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WV Tourism has a day during the Legislative Session that we set up tables to tell people visiting the Capitol and the Legislators about tourism in West Virginia. It is to show how much we have and what we do so the Legislature will give the Division a nice chunk of change in the Budget. Last year Tourism got an extra $14M more than was originally Budgeted. We are asking for another $14M increase because studies showed a return of about $10 for every $1 spent. We had a 9.9% growth in tourism dollars last year.
My Sate spends dollars on studies and then GIVES the Industry the reports. They work with us to market us and the State.
In 2019, Tourism sent a staff photographer to Gillum House to take photos (they will be going to all the members of WVBBA by the end of 2020) and thos photos were shared with me to use howeverAND I was ableto send them to WV Executive magazine for an article they are doing on GH.
Does the Tourism Division of your State help you? (And many at Tourism know me by name & the GH) What does your State do?
My Sate spends dollars on studies and then GIVES the Industry the reports. They work with us to market us and the State.
In 2019, Tourism sent a staff photographer to Gillum House to take photos (they will be going to all the members of WVBBA by the end of 2020) and thos photos were shared with me to use howeverAND I was ableto send them to WV Executive magazine for an article they are doing on GH.
Does the Tourism Division of your State help you? (And many at Tourism know me by name & the GH) What does your State do?