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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 1, 2008 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. .~ - <br />SUBJECT: National Tourism Week <br />DEPARTMENT: Visitor's Bureau PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proclamation <br />Background Information on National <br />Tourism Week <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Patty Griffin, Communications Director, <br />Visitor's Bureau, 968-2060 <br />PURPOSE: To proclaim the week of May 10 through 18, 2008 as National Tourism Week in <br />Orange County. <br />BACKGROUND:. National Tourism Week was established in 1983 when the U.S. Congress <br />passed a joint resolution designating the week to be celebrated in May 1984. The week is <br />designed to promote greater public awareness of the powerful economic, social, and cultural <br />importance of travel and tourism through local events and celebrations. The theme of the 2008 <br />National Tourism Week is "DISCOVER GREAT AMERICAN TRADITIONS". <br />The Chapel Hill/Orange County Visitors Bureau Board made the decision to increase awareness <br />of the impact of tourism with local residents through a National Tourism Week Promotion. The <br />Visitors Bureau encourages all to not only be tourists in your own backyard, but to appreciate <br />the tremendous economic impact of tourism on Orange County. <br />Patty Griffin, the Visitors Bureau Communications Director, will be present at the meeting. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with considering the <br />proclamation. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the proclamation <br />and authorize the Chair to sign designating the week of May 10 through 18, 2008 as National <br />Tourism Week in Orange County. <br />