Aug 25, 2025
Terrific First Week at The Great New York State Fair!
We are seeing a lot of success at the 2025 New York State Fair! There has been consistent traffic coming through the booth, and we even had the pleasure of welcoming Miss New York to the booth on opening day. Attendees are engaged and excited to see our booth at the Fair again—one couple even shared that they want to start a tradition of using our photo kiosk every year to take their photo!
Fairgoers are thanking us for being in the Expo Center and are enjoying all the guides from destinations across the state. To ensure all our Tourism Champions have equal visibility throughout the Fair, we are rotating the guides on display once per day.
We’d like to thank all the volunteers who have supported our Fair efforts so far, as well as those who will be helping in the days ahead. Special thanks to the New York State Canal Corporation for providing bags for brochures.
Thank you to the following people who have volunteered:
- Katie Sheehy, Lake George Regional Chamber
- Brian Mulligan, Lake George Regional Chamber
- Patrick Keyes, Rainbow Air Helicopter Tours
- Lindsey Babbles, Skaneateles Area Chamber of Commerce
- Nancy Ragus, Fairport Perinton Partnership
- Sam Hayes, Cattaraugus County Tourism
- Kellie Christopher, Corning Museum of Glass
- Kaytlynn Lynch, Madison County Tourism
- Kelly Jordal, Oswego County Tourism
- Savannah Wyckoff, Oswego County Tourism
- Jen Longley, Oswego County Tourism
- David Owens, Oswego County Tourism
Don't wait: Sign-up now to be a 2026 Tourism Champion and have your destination included in our NYS Fair booth next year! Invoicing will occur in 01/2026 unless otherwise requested.
We still have volunteer spots available for the remainder of the Fair. If you’re interested in volunteering and talking about your destination, please fill out the form below.
Volunteer Form:
Nate Gresock
Consumer Programs Coordinator
New York State Tourism Industry Association
nate@nystia.org