Colorado Tourism
Governor Bill Owens
The Colorado Tourism Office Board of Directors sets policies regarding expenditures from the Colorado Travel and Tourism fund. Directors evaluate and decide on the most productive ways to promote tourism- and travel-related activities throughout the state. The Board consists of fifteen members, eleven are appointed by the Governor, serve four-year terms and require Senate confirmation, along with four legislative members appointed by House and Senate leadership. ... "Tourism is a significant source of revenue for the state of Colorado," said Owens. "It is imperative that we have dedicated and enthusiastic officials promoting our tourism activities. These new members will bring valuable experience and expertise to the board." ... [Read More]
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The 838 postcards that make up the Colorado State Archive's Postcard Collection areexcellent photographic resources for visual representations of Colorado tourism and dailylife from 1900 to the present. The collection's strengths are in public buildings, mainstreet scenes, town panoramas, amusements, and often focus on the changing forms oftransportation throughout the 21st century. The collection includes material from all overColorado, although the majority of postcards focus on Denver and the "MoffatRoad." Postcards provide a vision of how the state not only looked to tourists, buthow we as a state wanted to be viewed. As such this collection of photographs isinherently important in any study of Colorado and the changing face of its tourismindustry. ... [Read More]
Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration (DPA) Division of Information Technologies (DoIT)
In 1974 the Office of State Planning and Budgeting was created as a principal department by an act of the General Assembly. Under this department, the Divisions of State Planning and State Budgeting were created. In 1983 the Office of Planning and Budget was transferred to the Governor's Office and the Colorado Tourism Board was created within the Department of Local Affairs. Its primary role was to market Colorado as a premier vacation destination. House Bill No. 1476 declared "that the tourism and travel industries are vital to the general welfare, economic well-being, and employment opportunities of the state...Additionally, it is the policy of this state to provide a long-term, continuing investment in tourism and travel promotion and to support such investment by a separate fund financed by special sales taxes on the tourist-related industries." ... [Read More]
Colorado Plateau Heritage Tourism Survey
The U.S. Forest Service contracted with the National Trust for Historic Preservation to inventory the heritage tourism sites and providers of services and information on the Colorado Plateau. Boundaries of the project area included the major gateway cites of Denver, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque, and Las Vegas, with a core area focusing on the Four Corners region. ... The agency should firmly decide its role as a partner with other federal agencies, state tourism and historic preservation offices as well as other public and private sector organizations ... [Read More]
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