A welcome sign into Pennsylvania, bearing the slogan "Pursue Your Happiness"

This is a list of tourism slogans for each of the 50 states in the United States of America, as adopted by each state's departments for handling tourism.

List

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
A sign welcoming travelers to Georgia, thanking visitors for having "Georgia on their mind"
State Slogan Other or previous slogans Ref
Alabama Alabama Sweet Home Alabama Share the Wonder [1][2]
Alaska Alaska Find your Alaska Beyond Your Dreams, Within Your Reach [3]
California California Dream Big [citation needed]
Colorado Colorado Come to Life [citation needed]
Connecticut Connecticut Make it Here [1]
Delaware Delaware Endless Discoveries It's good being first [1]
Florida Florida Your Florida Side is Calling

Must Be the Sunshine

The Rules are Different Here

[4][5]
Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia Georgia on My Mind Put Your Dreams in Motion

Ready Set Georgia

[6][7]
Hawaii Hawaii The Islands of Aloha [citation needed]
Idaho Idaho Famous Potatoes Great Potatoes. Tasty Destinations [1]
Illinois Illinois Middle of Everything Are You Up for Adventure?

Mile after Magnificent Mile

[8][1]
Indiana Indiana Honest to Goodness Indiana IN Indiana [9]
Iowa Iowa Freedom to Flourish Fields of Opportunity [1]
Kansas Kansas To the stars There's No Place Like Kansas

As big as you think

[1][10]
Kentucky Kentucky Unbridled Spirit [11]
Louisiana Louisiana Feed Your Soul Pick Your Passion [12][13]
Maine Maine Welcome Home Discover Your Maine Thing

The Way Life Should Be There's more to Maine

[14][1]
Maryland Maryland More Than You Can Imagine [citation needed]
Massachusetts Massachusetts It's All Here [citation needed]
Michigan Michigan Pure Michigan Say Yes to Michigan [1]
Minnesota Minnesota Land of 10,000 Lakes [citation needed]
Mississippi Mississippi Feels Like Coming Home [citation needed]
Montana Montana Big Sky Country [citation needed]
Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska, its not for everyone. [citation needed]
Nevada Nevada A World Within. A State Apart. [citation needed]
New Hampshire New Hampshire Live Free [citation needed]
New Mexico New Mexico Adventure That Feeds the Soul [citation needed]
New York (state) New York I Love New York [citation needed]
North Dakota North Dakota Start Your Journey to Legendary [citation needed]
Ohio Ohio The Heart of it all So Much to Discover!

Find it here

[15][16]
Oklahoma Oklahoma Imagine that Oklahoma is OK

Native America

[1][17][18][19]
Oregon Oregon We Like It Here. You Might Too. [citation needed]
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pursue your Happiness The State of Independence [1][20]
Rhode Island Rhode Island Fun-Sized The Ocean State

Unwind

[1][21]
South Carolina South Carolina Made for Vacation Smiling Faces. Beautiful Places. [22]
South Dakota South Dakota My Great Place Your American Journey

Great Faces, Great Places

[23]
Tennessee Tennessee Sounds Good to Me [citation needed]
Texas Texas It's Like a Whole Other Country [24]
Utah Utah Greatest Snow on Earth! [citation needed]
Vermont Vermont Vermont, Naturally [citation needed]
Virginia Virginia Virginia is for Lovers [citation needed]
Washington (state) Washington Washington: The State SayWA? [1][25]
West Virginia West Virginia Wild and Wonderful Almost Heaven [26]
Wisconsin Wisconsin Stay Just a Little Bit Longer [citation needed]
Wyoming Wyoming That's Wyoming [citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "State Slogans: Ranked And Saluted". The Awl. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  2. ^ "Alabama's Official Travel Guide". alabama.travel. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  3. ^ Howley, J. P. (2016-10-18). "New Brutally Honest Tourism Slogans for All 50 States". Thrillist. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  4. ^ By (1986-09-09). "STATE TO UNVEIL NEW SLOGAN: 'RULES ARE DIFFERENT HERE'". Sun Sentinel. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  5. ^ "'Must Be The Sunshine' replaces 'Your Florida Side Is Calling' as official state tourism slogan". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  6. ^ "Peach State adds new slogan but keeps 'Georgia on My Mind'". AccessWDUN. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  7. ^ "Ready. Set. Georgia | Official Georgia Tourism & Travel Website | ExploreGeorgia.org". www.exploregeorgia.org. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  8. ^ Tourism, Illinois Office of. "Gov. Pritzker Unveils New "Middle of Everything" Summer Ad Campaign, Starring and Directed by Illinois' own Jane Lynch". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  9. ^ Smith, Brandon (2022-06-08). "Indiana unveils new tourism marketing campaign, 'IN Indiana'". WFYI Public Media. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  10. ^ "To the Stars | Kansas Tourism Campaign". www.travelks.com. 2020-06-26. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  11. ^ "Kentucky 'kicks ass': Taking pride in plain speaking". BBC News. 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  12. ^ MYERS, BEN (2018-01-23). "Nungesser unveils Louisiana's new tourism slogan: 'Feed Your Soul'". The Advocate. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  13. ^ "'Feed Your Soul' is new Louisiana slogan". Longview News-Journal. 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  14. ^ Lockwood, Lou (2019-02-01). "Maine Has A New Slogan on the New Hampshire Border Welcome Sign". Q97.9. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  15. ^ "Ohio's returned to its old tourism slogan, here's why". The Enquirer. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  16. ^ Associated Press (2002-03-23). "State Decides To Keep Its 1-Year-Old Travel Slogan". Cleveland19. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  17. ^ staff, Ashley Ellis, KTUL (2020-02-12). "Oklahoma unveils new branding and tagline, 'Imagine that'". KTUL. Retrieved 2023-06-28.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ "Oklahoma to get new license plates, logo, slogan through rebranding effort". The Oklahoman. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  19. ^ "Oklahoma". www.15q.net. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  20. ^ "Pennsylvania turns to 'happiness' for new tourism motto". The Morning Call. 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  21. ^ https://www.visitrhodeisland.com/press/fun-sized-campaign/. ((cite web)): Missing or empty |title= (help)
  22. ^ "South Carolina Tourism Information". Travel Tips – USA Today. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  23. ^ "SD Tourism has a new slogan". Custer State Park Resort. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  24. ^ Tourism, Texas. "Texas Tourism Launches New Advertising Campaign". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  25. ^ "Washington State's New "SayWA" Slogan Faces Ridicule..." HuffPost. 2008-03-28. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
  26. ^ "Almost Heaven, West Virginia". business4.wv.gov. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
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