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SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif. – The Visit SLO CAL organization announced a staggering $2.32 billion in visitor spending in honor of National Travel and Tourism Week. SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, Calif., May 16, 2024 – Today, in commemoration of National Travel and Tourism Week (NTTW), Visit SLO CAL (SLO CAL), the official destination marketing and management organization (DMMO) of San Luis Obispo County, is celebrating National Travel and Tourism Week (NTTW). has been announced. Direct tourism travel spending in SLO CAL reached $2.32 billion, showing consistent performance from the previous year. This is a significant accomplishment for SLO CAL,…
Posted date: May 18, 2024, 05:00. Last updated: May 18, 2024 05:00. The Las Vegas Tourism Authority (LVCVA) will award $100,000 to all 12 players on the Las Vegas Aces WNBA team. They will receive the money unconditionally in addition to their regular salaries for this season and 2025. In a still from a video posted by the LVVCA on Twitter on Friday, president Steve Hill (left) surprised the Aces by breaking the news at a team meeting. (Image: Twitter/X) “Today we are doing something new, something no one has done before,” LVCVA President and CEO Steve Hill said in…
More than 40 years after the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, the region’s tourism industry, like the mountain’s landscape, is still struggling to return to pre-outburst standards.Visits to private tourist sites near the volcano since the morning of May 18, 1980, when a column of volcanic ash erupted from Mount St. Helens, ultimately killing 57 people and destroying 200 homes and properties. The number of people is drastically decreasing. fishing, hunting, and harvesting timber.Last year, there was another blow. The landslide destroyed a portion of Spirit Lake Memorial Highway, leaving it the only access to the U.S. Forest Service’s…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Bureau will provide $100,000 in annual sponsorships to each Ace player this season and into 2025. “I’ve always said the city of Las Vegas is a big, small city and they just want the best for the people here,” point guard Chelsea Gray said of the A’s home game against the Los Angeles Sparks on Saturday. He spoke before the game. “They’re investing in us, so we’re putting our money where our mouth is. We’ve done a lot for the city and we’re enjoying it. “It was a great moment…
Published May 18, 2024 2:33 PM EDT | Updated May 18, 2024 2:33 PM EDTFacebookTwitterEmailCopy linkIt’s been quite a week for the Las Vegas Aces.Players received their championship rings Tuesday at Michelob Ultra Arena as the team unveiled a brand new banner to commemorate the 2023 WNBA Championship.But things got even better for the back-to-back champions on Friday, when each athlete received a $100,000 sponsorship from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Bureau.The surprise announcement was made to the team by Steve Hill and leaders of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Bureau (LVCVA).”Today we want to do something new,…
The Ocala/Marion County Tourism and Convention Authority is celebrating a record-breaking tourism month that brought in nearly $700,000 in revenue to Marion County. In February 2024, visitors generated a record $697,599.40 in tax revenue for Marion County. This figure reflects taxes collected from that month’s stay in her short-term lodging in Marion County for less than six months. This is the highest single-month revenue for Ocala/Marion County since voters approved the tourism development tax referendum that went into effect in January 2005, according to the Tourism and Convention Authority. The use of this revenue is strictly regulated by state law.…
British holidaymakers could face holiday chaos this summer as Mallorcans step up anti-tourism campaign by blocking the island’s airport and threatening to protest outside hotels There is.The radical tactic was proposed yesterday at a “citizen’s meeting” held at a school in the inland town of Sineu.The Menis Tourism Association (Mes Vida), which translates into English as “reducing tourism, enriching lives,” is a mass protest against the so-called massification of tourism and its impact on the lives of local residents. This conference was organized to prepare the way for action. He had over 300 people participate in brainstorming sessions.The idea of…
TEHRAN – A team of tourists from different countries visited the Iranian village of Esfahak and immersed themselves in the tranquility of the countryside.Local tourism officials said on Saturday that Esfahak city witnessed the presence of 22 foreign tourists from various countries including Australia and the United Kingdom. “During their two-day stay, the tourists participated in a workshop on the restoration of historic sites in the village,” Mohammad Arab further elaborated. “They also visited interesting places in the area.” A team of foreign tourists participates in a historic site restoration workshop in the village of Esfahak in eastern Iran. Highlighting…
A group of tourists and their companions were shot at as they walked through a market in central Afghanistan.Three Afghans and three Spanish tourists have been killed in central Afghanistan’s Bamyan province, the Taliban government said, raising the death toll from market attacks. On Saturday, the government announced that the bodies of three Afghans and three Spanish tourists had been transferred to the capital Kabul. The group was shot on Friday as they walked through a bazaar in the mountainous city of Bamiyan, about 180 kilometers from Kabul. “All the bodies have been transferred to Kabul and are being kept…
Pelican (file) Florida announced record visitor numbers for the first quarter of 2024 as total international visitors continue to approach pre-pandemic levels. An estimated 40.6 million people traveled to Florida in the first three months of this year, an increase of 1.2% compared to the same period in 2023, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office announced Thursday. The state also announced an amendment to increase the total for 2023. The bulk of the numbers for the first quarter of this year were an estimated 37,187,000 travelers to Florida from other states, the highest ever for a single quarter. An estimated 2.13 million…