Week May 2 – 8, 2021 HICKORY – Visit Hickory Metro, which is the tourism organization for…
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Tourism is Big Business in the Hickory Metro
Visitors to North Carolina set a new record for spending in 2019 with an increase of 5.6 percent from 2018, $26.7 billion in total spending. In 2019 Catawba County ranked 16 out of 100 counties in…
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2019 Visitor Impact for the Hickory Metro
2019 Visitor Impact for Catawba County and throughout the Hickory Metro Catawba County Spending by Domestic Visitors Increases by 3.3 Percent to $302.79 million HICKORY N.C. — Domestic visitors to…
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To our Visitors and Locals
I am in love with our community – every bit of it and especially all parts of it that bring visitors to our community. May 3 – 9, 2020 is National Travel and Tourism Week (NTTW) and even though the…
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