Virginia town parlays Lincoln movie and TV connections to boost tourism
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With the exception of the silly QR codes, Petersburg seems like it's making smart decisions to drive tourism to sites recently made popular on television and in the movie theaters.
Tonight the director, stars and others involved in the Oscar-nominated film Lincoln may walk away with statuettes recognizing the caliber of work put into the movie.
But Petersburg Area Regional Tourism (PART) is hoping that area residents and tourists will soon be walking in the footsteps of the 16th president himself.
The new "Walk in Lincoln's Final Footsteps" initiative developed by PART will take visitors into the life and experiences of what Lincoln saw and felt while he stayed in the city for two of the last three weeks of his life.
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