In one day alone, the new site received more than 15,000 visits. We realized the importance of utilizing this medium early on. Part of the web site's revamped design includes a traditional scrapbook format, featuring nostalgic photographs on each page and improved navigation with video and audio samples of music from different areas of Louisiana.
Visitors can even listen to continuous live Louisiana music while browsing the site.
A guestbook page has also been installed to help develop a visitor database. Signing the guestbook is a feature that many web site visitors are taking advantage of. Since its debut in January of 1999, more than 500 visitors have signed up. Future plans for the web site include providing online flight reservations through a partnership with the interactive travel reservation company Travelocity. Virtual postcards and interactive chat sessions with Louisiana personalities and dignitaries are planned as well.