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Philly’s tourism agency changes its name to Visit Philadelphia

The agency's previous name was a mouthful: the Greater Philadelphia Tourism and Marketing Corporation.

The Philadelphia skyline. ( Christopher Wink)

The city’s tourism agency is now called Visit Philadelphia, according to a release. The name stems from the agency’s website, visitphilly.com, which is the country’s best trafficked tourism site.

The agency’s previous name was a mouthful: the Greater Philadelphia Tourism and Marketing Corporation. This is years in coming: from when the group changed its primary domain to VisitPhilly.com.

Read our story here about how Visit Philadelphia built the best-trafficked tourism site in the country.

Also, Visit Philly’s popular nightlife blog uwishunu just relaunched its mobile site.

Companies: Visit Philadelphia

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