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Recognizing Tourism Opportunities in Your Community

Recognizing Tourism Opportunities in Your Community. Tourism and Economic Returns. Public budgeting is difficult. Tourism is sometimes misunderstood. Community development is vital. Small towns have limited resources. Take advantage of what you have. Is Tourism Important?.

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Recognizing Tourism Opportunities in Your Community

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  1. Recognizing Tourism Opportunities in Your Community

  2. Tourism and Economic Returns • Public budgeting is difficult. • Tourism is sometimes misunderstood. • Community development is vital. • Small towns have limited resources. • Take advantage of what you have.

  3. Is Tourism Important?

  4. Tourism Benefits Tourism: • Is an export good • Brings visitors with higher disposable income • Can support more diverse retail • Brings outside revenues that stimulate the economy • Generates funding for infrastructure • Increases visibility • Creates an awareness of the regional resources Source: Tourism and Retail Development, Attracting Tourists to Local Businesses, Bill Ryan, Jim Bloms, Jim Hovland, David Scheler, University of Wisconsin Extension

  5. Prairie Arts Festival

  6. Locals Versus Tourists Source: Market Study of the Cotton District Arts Festival, Carter, R., Gallardo, R., Poindexter, W., Mississippi State Extension Service, 2014.

  7. Community Events Vs. Tourism Events

  8. Questions to Ask before Starting a Tourism Initiative

  9. Is Tourism a Good Fit?

  10. What Does a Tourist Need?

  11. What to Eat?

  12. Where to Stay?

  13. What to Do?

  14. What to Buy?

  15. Industry Sectors Impacted by Tourism

  16. Tourism Businesses

  17. Rural Tourism

  18. The Unusual

  19. Emerging Tourism Trends

  20. A Few Rural Tourism Events… • Songwriters Festival • Dog Shows, Coon Hunts, Field Trials • Cruisin’ the Coast • Wildlife Refuge Exploration • Noon Tunes • Gospel Church Singing Bus Tour • Canoe and Kayak Waterway Tours • Dueling Fiddles • Bring Back the County Fair • Dance Halls in Every County • Country Roads Magazine • Catfish Alley

  21. Highways, Byways, Rivers, Trails, and Tracks Capitalizing on existing strategies, markets, and attractions • Major Highways • Already Created Trails • Railroads • Rivers and lakes, • Coastlines • Airports Tourism Trails are Trending

  22. Identifying Well-Traveled Roads Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) www.esri.com

  23. How to Get There?

  24. Barriers and Challenges

  25. Vital To Success • Community Catalyst • Access to Resources and Opportunity • Building Relationships • Public and Private Partnerships • Knowing Your Market

  26. Let’s Talk about the Team You make it what you want it to be

  27. What to Remember Tourists are: • Looking for an experience • Not dependent on you • Part of local business • Someone who has his/her own wishes and wants • Not an imposition or an interruption For more information on this topic see - Tourism and Retail Development, Attracting Tourists to Local Businesses, Bill Ryan, Jim Bloms, Jim Hovland, David Scheler, University of Wisconsin Extension

  28. Summary & Next Steps

  29. Resources and Links • Tourism and Retail Development, Attracting Tourists to Local Businesses, Bill Ryan, Jim Bloms, Jim Hovland, David Scheler, University of Wisconsin Extension • Community Tourism Development, University of Minnesota Tourism Center [www.tourism.umn.edu] • USDA National Agricultural Library http://ric.nal.usda.gov/rural-tourism • National Main Street Center http://www.preservationnation.org/main-street/ • Travel South http://www.travelsouthusa.com/

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