By Karen Ballard, Administrator Idaho Division of Tourism and U.S. Travel Association A tremendous boost to our industry occurred today by the Obama Administration making tourism a national priority with the first-ever National Travel and Tourism Strategy. This is a major victory for the travel community and affirms what can be accomplished when we speak as an industry with a clear [...]
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Travel Gets Presidential Treatment
By Karen Ballard with contribution from Nan Marchand Beauvois, Senior Director National Council Relations, U.S. Travel Association Well 2012 is starting out rather promising for the tourism industry. Not only are our numbers improving but it appears our industry is getting some new attention and respect. I shared with you that earlier in the month [...]
Tourism Ambassadors Descend on to the Palouse May 3–5
The Idaho Conference on Recreation and Tourism will be held at the Red Lion Hotel in Lewiston, May 3-5, in conjunction with the city’s 150th Anniversary. This year’s conference – The New Age of Tourism – is geared toward capitalizing on the new tools available to improve the business of tourism in a location and precedes National Tourism Week, [...]
Welcome to the State of Idaho Tourism: Adventures in Blogging
Welcome to the Idaho Tourism News blog. We’ll be sharing stories, ideas and metrics on the business of tourism in Idaho. Our goal is to help you capitalize on the valuable resource of travelers and provide you with tools and ideas to do so. Visitation to our state, well, to pretty much any state, is [...]