A proposed bill that would provide up to $15 million per year to fund Colorado tourism promotion is stalled in the House appropriations committee, and partisan political wrangling over the state’s use of tax credits could mean the measure may never make it to a vote.
House Bill 1281 would provide a state income tax credit to Colorado taxpayers that make a contribution to the Colorado Travel and Tourism Additional Source Fund. It also would direct that a portion of the fund be used for the operation of the Colorado Council on the Arts.
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From the halls of the Clinton Presidential Center to the vast array of lakes and resorts across the state, industry officials say the tourism trade across the state is flourishing.
"I think we are being discovered by more and more people," Montine McNulty, executive director of the Arkansas Hospitality Association, said of the steady stream of out-of-state and international travelers coming to Arkansas. "Arkansas is not the secret that it use to be."
McNulty said there may be no better evidence of an economic breakout for the state's second-largest industry than in the hospitality trade. Every where you go - from Eureka
Integrated resorts only one part of govt's tourism promotion
The decision to host two integrated resorts is only one part of the government's overall development plan for the tourism industry.
Trade and Industry Minister Lim Hng Kiang stressed the move was not an act of economic desperation.
Indeed, the minister said the Singapore economy was doing well.
Mr Lim was speaking to reporters after witnessing the launch of a double MBA programme by Nanyang Technological University and Japan's Waseda University.
Well before a decision was taken for two integrated resorts, the government had already spelt out ambitious targets for the tourism
Armed militants turned their wrath against foreign tourists Saturday as a pair of attacks rocked two of the Egyptian capital's most famous and popular attractions. All three of the alleged assailants were killed and nine people were wounded in the afternoon violence near the Egyptian Museum and the Citadel.
The attacks, which included a roadside shooting rampage by two veiled women, fed a growing fear that tourists are being systematically targeted by militants in a land that has long struggled to reconcile its crucial tourism industry with its troubled internal politics. The strikes also undercut the government's claim that a bombing
The northern Australian state of Queensland is hoping to secure a larger slice of the Chinese tourism market as a result of a state visit by one of China's most senior politicians.
Chairman Bangguo was greeted the Cairns airport by well-wishers from the Chinese community and Premier Beattie.
Security was tight as the group moved to one of the city's hotel's for dinner with about 150 guests.
Mr Beattie says he's hoping to tap into China's tourism. He says about 100,000 Chinese people visit Queensland each year. He's also hoping to foster better trade relations.
Mr Wu told Mr Beattie he
SA Tourism Looks to Putting Its Empowerment House in Order
A survey undertaken in 2003 showed there was an average of only 6% black economic empowerment ownership in the industry.
"For too many decades tourism has been the symbol of everything that was wrong with SA. Today we take the single most important step forward since 1994 in addressing that legacy," said Environment and Tourism Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk at the launch of the empowerment charter in Durban.
The plan has given the industry a decade in which to wholly transform, bringing ownership levels to 30%.
Van Schalkwyk said the document, launched during