{"id":171928,"date":"2026-04-21T15:29:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/171928\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T15:29:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:29:40","slug":"erie-hosts-free-attractions-for-national-tourism-week-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/171928\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie Hosts Free Attractions for National Tourism Week | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"VisitErie Unveils a New Brand to Showcase Erie as a Four-Season Destination\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1203\" height=\"703\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Erie County is celebrating National Travel and Tourism Week with a series of free open houses at local attractions. From May 3 through May 9, VisitErie will host daily events offering free admission and special experiences across the region.<\/p>\n<p>Participating locations include the Erie Zoo, Mazza Vineyards, and the Tom Ridge Environmental Center, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Tourism plays a major role in Erie\u2019s economy, generating $1.2 billion annually and supporting thousands of local jobs. Director of Communications for VisitErie Christine Temple says the week\u2019s events spotlight the people and businesses that make Erie a special place to visit.<\/p>\n<p>Space is limited, and advance registration is required.<\/p>\n<p>For full details and to register, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/visiterie.com\/NTTW\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VisitErie.com\/NTTW.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Day\/Date<\/p>\n<p>Times<\/p>\n<p>Attraction<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, May 3<\/p>\n<p>2 \u2013 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Erie Zoo<\/p>\n<p>Monday, May 4<\/p>\n<p>2, 4, and 6 p.m. tours<\/p>\n<p>Mazza Vineyards<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, May 5<\/p>\n<p>9:30 a.m. &#8211; Noon<\/p>\n<p>Flagship City District<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, May 6<\/p>\n<p>5:30 p.m. \u2013 7 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Poverty Knob Farmhouse Ales at Port Farms<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, May 7<\/p>\n<p>10 a.m. and Noon tours<\/p>\n<p>Hagen History Center<\/p>\n<p>Friday, May 8<\/p>\n<p>3 \u2013 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Oliver\u2019s Beer Garden<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, May 9<\/p>\n<p>10 a.m. \u2013 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Ridge Environmental Center and Erie Visitor Center<\/p>\n<p>The Erie Zoo open house animal encounters have already sold out. Free admission and other extras at the Zoo will still be offered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Erie County is celebrating National Travel and Tourism Week with a series of free open houses at local&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171929,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137,3466,58430,77128,77127,8236],"class_list":{"0":"post-171928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-erie","8":"tag-erie","9":"tag-erie-headlines","10":"tag-erie-news","11":"tag-erie-zoo","12":"tag-free-admission","13":"tag-local-attractions","14":"tag-national-travel-and-tourism-week","15":"tag-visiterie"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}