USA Today names Niagara Falls Best Kid-Friendly Destination

Niagara Tourism & Convention Corp. is pleased to announce Niagara Falls has been named the Best Kid-Friendly Destination by USA Today 10Best Readers' Choice travel award contest. An expert panel selected Niagara Falls as one of the 20 contenders for the Best-Kid Friendly category and the public cast its vote for a winner.

10Best Inc. is a division of USA Today. It provides its users with unbiased travel advice through its consumer site, www.10Best.com, on top attractions, things to do and restaurants of top destinations in the U.S. and around the world. The core of the site's power is its team of local experts, a well-traveled and well-educated group of people who are not only experts in their fields (and their cities), but discriminating in their tastes, too.

The announcement was made on 10Best and published in USA Today, which has a circulation of more than 3 million.

"We applaud the public for voting Niagara Falls, New York, as the Best Kid-Friendly Destination. Families create lifetime memories here when they partake in some of our timeless and exciting attractions. Visitors from around the world enjoy the Maid of the Mist, Cave of the Winds, Erie Canal history, jet boats and Old Falls Street, to name a few," said John Percy, NTCC president and CEO. "This acknowledgment comes at just the right time and is setting the correct tone as Niagara USA is bustling with energy and activity as we kick off the peak season."

For a complete list of recognized destinations, visit 10best.com/awards/travel.

 The NTCC's mission is to expand the economic prosperity of the Niagara USA communities by generating individual and group visitation. For more information, visit niagara-usa.com.