The Monroe-West Monroe Convention & Visitors Bureau was created to promote tourism in Ouachita Parish by way of leisure travelers, business travelers, group travel, meetings, conventions and sporting events. Our main focus is on shopping at Antique Alley, Pecanland Mall and the many trendy boutiques throughout the area, eating at our 70 locally owned and unique restaurants and discovering all of our many attractions including the Biedenharn Museum & Gardens, the Chennault Aviation & Military Museum, Black Bayou National Wildlife Refuge and many more.