The City of Estevan is encouraging people to take selfies while enjoying tourist attractions in the area.
The Experience Estevan Selfie Spot was launched this week, and will highlight Estevan’s best places to take a selfie. Even though it is starting during the summer months, it will put the spotlight on local attractions throughout the year.
“There will additional spots that we’ll be adding depending on what season we’ll be in,” said Rebecca Westling, the destination marketing/communications consultant with the city.
A sticker will be applied to the ground with foot marks on it to indicate the best place for people to stand to take the selfie at the attraction. After they take a photo of themselves at that attraction, they are to share it on social media with the Experience Estevan hashtag, which the city has been promoting since last year.
“Visitors and residents really love to share photos on social media, and we just want to share with them and guide them where the best places to take a selfie are in our area,” said Westling.
Summer attractions include Woodlawn Regional Park’s Boundary Dam beach site, which Westling said is a popular area for selfies and for sharing experiences at the beach and while swimming, as well as one of the walking bridges for Woodlawn’s Souris River site.
The Estevan Motor Speedway is another location where people are encouraged to take a selfie.
“The speedway is really unique to our area, and you can take some really cool selfies out there with the cars racing around,” said Westling.
The selfie site at the TS&M Woodlawn Golf Club, meanwhile, is in a location that Westling believes provides the best view of the golf course, so people will have to play a round and find the hole with the selfie spot.
A couple of parks also have selfie spots.
A full list of locations will be posted on the Estevan Tourism website.
Westling said Tourism Saskatchewan and Destination Canada have used selfie spots with their own promotional materials in the past, and so she borrowed the idea to share the best places for a photo.
