The City of Lancaster has launched a new travel and visitation survey designed to support the city's first-ever tourism master planning effort. Part of the larger Lancaster City Welcome Initiative, this visitor survey follows a similar "locals first" survey conducted last spring and is designed to help city leaders gather insight on what motivates travelers to visit this part of Pennsylvania, what they value most during their trip, and how their perceptions align with what they experience when they arrive.

The city is looking for diverse participation and hopes to secure survey responses from a wide variety of people who have either traveled to Lancaster previously or who may travel there in the future.

Anyone who does not currently live or work in Lancaster city is invited to participate. The city is collaborating with local businesses and regional organizations to get the word out and is asking all residents to send the survey to friends and family members who live outside the city but who likely have some general awareness of what it has to offer.

Participants can share their contact information at the end of the survey to be entered into a drawing for a one-night stay for two people at the Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square and dinner for two at Decades with arcade tokens. 

The survey can be accessed at https://bit.ly/LancasterVisitorSurvey, and most participants take approximately 12 to 15 minutes to complete it. It will remain available until midnight on Friday, Nov. 15.