Pennsylvania Dutch Country Visitors Center       501 Greenfield Road, Lancaster, PA 17601       717-299-8901       www.padutchcountry.com

11/3/2011

Enhance your onsite exploring of Lancaster County, PA, with handy new smartphone app

Lancaster County PA App(Lancaster, Pa.)  The Pennsylvania Dutch Convention & Visitors Bureau today unveiled its new FREE Lancaster County Exploration Guide app for travelers’ smartphones, to enhance their visit while in the area with geo-located listings, nearby coupons, pre-set touring routes, and more.

The app is specifically designed to help visitors find the great experiences, good deals, and hidden gems that are all around them while they’re visiting Pennsylvania Dutch Country.

Each of the hundreds of attraction, lodging, shopping, and dining properties in the app contains concise descriptions, photos, maps, directions, and other pertinent details.

With a free download of the app from the iTunes App Store or the Android Market, smartphone users traveling about Lancaster County will be able to:
 
  • Find nearby attractions, dining, shopping, and lodging, along with relevant driving directions.
  • Search an events calendar by proximity, time, or categories like Family Fun or After Five.
  • Sort coupons and offers by type or distance from the user.
  • Utilize an interactive map that pinpoints nearby properties, coupons, and events.
  • Review sample itineraries, for nearby stops while traveling ‘round the county.
  • Access a direct line to the Visitors Center information desk.
 
In conjunction with our already-existing mobile-ready website at padutchcountry.com, this new app will allow guests to access even more of the on-the-go information they need to learn about what Lancaster County has to offer. So visit www.padutchcountry.com/app to get started today.

Lancaster County is a wonderful blend of urban style and rural splendor, and the PA Dutch CVB is dedicated to promoting its many rich cultures, from the Amish to the arts. Travelers can take in our vibrant downtown city life – with galleries, great dining, specialty shops, and live music – or explore surrounding towns & villages to get a sampling of the heritage, food, craftsmanship, and hands-on activities for which Lancaster is famous. Visit us at www.discoverlancasterpa.com. Lancaster is also part of Pennsylvania’s Dutch Country Roads region, a true vacation destination where country meets city and the past lives side-by-side with the present.

For more information:
 
Joel Cliff, Media Relations Manager
Phone: 717-735-0311
E-mail: jcliff@padutchcountry.com