New Cultural Heritage Tourism Manual Developed in Canada This handbook was produced to inspire and assist community leaders across Canada to realize greater benefits in this sector of the industry. We hope it will be shared widely and used to encourage discussion, workshops, and cultural/heritage tourism initiatives. Aligned with the concept of community-based tourism, the guide encourages building [...]
Recreation.Gov Launches New, Improved Website with Videos
September 19, 2012 By
Recreation.Gov, the interagency website that guides visitors to 90,000 sites on public lands such as national parks, national wildlife refuges, forests, waterways and national recreation areas, recently announced a new website with improved navigation tools and expanded content. Click here to see a short video highlighting all the places you can visit through recreation.gov. According to [...]
New Travel and Tourism Progress Report Released
September 19, 2012 By
View 2012 Travel & Tourism Progress Report View 2012 Executive Order Establishing the Task Force on Travel and Competitiveness Highlights of the Travel and Tourism Report Report Highlights Progress Made Since President Obama Signed Tourism Executive Order Visa Processing Capacity Up, Wait Times Down Visa Waiver Program Expansion Continues 1.5 Million People Now Enrolled in [...]
Four Members Appointed to Corporation for Travel Promotion (CTP) Board
September 13, 2012 By
WASHINGTON – September 13, 2012 – U.S. Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank today appointed four travel and tourism industry leaders to serve on the Corporation for Travel Promotion (CTP) Board of Directors, including one new member and three reappointments. Established by the Travel Promotion Act (TPA), which was signed into law by President Obama in [...]
2012 Record Setting Year for International Traveler Spending
August 31, 2012 By
August 2012 Travel and tourism spending by international visitors is helping to boost the U.S. economy. The U.S. Department of Commerce released data yesterday showing that international visitors have spent an estimated $82.2 billion on U.S. travel and tourism-related goods and services year to date, an increase of 11 percent when compared to the same [...]
Award Winning Book on Marketing Cultural & Heritage Tourism Available!
August 22, 2012 By
Rosemary Rice McCormick’s new book, Marketing Cultural & Heritage Tourism, is now available. The book presents a Step-by-Step guide to developing your organization’s tourism marketing plan. Learn how to build your business in the fast-growing global tourism market, increase visitation and retail sales. Cultural and heritage traveler research, data and trends to help you understand [...]
Guide to Cultural & Heritage Travel and the Leading Museum Stores
August 22, 2012 By
The Cultural Traveler guidebook features exciting cultural and historic destinations along with superb shopping at the leading museum stores. Download The Cultural Traveler 2012 Edition The Cultural Traveler is published annually by the US Cultural & Heritage Tourism Marketing Council in partnership with Museum Store Association and Shop America Alliance and distributed in partnership with Gray Line Worldwide. For [...]
National Travel & Tourism Strategy Presented
May 31, 2012 By
May 2012 President Obama’s recently released National Travel and Tourism Strategy aims to increase these numbers with a goal of attracting more than 100 million international tourists per year by 2021, visitors that would spend an estimated $250 billion per year, supporting more jobs and spurring economic growth in communities across the country. To learn more [...]
International Visitation Up 7% in January 2012
April 24, 2012 By
The U.S. Department of Commerce today announced that 4.5 million international visitors traveled to the United States in January 2012, a seven percent increase over January 2011. January 2012 registered the 10th straight month of increases in total U.S. visits. In January 2012, the top inbound markets continued to be Canada and Mexico. Visits from [...]
National Park Week – April 21 – 29
April 24, 2012 By
The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation proudly present National Park Week. This week is a time to focus on our National Parks and take advantage of the opportunities to hike, learn, share, and give back in our nation’s 397 national parks. Visit any one or our national parks and enjoy FREE admission [...]
CHT Exchange Scheduled Mary 3-4 in Washington D.C.
April 6, 2012 By
Heritage and Cultural Development Specialist Position
April 5, 2012 By
Eastern NC Job Opportunity with Arts Council Description of Work Tourism Trails and Product Development Identify and develop the arts, history and folklife assets of eastern North Carolina for presentation to cultural and heritage travelers through resources such as trails, websites, travel apps, social media, sites and events, interpretive programs, exhibits and special projects; Plan [...]
African American Heritage & Cultural Development Specialist Wanted
April 2, 2012 By
POSITION AVAILABLEAfrican American Heritage and Cultural Development SpecialistNorth Carolina Arts Council Mission: To make North Carolina a better state through the arts. Goals: The work of the Arts Council is guided by its strategic plan comprised of five goals: A robust arts industry A creative economy Vibrant communities Children prepared for the 21st century Lives [...]
2012 Cultural Heritage Tourism Exchange
April 1, 2012 By
Partners in Tourism is hosting the second “Cultural Heritage Tourism Exchange” as an opportunity for practitioners from across the country to meet with representatives from the 29 federal agencies and national organizations engaged in cultural heritage tourism. The CHT Exchange is planned for May 3-4, 2012 at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, DC. [...]
Tourism Spending up 8.1% in 2011
March 26, 2012 By
International visitor spending hits all-time record of $153 billion The U.S. Department of Commerce today released tourism data revealing that international and domestic tourism spending increased 8.1 percent in 2011, supporting an additional 103,000 jobs for a total of 7.6 million. A big factor in the increase was a surge in international visitors to our [...]
