Saturday, May 15, 2010
Largest
Human Smiley Face
- Baltimore sets world record
BALTIMORE, MD, USA -- For 11 minutes and
32 seconds, 261 people stood at the Maryland Science Center
plaza to form an orange and black smiley face to help kick
off Visit
Baltimore
's new summer campaign, "Find Your Happy
Place in Baltimore" and to set the new world record for the Largest
Human Smiley Face
. 
Photo: Over 250 people help Visit Baltimore set a
new world record for the largest human smiley face, Thursday,
May 13, 2010, in Baltimore, to kick-off the city's "Find Your
Happy Place in Baltimore" tourism campaign. Photo by Diane
Bondareff/AP Images for Visit Baltimore)
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photo
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"Baltimore makes us happy everyday, and
we think the world's largest smiley face is the perfect symbol
to kick off our summer travel season," commented Tom Noonan,
president and CEO of Visit
Baltimore
.
"No matter what makes you smile, we encourage
travelers from all over the country to come and find their
happy place in Baltimore this summer."
Mayor Stephanie C. Rawlings-Blake
spoke to the crowd beforehand, saying "once we resolve this
deficit, I will find my happy place" and that "tourism is
vital to the economic health of our city." She also praised
the Baltimore Grand Prix, the city's newest attraction.
Maryland was one of just five states to
see an increase in tourism last year as the recession kept
vacationing Americans closer to home.
According to the study by Context-Based
Research, people are going back to basics and embracing life's
simpler things that make them smile and laugh – spending quality
time with loved ones, traveling, among others.
Visit
Baltimore
is capitalizing on this national trend with a comprehensive
program that promotes those places and things in Baltimore
that are certain to make visitors happy.
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Saturday, May 15, 2010
