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New Colorado tourism office proposal gets early approval
The divided efforts of Colorado’s tourism marketing apparatus may soon be brought together after the state’s General Assembly tentatively approved plans for a new state tourism office. House Bill 1224 would create a 13-member Colorado Tourism Office that would use a combination of state and private funds to help attract visitors to the state. The [...]
Tourism council idea takes hold
Say the words Steuben County to anyone outside the area and get blank stares. Say the words Finger Lakes Wine Country and get shouts of enthusiasm. Or at least, that’s the supposition behind creating a regional tourism marketing council that combines public and private funds. Though still only a concept, county officials in Steuben, Schuyler [...]
NTA to conduct first study of group travel’s economic impact
Nashville, Tenn. — The National Tour Association appears to have pulled off the first industry-wide economic impact study of package travel for the upcoming year and beyond. Such research, which would define the economic impact of group and package travel as an industry, has never been successfully measured before. State and local destinations that seek [...]
Industry to study impact on tourism to Glacier Park Area
GLACIER PARK, Mont.– The Glacier Park area will benefit from a travel industry study to be released in June 2001 by the National Tour Association (NTA). The primary objective of the study is to determine the economic impact of the packaged travel industry, something that no other industry organization tracks. NTA has commissioned Dean Runyan [...]